Colorado state-land solar energy bonds.
From $100.
A solar developer leasing state trust land from the Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners (State Land Board) posts a performance and reclamation bond to secure its lease covenants — rent, surface reclamation, and project obligations. The Land Board sets the bond amount; the premium is 5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Colorado state-land solar energy bond cost?
5% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Enter your amount, consent to a soft credit pull, and pay — then deliver the executed bond to the State Land Board. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your lease requires, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Performance and reclamation bonds get an underwriting review. If anything is needed you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours; the soft pull never affects your score.
Deliver to the State Land Board
Submit the executed bond on the State Land Board performance bond form to satisfy your lease. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the solar energy bond actually covers
The Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners (State Land Board) manages roughly three million acres of state trust land for the benefit of public schools and other beneficiaries, under Article IX of the Colorado Constitution and the State Land Board statutes at C.R.S. Title 36, Article 1. When it leases land for solar energy development, it requires the developer to post a bond securing the lease.
The bond is a performance and reclamation guarantee to the State Land Board. It stands behind the developer's lease covenants — rental payments and, importantly, surface reclamation — and the standard form keeps the bond in place until all reclamation obligations are inspected and approved by Land Board staff, which can extend beyond the lease term.
The Land Board sets the bond amount for each project based on the lease and the reclamation exposure, so there is no fixed statewide figure. Enter the amount your lease names; the premium is 5% of that amount, $100 minimum, confirmed with a quick soft credit check that affects approval, not price. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
Deliver to the State Land Board. Submit the executed bond on the State Land Board performance bond form to satisfy your lease. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, one soft pull.
Submit the application with the bond amount your lease requires — performance and reclamation bonds get a quick underwriting review, then issue ready to deliver to the State Land Board.
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Pricing from $100. Enter the amount your lease requires and deliver it to the State Land Board.