C.R.S. Section 40-3-103.5
Medical exemption

  • tiered electricity rates
  • rules

(1)

Notwithstanding any provision of articles 1 to 7 of this title 40 to the contrary, the commission shall adopt rules to create an exemption from any tiered electricity rate plan based on a customer’s medical condition. The commission’s rules must provide a mechanism for the recovery of costs associated with implementing and providing the medical exemption.

(2)

The commission may determine the definition of “medical condition”; except that the definition must include multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, quadriplegia, and paraplegia. The medical exemption is for individuals who have the verification of a physician licensed in Colorado of a heat-sensitive medical condition or the need for the use of an essential life support device.

(3)

If the commission determines that a means test is necessary for the medical exemption, the commission shall use no less than four hundred percent of the federal poverty level for the customer’s household as the maximum income to be eligible for the medical exemption.

(4)

If the low-income energy assistance program is used to certify eligibility, the medical exemption under this section must be distinguishable from the heat assistance benefits offered under the low-income energy assistance program because these programs may have different eligibility requirements.

(5)

On and after September 1, 2020, the commission shall require utilities periodically to report, pursuant to section 40-3-110, the number of their customers who receive the medical exemption under this section and to describe the efforts the utilities have made during each reporting period to facilitate the enrollment of qualified persons in their medical exemption programs.

Source: Section 40-3-103.5 — Medical exemption - tiered electricity rates - rules, 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

§ 40-3-103.5’s source at colorado​.gov