Title 40, Utilities
0 chapters · 273 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-102 Oath - qualifications
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Each commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the constitutional oath of office. No person in the employ of or holding any official relation to any corporation or person, which said corporation or person is subject in whole or in part to regulation …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-103 Director - duties
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(1) The executive director of the department of regulatory agencies, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, and with the approval of the commission, shall appoint a director of the commission. The director shall manage the operations of the agency in ord…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-104 Assistants and employees - utilization of independent experts
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(1) The director of the commission may appoint such experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, investigative personnel, clerks, and other employees as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title or to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law up…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-104.5 Financial disclosures by intervenors
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(1) An intervenor in any matter before the commission shall disclose any of the following relationships that exist or, within the immediately preceding twenty-four months, existed between the intervenor and the regulated utility in the matter: (a) Any corporate affiliation with t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-105 Office - sessions - seal - supplies
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(1) The office of the commission shall be in the city and county of Denver. The office shall be open every day, legal holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays excepted. Hearings under this title may be held in such places within this state as shall be determined by the commission. It is …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-106 Reports and decisions of the commission
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Whenever an investigation is made, a hearing is held, or a decision is entered by the commission, it is the duty of the commission to make a report or decision in writing in respect thereto which shall state its findings of fact and conclusions thereon, together with its decision…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-107 Compensation and expenses of employees
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(1) All employees of the commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed pursuant to law. (2) Repealed. (3) All expenses incurred by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this title, including the actual and necessary traveling expenses and other expenses and di…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-108 Rules - legislative declaration
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(1) The commission shall promulgate such rules as are necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this title and shall furnish, without charge, copies of the appropriate rules to each public utility under its jurisdiction and, upon request, to any public officer, a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-109 Report to executive director of the department of revenue
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(1) Repealed. (2) (a) On March 1 of each year, the public utilities commission shall furnish the executive director of the department of revenue with a list of those public utilities subject to its jurisdiction, supervision, and regulation on January 1 of each year. The provision…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-109.5 Incentives for distributed generation - definition
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(1) The commission shall develop a policy to establish incentives for consumers who produce distributed generation, including, but not limited to, small wind turbines, thermal biomass, electric biomass, and solar thermal energy. The commission shall consider whether a credit prog…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-110 Appropriation and fees
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(1) At each regular session, the general assembly shall determine the amounts to be expended by the public utilities commission for its administrative expenses in supervising and regulating the public utilities which are under its jurisdiction, a list of which the commission is r…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-111 Report of utilities to department of revenue
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Each public utility required to pay such fees shall, on or before May 15 of each year, file a return with the department of revenue on such forms as shall be prescribed by the executive director of the department of revenue and the public utilities commission setting forth the gr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-112 Computation of fees
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(1) (a) On or before June 1 of each year, the executive director of the department of revenue shall ascertain the aggregate amount of gross operating revenues of telephone corporations and all other public utilities filing returns as provided in section 40-2-111. Based on appropr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-113 Collection of fees - limitation
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(1) On or before June 15 of each year, the department of revenue shall notify each public utility subject to this article 2 of the amount of its fee for the ensuing fiscal year beginning July 1, computed by multiplying its gross intrastate utility operating revenues for the prece…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-118 Comprehensive energy report. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 79: Entire section added, p. 1510, � 1, effective June 22. Editor's note: Subsection (6) provided for the repeal of this section, effective March 1, 1984. (See L. 79, p. 1510.)
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-119 Exemption of rail carrier transportation
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(1) The commission shall by rule or regulation establish standards and procedures to be used in determining whether certain transportation provided by a rail carrier in this state should be exempted, in whole or in part, from one or more provisions of this title. Such rules and r…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-120 Rail transportation policy
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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: Entir…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-125 Eminent domain restrictions
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(1) 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 i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-131 State of 911 report
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(1) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on or before September 15, 2018, and on or before September 15 of each year thereafter, the commission shall publish a state of 911 report and submit the report to the members of the general assembly. The report must provide an ove…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-132 Distribution system planning - definition - rules
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(1) The commission shall promulgate rules establishing the filing of a distribution system plan. The commission's rules must: (a) Define the following terms: (I) Distributed energy resources that include: (A) Distributed renewable electric generation; (B) Energy storage systems c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-133 Workforce transition planning filing - definition
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(1) A qualifying retail utility regulated by the commission that submits a filing, including a resource plan or application, that includes a proposed accelerated retirement of an electric generating facility shall also include a workforce transition plan as part of its filing. (2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-201 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that: (a) Energy storage systems provide potential opportunities to: (I) Reduce system costs; (II) Support diversification of energy resources; and (III) Enhance grid safety and reliability; (b) For these reasons, it is in …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-202 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Electric utility means an investor-owned electric utility subject to regulation under articles 1 to 7 of this title 40. (2) Energy storage system means commercially available technology that is capable of retainin…