Rollback of renewable-energy standards dies in Colorado Legislature

An effort to roll back Colorado’s renewable energy standard in the state Legislature died Monday in a House of Representatives committee.

Democrats on the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted on a party line over Republican objections to kill Senate Bill 44.

The bill, which passed the Republican-majority Senate last month, would have cut the minimum portfolio of energy the state’s investor-owned utilities would have to obtain from renewable sources from 30 percent back to…