Amendment 82 is a dark-money attack on Colorado’s clean energy leadership

By: Charles Kutscher

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: October 14, 2026

Words: 778

Last Updated: 4 days, 1 hour ago


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With election season here, Colorado voters will decide on a wide range of ballot measures. Now is a good time to think about what makes a good ballot measure and what makes a bad one.

A great example of a good one was Amendment 37, which we passed back in 2004. It required Colorado’s large utilities to provide 10% of their electricity from clean, renewable sources by 2015. It was the first …

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