C.R.S. Section 40-3-121
Natural gas cost causation study

  • commission proceeding
  • reporting
  • repeal

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Within sixty days after the commission issues a final, nonappealable decision regarding the first clean heat plan filed pursuant to section 40-3.2-108 by a natural gas utility that serves more than five hundred thousand customers, the commission shall open a proceeding to investigate whether and how residential development and other development in certain geographic areas drive natural gas infrastructure costs for any natural gas utility that serves more than five hundred thousand customers in the state, particularly with regard to the impact that the development has on nonparticipating income-qualified customers.

(b)

The proceeding must identify specific, new large natural gas infrastructure investments and, for each investment identified, determine the extent to which new residential development or other development by a geographic area is disproportionately necessitating that investment.

(c)

The proceeding must include a calculation of the benefits and costs of the growth in new residential development and other development to both the natural gas utility customers for whom the infrastructure investment is being made and nonparticipating retail and wholesale natural gas utility customers, particularly those nonparticipating customers who are income-qualified customers.

(2)

After completion of the investigation, the commission shall hold a hearing in the investigatory proceeding, at which the commission shall consider the information gathered in the investigation and public comments with respect to a natural gas utility that serves more than five hundred thousand customers in the state, to:

(a)

Determine whether alternative infrastructure, service investments, or other utility actions could mitigate impacts on nonparticipating or income-qualified customers in a manner that is necessary, is appropriate, and could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with the “Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap”, published by the Colorado energy office; and

(b)

Identify the up-front and service life annualized costs and benefits of the alternatives identified in subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(3)

This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2025.

Source: Section 40-3-121 — Natural gas cost causation study - commission proceeding - reporting - repeal, 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
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 40-3-121’s source at colorado​.gov