The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that cost-effective natural gas and electricity demand-side management programs will save money for consumers and utilities and protect Colorado’s environment. The general assembly further finds, determines, and declares that providing funding mechanisms to encourage Colorado’s public utilities to reduce emissions or air pollutants and to increase energy […]
A public utility shall be entitled to fully recover from its retail customers the air quality improvement costs that it prudently incurs as a result of a voluntary agreement entered into pursuant to part 12 of article 7 of title 25, C.R.S., after July 1, 1998, except as provided in subsection (7) of this section. […]
Commencing in 2022 and no less frequently than every four years thereafter, each investor-owned gas distribution utility, also referred to in this section as a “gas utility”, shall file an application to open a DSM strategic issues proceeding to develop energy savings targets to be achieved by the gas utility, taking into account its potential […]
It is the policy of the state of Colorado that a primary goal of electric utility least-cost resource planning is to minimize the net present value of revenue requirements. The commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement this policy. The commission shall establish energy savings and peak demand reduction goals to be achieved by […]
This section applies to all necessary plumbing, mechanical, and electrical work performed in connection with a project undertaken pursuant to a gas DSM program under this article 3.2 and for which a customer of an investor-owned utility applies for a rebate directly from the utility. When practicable, the utility may assign its own employees to […]
This section applies to all necessary mechanical, plumbing, and electrical work performed in connection with a project undertaken pursuant to a beneficial electrification program under this article 3.2 and for which a customer of an investor-owned electric utility applies for a rebate directly from the utility. When practicable, the utility may assign its own employees […]
The commission shall require an electric or gas public utility subject to commission jurisdiction to consider the social cost of carbon dioxide emissions and the social cost of methane emissions, as set forth in subsections (4) and (5) of this section, when determining the cost, benefit, or net present value of any plan or proposal […]
The commission shall require a gas public utility subject to commission jurisdiction to consider the social cost of methane emissions, as set forth in subsection (2) of this section, when determining the cost, benefit, or net present value of revenue requirements of any plan or proposal submitted in an application related to, or the commission’s […]
Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby: Finds that: In order to achieve Colorado’s science-based greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and maintain a healthy, livable climate for Coloradans, Colorado must reduce greenhouse gas pollution from all sectors of the economy, including the built environment; A significant source of greenhouse gas pollution from the built environment comes […]
Definition. As used in this section, “beneficial electrification plan” or “plan” means an electric utility’s plan to increase beneficial electrification in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors for purposes other than transportation. The commission shall allow an investor-owned electric utility to implement cost-effective beneficial electrification plans that support voluntary customer adoption of beneficial electrification measures. […]
