Net Zero Cities: Regulatory environment factors into emission reductions

LOVELAND — Will Toor, director of the Colorado Energy Office, has been riding a wave of what he described as “pent-up demand for conservation legislation” since the election of Gov. Jared Polis and control of the Legislature by a Democratic majority.

And that wave encompasses all the major economic sectors that make up the generation of greenhouse gases: utilities, transportation, the oil and gas industry, building energy use, and industry.

Toor was the keynote speaker at the BizWest Net Zero Cities event held Wednesday at the Ranch events complex in Loveland. 

The most overarching legislation, Toor said, was passage of House Bill 19-1261,…