batteries
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Colorado’s proposed battery regulations target fire risks, raise enforcement, cost questions
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Some worry consumers would face civil or administrative fines under the legislation Lawmakers have passed new regulations mandating sellers of lithium-powered batteries to register with the state and produce outreach plans before they can engage in business in Colorado. Under the proposal, providers must also collect “unwanted” propulsion batteries, ensure their “responsible managements,” and produce…
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Colorado set to become first state to let homeowners store energy in batteries
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A bill aimed at giving Colorado homeowners the right install electric storage batteries – a first in the nation -received final passage Monday with strong bipartisan support and is one its way to the governor. Sponsored by Sens. Stephen Fenberg, D-Boulder, and Kevin Priola, R-Henderson, the “Allow Electric Utility Customers Install Energy Storage Equipment” bill…
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‘Bergs and batteries’: Fenberg, Lundberg team up on home energy storage battery bill
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State Sen. Kevin Lundberg has lived off the power grid in Berthoud for the last 25 years. He generates and stores his own electricity and right now he is awaiting a shipment from China of nickel-iron home batteries. “These kind of batteries were invented by Thomas Edison,” Lundberg said in an interview last week. “The…