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- 1 2 Colorado Secretary of State (n.d.). "Tom Plant (D)". State of Colorado. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Commissioner Tom Plant". Colorado PUC. 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Center for the New Energy Economy advisor Tom Plant named to Colorado PUC" (Press release). Fort Collins, Colorado. Center for the New Energy Economy. February 8, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Tom Plant". Colorado State University, News and Media Relations. n.d. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Legislative District Information after 2011 Reapportionment, House District 13" (PDF). December 22, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Commissioner Tom Plant | Public Utilities Commission". puc.colorado.gov. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ↑ Cooke, Amy Oliver (January 18, 2023). "Cooke: Polis' new PUC appointee bad news for Colorado ratepayers". Complete Colorado. Retrieved September 16, 2023.