{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-07-02",
  "source": "https://pluginsolarhub.org/state-legality/",
  "disclaimer": "Informational, not legal advice. Plug-in solar law evolves fast; verify with your utility and state authority.",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "PlugInSolarHub (pluginsolarhub.org)"
  },
  "state": "Colorado",
  "slug": "colorado",
  "status": "Legal — signed (eff. 12 Aug 2026)",
  "status_badge_verbatim": "Legal — signed (eff. 12 Aug 2026)",
  "avg_rate_cents": 15,
  "main_utilities": [
    "Xcel Energy"
  ],
  "page_url": "https://pluginsolarhub.org/state-legality/colorado/",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-08-01",
  "legislation": {
    "bill": "HB26-1007",
    "status": "signed",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "effective": "2026-08-12",
    "max_watts": 1920,
    "cert_required": "Safety standards established by the law; meter-collar adapters allowed",
    "signed_by": "Gov. Jared Polis",
    "source_url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/laws/session-laws/HB26-1007/127/download",
    "notes": "Highest U.S. plug-in cap: 1,920 W of output to the electric grid per address, per the definition at 40-2-140(1)(e)(I). A device of 391 W or less is additionally exempt under 40-2-140(5). Delayed to 1 January 2027: (6) sale of a device above 391 W that is not UL labelled and listed is prohibited; (7) covenants unreasonably prohibiting a device are void and a property owner may impose reasonable restrictions.",
    "effective_note": "SECTION 6 of the act: takes effect ninety days after final adjournment, stated in the act as 12 August 2026. Subsections 40-2-140(6) and (7) are delayed to 1 January 2027 - see notes. A richer structure for the delayed provisions and the 391 W tier is proposed but not yet applied.",
    "source_url_type": "primary - chaptered text, Colorado session laws Chapter 127",
    "verified_against_primary": {
      "date": "2026-08-01",
      "confirmed": [
        "signed 7 May 2026 (\"Approved: May 7, 2026\")",
        "1,920 W in the statutory definition",
        "391 W second tier at 40-2-140(5)",
        "HOA and covenant provisions at 40-2-140(7), delayed to 1 January 2027"
      ],
      "corrected": [
        "effective was recorded as 2027-01-01; the act itself takes effect 2026-08-12 and only two subsections are delayed"
      ]
    },
    "effective_delayed": [
      {
        "date": "2027-01-01",
        "provision": "40-2-140(6)",
        "summary": "Sale, lease or rental of a device above 391 W that is not UL labelled and listed is prohibited."
      },
      {
        "date": "2027-01-01",
        "provision": "40-2-140(7)",
        "summary": "A covenant unreasonably prohibiting a portable-scale solar device is unenforceable and void as a matter of public policy; a property owner may still impose reasonable restrictions on notice, fire and overload precautions, and placement."
      }
    ],
    "watt_tiers": [
      {
        "max_watts": 1920,
        "basis": "output to the electric grid",
        "provision": "40-2-140(1)(e)(I)",
        "effect": "No utility approval, interconnection paperwork or fee; must be labelled and listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory."
      },
      {
        "max_watts": 391,
        "basis": "output to the electric grid",
        "provision": "40-2-140(5)",
        "effect": "Additionally exempt from the state's solar PV installation requirements and from building-code provisions that would require changes to the building's wiring."
      }
    ],
    "certification_requirement": {
      "required": true,
      "provision": "Colo. Rev. Stat. 40-2-140",
      "quote": "labelled and listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory",
      "standard_named": null,
      "effective": "2026-08-12",
      "source_url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/laws/session-laws/HB26-1007/127/download",
      "verified": "2026-08-02",
      "note": "Verbatim from the primary text. 'Nationally recognized testing laboratory' is the term used in 29 C.F.R. 1910.7; UL, CSA and Intertek/ETL are all NRTLs. A CE mark is a European self-declaration and is not an NRTL listing."
    }
  },
  "source_file": "/data/plug-in-solar-laws.json"
}