C.R.S. Section 40-3-101
Reasonable charges

  • adequate service

(1)

All charges made, demanded, or received by any public utility for any rate, fare, product, or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge made, demanded, or received for such rate, fare, product or commodity, or service is prohibited and declared unlawful. Rates and charges demanded or received by any public utility for gas transportation service furnished or to be furnished shall not be deemed to be unjust or unreasonable so long as said rate or charge is no greater than a maximum rate and no lower than a minimum rate determined by the commission (or, in the case of a municipal utility, by the governing body of the municipal utility in accordance with sections 40-3-102 and 40-3.5-102) to be just and reasonable, and the provision of such gas transportation service at such rates or charges shall not constitute per se unjust discrimination or the granting of a preference. Nothing in this subsection (1) shall limit or restrict the commission’s authority to regulate rates and charges, correct abuses, or prevent unjust discrimination.

(2)

Every public utility shall furnish, provide, and maintain such service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities as shall promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public, and as shall in all respects be adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable.

(3)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

If a retail cooperative electric association, in conjunction with the payment of an applicable charge, withdraws from membership in a wholesale electric cooperative, as defined in section 40-2-136 (3)(c), that withdrawal is deemed to be a matter of statewide concern, and, in relation to such withdrawal:

(I)

The wholesale electric cooperative will act in accordance with the obligation of good faith and fair dealing in implementing the withdrawal and shall not require or impose commercially unreasonable contractual terms on the retail cooperative electric association in relation to the withdrawal; and

(II)

The wholesale electric cooperative shall, upon request from the withdrawing retail cooperative electric association, facilitate the retail cooperative electric association’s transition from native load to a firm service transmission customer without diminishing the withdrawing retail cooperative electric association’s native electric load priority for accessing firm transmission capacity.

(b)

The commission has the authority to adjudicate complaints about the terms on which a wholesale electric cooperative implements withdrawal pursuant to this subsection (3).

Source: Section 40-3-101 — Reasonable charges - adequate service, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-40.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

40‑3‑101
Reasonable charges - adequate service 40‑3‑102
Regulation of rates - correction of abuses 40‑3‑102.5
Limiting rate case expenses for investor-owned utilities - information included in rate case filings - gas cost or electric commodity adjustment filings - rules - definitions 40‑3‑103
Utilities to file rate schedules - rules 40‑3‑103.5
Medical exemption - tiered electricity rates - rules 40‑3‑103.6
Disconnection due to nonpayment - connection and reconnection fees - deposits - standard practices - rules - definitions 40‑3‑104
Changes in rates - notice 40‑3‑104.3
Manner of regulation - competitive responses - definitions - repeal 40‑3‑104.4
Simplified regulatory treatment for small or nonprofit water companies 40‑3‑104.5
Special provisions for rail carrier rate increases 40‑3‑105
Free and reduced service or transportation prohibited - exceptions 40‑3‑106
Advantages prohibited - graduated schedules - consideration of household income and other factors - definitions 40‑3‑107
Transmission of business of other companies 40‑3‑107.5
Interconnection with renewable energy cooperatives 40‑3‑108
Rates for long and short distances 40‑3‑109
Street transportation public utility - transfers 40‑3‑110
Information furnished commission - reports 40‑3‑111
Rates determined after hearing 40‑3‑112
Commission to provide local government with avoided cost information 40‑3‑114
Cost recovery - prohibitions - reporting - penalties - definitions 40‑3‑115
Recovery of utility relocation costs 40‑3‑116
Electric vehicle programs - rates 40‑3‑119
Measurement of use for billing - rules 40‑3‑120
Fuel cost sharing - gas utilities - electric utilities - rules 40‑3‑121
Natural gas cost causation study - commission proceeding - reporting - repeal
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 40-3-101’s source at colorado​.gov