Title 40, Utilities
0 chapters · 273 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-101 Reasonable charges - adequate service
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(1) All charges made, demanded, or received by any public utility for any rate, fare, product, or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge made, demanded, or received for suc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-102 Regulation of rates - correction of abuses
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The power and authority is hereby vested in the public utilities commission of the state of Colorado and it is hereby made its duty to adopt all necessary rates, charges, and regulations to govern and regulate all rates, charges, and tariffs of every public utility of this state …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-103 Utilities to file rate schedules - rules
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(1) Under the rules prescribed by the commission, each public utility shall file with the commission, within the time and in the form designated by the commission, and shall print and keep open to public inspection, schedules showing all rates, tolls, rentals, charges, and classi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-103.5 Medical exemption - tiered electricity rates - rules
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of articles 1 to 7 of this title 40 to the contrary, the commission shall adopt rules to create an exemption from any tiered electricity rate plan based on a customer's medical condition. The commission's rules must provide a mechanism for the re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-104 Changes in rates - notice
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(1) (a) In the case of a public utility other than a rail carrier, subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of this subsection (1), no change shall be made by any public utility in any rate, fare, toll, rental, charge, or classification or in any rule, regulation, or contract r…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-104.5 Special provisions for rail carrier rate increases
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Notwithstanding section 40-3-105 and any other provision of this title to the contrary, the commission shall not exercise any jurisdiction over rates with respect to intrastate rail carriers. Source: L. 84: Entire section added, p. 1037, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire sec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-107 Transmission of business of other companies
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Every telephone public utility operating in this state shall receive, transmit, and deliver, without discrimination or delay, the conversations and messages of every other telephone public utility with whose line a physical connection may have been made. Source: L. 13: p. 473, � …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-107.5 Interconnection with renewable energy cooperatives
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Electric utilities shall interconnect with renewable energy cooperatives organized pursuant to section 7-56-210, C.R.S. Every renewable energy cooperative that desires to interconnect its system with any facilities owned or operated by a public utility shall comply with applicabl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-108 Rates for long and short distances
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No telephone public utility subject to articles 1 to 7 of this title shall charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transmission of any long distance message or conversation for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the sam…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-109 Street transportation public utility - transfers
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Every street transportation public utility shall, upon such terms as the commission finds to be just and reasonable, furnish to its passengers transfers entitling them to one continuous trip in the same general direction over and upon the portions of its lines within the same cit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-110 Information furnished commission - reports
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(1) Every public utility shall furnish to the commission, at such time and in such form as the commission may require, one or more reports in which the utility shall specifically answer all questions propounded by the commission upon or concerning which the commission may desire …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-111 Rates determined after hearing
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(1) Whenever the commission, after a hearing upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that the rates, tolls, fares, rentals, charges, or classifications demanded, observed, charged, or collected by any public utility for any service, product, or commodity, or in connection th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-114 Cost recovery - prohibitions - reporting - penalties - definitions
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(1) The commission shall ensure that regulated electric and gas utilities do not use ratepayer funds to subsidize nonregulated activities. (2) A utility shall not recover the following costs from its customers, whether as part of proposed base rate costs, a rider, or other charge…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-115 Recovery of utility relocation costs
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Political subdivision means a county, city and county, city, town, home rule city, home rule town, service authority, school district, local improvement district, law enforcement authority, water, sanitation,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-116 Electric vehicle programs - rates
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(1) The rates and charges schedule for services provided by a program created under section 40-5-107 may allow: (a) A return on any investment made under section 40-5-107 by an electric public utility at the electric public utility's weighted average cost of capital, including th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-119 Measurement of use for billing - rules
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After January 1, 2023, an investor-owned gas utility, at its discretion, may apply to the commission for approval to measure the amount of use for billing purposes in either fuel commodity units or for energy services provided. Upon receipt of the utility's application, the commi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-3-120 Fuel cost sharing - gas utilities - electric utilities - rules
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(1) (a) On or before November 1, 2023, an investor-owned gas utility shall file with the commission a gas price risk management plan that includes proposals for leveling or reducing the volatility of fuel costs that are recovered pursuant to the utility's gas cost adjustment fili…