§ 40-2-203. Procurement Mechanisms – Determination by Commission – Rules
On or before February 1, 2019, the commission shall establish, by rule, as part of the planning process, mechanisms for the procurement of energy storage systems by an electric utility; except that these mechanisms must not affect any ongoing resource acquisitions or competitive bidding processes that existed on February 1, 2018. In adopting the rules […]
§ 40-2-120. Rail Transportation Policy
In regulating rail carriers, the state of Colorado hereby adopts the rail transportation policy of 49 U.S.C. sec. 10101; except that the references therein to the United States government and its agencies shall refer to the state of Colorado and its agencies. Source: L. 84: Entire section added, p. 1036, § 1, effective July 1. […]
§ 40-2-136. Energy Storage Systems – Terms and Conditions for Installation, Interconnection, and Use by Cooperatives – Legislative Declaration – Definitions
The general assembly finds and determines that: Cardinal principles of cooperative electric associations include democratic member control, autonomy, and independence; and Rapidly evolving technologies in generation, energy storage, and demand management offer cooperative electric associations a variety of options to meet the needs of their members reliably. Therefore, the general assembly declares that: It is […]
§ 40-2-122. Natural Gas – Deregulation of Supply – Voluntary Separation of Service Offerings – Consumer Protection – Legislative Declaration – Definition – Rules
The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that natural gas service is essential to the health and well-being of all Colorado natural gas customers. The general assembly further finds, determines, and declares that natural gas is traded in competitive markets at the wellhead and in downstream markets for sale to utilities, industrial customers, and large […]
§ 40-2-137. Investor-Owned Utility Electric Resource Planning – Retirement of Electric Generating Facility – Commission to Consider Securitization as Means of Financing
For each investor-owned electric utility that submits for commission approval an electric resource plan that includes a portfolio in which an existing electric generating facility in the state would be retired, the commission shall require the investor-owned electric utility to present as part of the resource plan the net present value of revenue requirements for […]
§ 40-2-123. Energy Technologies – Consideration by Commission – Incentives – Demonstration Projects – Definitions – Repeal
The commission shall give the fullest possible consideration to the cost-effective implementation of new clean energy and energy-efficient technologies in its consideration of generation acquisitions for electric utilities, bearing in mind the beneficial contributions such technologies make to Colorado’s energy security, economic prosperity, insulation from fuel price increases, and environmental protection, including risk mitigation in […]
§ 40-2-201. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that: Energy storage systems provide potential opportunities to: Reduce system costs; Support diversification of energy resources; and Enhance grid safety and reliability; For these reasons, it is in the public interest to explore the use of energy storage systems in Colorado and to integrate into the planning process […]
§ 40-2-124. Renewable Energy Standards – Qualifying Retail and Wholesale Utilities – Definitions – Net Metering – Legislative Declaration – Rules
Each provider of retail electric service in the state of Colorado, other than municipally owned utilities that serve forty thousand customers or fewer, is a qualifying retail utility. Each qualifying retail utility, with the exception of cooperative electric associations that have voted to exempt themselves from commission jurisdiction pursuant to section 40-9.5-104 and municipally owned […]
§ 40-2-202. Definitions
As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: “Electric utility” means an investor-owned electric utility subject to regulation under articles 1 to 7 of this title 40. “Energy storage system” means commercially available technology that is capable of retaining energy, storing the energy for a period of time, and delivering the energy […]
§ 40-2-125. Eminent Domain Restrictions
A qualifying retail utility shall not have the authority to condemn or exercise the power of eminent domain over any real estate, right-of-way, easement, or other right pursuant to section 38-2-101, C.R.S., to site the generation facilities of a renewable energy system used in whole or in part to meet the electric resource standards set […]