Colorado Public Utilities Commission
The PUC has full economic and quality of service regulatory authority over intrastate telecommunication services and investor-owned electric, gas and water utilities, as well as partial regulatory control over municipal utilities and electric associations. The Colorado PUC is a primary determinant of electric and gas policy in Colorado. They implement the Utility Law (Colorado Revised Statutes Title 40) passed by the Colorado General Assembly. They are playin an increasingly important role in encouraging Colorado utilities to become more energy efficient and use ever-increasing renewable energy resources.
The PUC's regulatory responsibilities encompass a wide range of utilities. The PUC has jurisdiction over gas pipeline inspection units, including investor-owned distribution operators; municipal distribution operators; master meter distribution operators; investor-owned transmission operators; some municipal transmission operators; LP operators; and direct sales purchasers.
The PUC website offers electronic updates and a schedule of town hall meetings that are open to the public.
The GEO has been involved at different levels with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), particularly in relation to the following areas:
- Gas & Electric Demand Side Management (House Bill 1037)
- Read the PUC's fact sheet on Demand Side Management (PDF 41 KB)
- Read the PUC’s press release regarding their major September 2008 DSM decision:
Colorado Public Utilities Commission Energy Plan
- 2007 Xcel Energy Least Cost Planning Application
- Renewable Energy Transmission Mapping (Senate Bill 100)
- PUC review of Distributed Generation (House Bill 1228)
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