Tag: Puc
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Car towed? Here’s the what the PUC suggests
Colorado Public Utilities Commission offers on-line guidance Find your car towed from where you parked it? Maybe it’s got a boot on it? Either scenario generates anxiety, stress and financial hardship. Predatory and illegal towing and immobilization have resulted in the state legislature passing new laws to help protect consumers and give tow companies room…
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Governor, business leaders prod energy regulators to approve Xcel’s $15 billion energy plan
Colorado’s governor and business leaders are pressing energy regulators to expedite a request by the state’s largest utility company to add 4,500 megawatts of “renewable” and hybrid energy generation before federal credits expire at the end of December. The move, if approved by the Public Utilities Commission, would potentially saving renewable energy developers up to…
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Colorado regulators consider Xcel Energy’s proposal for 5,000 MW of new generation
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s energy regulators are deliberating Xcel Energy’s request to build out new generating resources, even as business groups urged the commissioners to not “artificially” constrain the amount of power that industry experts concluded the state needs. Xcel is asking the Public Utilities Commission to build…
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Xcel Energy proposes five-year $4.9 billion grid modernization plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s largest utility company is proposing a $4.9 billion plan to modernize the power grid, accommodating vehicle and building electrification, as well as distributed electric generation and storage. The goal, Xcel Energy added, includes enhancing reliability, resiliency, and safety benefits, as required by a recently…
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Colorado Public Utilities Commission schedules August public comment sessions
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Public Utilities Commission is soliciting public comments on four items under consideration in the month of August. Xcel Distribution System Plan Public comments will be heard from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 on Xcel Energy’s $4.9 billion Distribution System Plan. Xcel…
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PUC schedules public information sessions on upcoming rules
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has announced four opportunities for the public to learn about and comment on regulatory actions currently under consideration. This is part of the commission’s program to improve the clarity and transparency of what critics have characterized as a “Byzantine” and…
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Xcel Energy dodges $1.2M fine for delay in signing solar interconnection agreement
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Xcel Energy dodged a potential $1 million-plus Public Utilities Commission fine for an alleged 23-month delay in completing required paperwork so a homeowner can start getting paid for electricity generated by his home solar power system. The homeowner, Peter Simmons of Aurora, spent more than $25,000 installing a solar panel system on his roof, expecting…
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Colorado justices skeptical of unfairness allegations against Black Hills’ winter storm surcharge
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared unmoved by claims that the Public Utilities Commission’s authorized method of charging customers for $23 million in natural gas purchases during a winter storm was unreasonable. In advance of Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, Black…
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Colorado PUC seeking input on Xcel gas rate increase proposal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Xcel Energy is asking the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for a two-stage increase in its natural gas rates that would cost residential ratepayers an additional 7.44%, or $4.64 per month, between Feb. 15, 2025, and February 2026. The request includes a proposed 2.54% long-term increase, about…
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Colorado energy regulators reject Xcel’s plans to build hundreds of EV charging stations
Xcel Energy’s state-mandated transportation electrification plan for 2024-2026 is moving forward after getting the approval of Colorado’s energy regulators. What won’t be moving forward are Xcel’s plans to bill some customers $120 million to build 460 electric vehicle chargers it would own and operate. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission approved the company’s updated transportation electrification plan,…