C.R.S. Section 40-3.2-104.3
Eliminating incentives for gas service to properties

  • gas line extension allowances
  • exemptions
  • definitions

(1)

As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)

“Applicant” means a person that requests natural gas service and that owns the real property requiring the service. “Applicant” includes a developer, builder, legal entity, or other person that has legal authority over the property.

(b)

“Dual-fuel utility” means a utility that offers its customers both electric and gas service.

(c)

“Gas utility” means a gas utility that the commission regulates with respect to rates and charges.

(d)

“Line extension allowance” means a bundle of costs that includes construction allowances for new service lines, meters, and other infrastructure associated with the addition of a new customer to a gas utility’s distribution system.

(2)

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(a)

A gas utility shall not provide an applicant an incentive, including a line extension allowance, to establish gas service to a property.

(b)

The commission may require a dual-fuel utility to provide its customers that receive gas and electric service from the utility with relevant information regarding options for switching to high-efficiency electric space heating or water heating, including:

(I)

A list of appliances for which the utility provides incentives or rebates; and

(II)

For existing or prospective customers that are government entities, a cost-benefit analysis of electrification options that includes up-front and lifetime costs, which analysis must take into account available incentives and rebates and use a reasonable cost that reflects gas price volatility.

(c)

On or before December 31, 2023, each gas utility shall file with the commission an updated tariff to reflect the removal of any incentives for an applicant to establish gas service to a property.

(d)

Notwithstanding subsection (2)(c) of this section, a utility may exempt from the updated tariff any applicant that:

(I)

Has already submitted an application that has been approved or is pending as of August 7, 2023;

(II)

Can demonstrate or attest that the applicant has submitted a permit application to the local government with permitting authority in the location of the property and that the application is either approved or pending as of August 7, 2023; or

(III)

Can demonstrate or attest that the applicant has submitted to a local government a site development plan or plat that is either approved or pending as of August 7, 2023; except that an applicant that has submitted a site development plan or plat for which a permit application to the local government has not been approved on or before December 31, 2024, is not exempt.

Source: Section 40-3.2-104.3 — Eliminating incentives for gas service to properties - gas line extension allowances - exemptions - definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-40.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

40‑3.2‑101
Legislative declaration 40‑3.2‑102
Recovery of air quality improvement costs 40‑3.2‑103
Gas distribution utility demand-side management programs - recovery of costs - reports 40‑3.2‑104
Electricity utility demand-side management programs - rules - annual report - definition 40‑3.2‑104.3
Eliminating incentives for gas service to properties - gas line extension allowances - exemptions - definitions 40‑3.2‑104.4
Colorado energy office gas investment asset depreciation study - third-party evaluation - commission rules 40‑3.2‑104.5
Customer disconnection from investor-owned gas utility service - rules 40‑3.2‑104.6
Commission study on beneficial electrification - repeal 40‑3.2‑105.5
Labor standards for gas DSM projects 40‑3.2‑105.6
Labor standards for beneficial electrification projects 40‑3.2‑105.7
Labor standards for state thermal energy network and thermal energy system projects - definitions 40‑3.2‑106
Costs of pollution in utility planning - rules 40‑3.2‑107
Costs of methane pollution in gas DSM program planning - rules - definitions 40‑3.2‑108
Clean heat targets - legislative declaration - definitions - plans - rules - reports 40‑3.2‑109
Beneficial electrification plans for electric utilities - definition - rules - recovery of costs - report 40‑3.2‑201
Short title 40‑3.2‑202
Legislative declaration 40‑3.2‑203
Definitions 40‑3.2‑204
Emission control plans - role of the department of public health and environment - timing of emission reductions - approval 40‑3.2‑205
Review - approval 40‑3.2‑206
Coal plant retirements - replacement resources 40‑3.2‑207
Cost recovery - legislative declaration 40‑3.2‑208
Air quality planning 40‑3.2‑209
Early reductions 40‑3.2‑210
Exemption from limits on voluntary emission reductions
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 40-3.2-104.3’s source at colorado​.gov