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“PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE EVIDENTIARY RECORD.”
Read that again.
The majority party in the Colorado Legislature just told the people of Colorado exactly what they think of your testimony at PUC hearings:
You can speak.
But we won’t listen.
Citizens take time off work, prepare testimony, and show up to speak on utility costs, power lines across their land, reliability concerns, and the future of energy in Colorado. Now the message is clear: your comments are little more than political theater.
If public comments are excluded from the evidentiary record, then what exactly is the purpose of a “public hearing”? With this amendment, "hearings" mean a microphone with the mute button already pressed? You might be heard, but not listened to.
This is government becoming insulated from the people it is supposed to serve. Another step toward rule by bureaucrats, lobbyists, and politically connected insiders while ordinary Coloradans are pushed further to the sidelines.
The same majority that lectures endlessly about “democracy” just voted to amend the PUC bill (SB26-135) to formally disregard the voices of the public in proceedings that can affect property rights, utility bills, reliability, and entire communities.
You can talk.
They just don’t want your words to matter.


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