Advocacy Report

AGC Members Invited to Energy Crossroads Coalition Summit on Dec 12

The AGC Board of Directors voted in October to join the Energy Crossroads Coalition. The main purpose of the coalition is to bring a practical voice to the state’s policy of all renewable energy sources by 2050. Earlier this year there was a bill in the legislature to accelerate that requirement from 2050 to 2040 (the 2040 bill). The bill did not pass but it will likely come back in the 2026 legislative session. The coalition will do polling of voters and review various studies to provide practical information to legislators and other stakeholders. AGC CEO Jeff Barratt and Advocacy Director Michael Gifford will be the lead representatives for AGC on the coalition and we will have a member task force that will help unform Michael and Jeff on issues to address from the construction industry perspective.

Energy Crossroads Coalition 1st Annual Summit

The Energy Crossroads Coalition is holding their first annual Summit on Friday Dec 12 in Denver. The coalition expects 200+ industry and legislative leaders at the event to hear results of coalition polling and focus groups of Colorado voters about their views on current and accelerating renewable energy policy, considering the cost to consumers to accelerate all renewable requirements from 2050 to 2040. The polling and focus groups were also asked about data centers specifically as Colorado is one of the states that do not provide incentives for data centers (many states near and around us do provide incentives). The summit will also feature panel discussions on workforce needs for energy creation, transmission and distribution in the billions of dollars to effectuate current state requirements and what that need looks like if the requirements are accelerated to 2040 from 2050. There is no cost to attend and companies can send more that one representative.

Registration Link

2026 AGC Legislative Committee to Meet on Jan 20

The AGC Legislative Committee is scheduled to meet on Jan 20, 2026 to address upcoming advocacy, election & 2026 legislative session issues. There are 50+ members of the AGC Legislative Committee and all member firms are eligible to have a representative on the committee. To attend as a guest or join the committee email Nicole at the AGC office at nicole@agccolorado.org.

AGC Meets with 3 Different Coalitions This Week on Current Legislative Issues

AGC met with 3 major coalitions this week to advance construction industry issues:

• BuildingJobs4Colorado (discussed potential work comp & retention bond bills)
• Colorado Competitive Council (reviewed OEDIT budget & priority bills for 2026)
• Energy Crossroads Coalition (reviewed polling and focus group results for upcoming Energy Crossroads Summit on Dec 12, 2025 – members are invited see article above for info and registration link)

AGC State Bill Tracker

For a complete list of AGC state bill positions see our handy dandy AGC Bill Tracker. For questions contact Michael Gifford at mgifford@agccolorado.org.