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CO Code § 40-3.2-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 3.2 - Air Quality Improvement Costs|Part 2 - Coordinated Utility Plan to Reduce Air Emissions|§ 40-3.2-202. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the federal “Clean Air Act”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 7401 et seq., will likely require reductions in emissions from coal-fired power plants operated by rate-regulated utilities in Colorado. A coordinated plan of emission reductions from these coal-fired power plants will enable Colorado rate-regulated utilities to meet the requirements of the federal act and protect public health and the environment at a lower cost than a piecemeal approach. A coordinated plan of reduction of emissions for Colorado's rate-regulated utilities will also result in reductions in many air pollutants and promote the use of natural gas and other low-emitting resources to meet Colorado's electricity needs, which will in turn promote development of Colorado's economy and industry.    The general assembly further finds that the use of natural gas to reduce coal-fired emissions may require rate-regulated utilities to enter into long-term contracts for natural gas in a manner that protects electricity consumers. Even though such long-term contracts might be beneficial to consumers, financial rating agencies could find that such long-term contracts increase the financial risk to rate-regulated utilities, which in turn could increase the cost of capital to these utilities. The general assembly finds that it is important to give financial markets confidence that utilities will be able to recover the costs of long-term gas contracts without the risk of future regulators disallowing contracts.    The general assembly further finds and declares that Colorado rate-regulated utilities require timely and forward-looking reviews of their costs of providing utility service in order to undertake the comprehensive and extensive planning and changes to their business operations contemplated by this part 2. In order to allow these utilities to continue to provide reliable electric service, alter their operations in the manner described by this part 2, and meet other state public policy goals, it is imperative that Colorado rate-regulated utilities continue in sound financial condition and remain attractive investments so that sufficient capital is provided to achieve the state's goals. To that end, the general assembly finds that the commission should have additional tools and more flexibility in its regulatory authority to ensure the continued financial health of these utilities. The general assembly also finds and declares that the actions provided for in this part 2 be implemented in a manner to address the sound economic, health, and environmental conditions of energy producing communities.     History. Source: L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1365), ch. 140, p. 466, § 1, effective April 19.
CO Code § 40-3.2-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 3.2 - Air Quality Improvement Costs|Part 2 - Coordinated Utility Plan to Reduce Air Emissions|§ 40-3.2-203. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Air quality control commission” means the commission created in section 25-7-104, C.R.S.    “Department” means the department of public health and environment.    “Federal act” means the federal “Clean Air Act”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 7401 et seq., as amended.    “State act” means the “Colorado Air Pollution Prevention and Control Act”, article 7 of title 25, C.R.S.    “State implementation plan” means the plan required by and described in section 110   and other provisions of the federal act.        History. Source: L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1365), ch. 140, p. 467, § 1, effective April 19.
CO Code § 40-3.2-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 3.2 - Air Quality Improvement Costs|Part 2 - Coordinated Utility Plan to Reduce Air Emissions|§ 40-3.2-205. Review - Approval

  In evaluating the plan, the commission shall consider the following factors:   Whether the department reports that the plan is likely to achieve at least a seventy to eighty percent reduction, or greater, in annual emissions of oxides of nitrogen as necessary to comply with current and reasonably foreseeable requirements of the federal act and the state act. The reduction in emissions under this paragraph (a) shall be measured from 2008 levels at coal-fired power plants identified in the plan. In determining the reduction in emissions under this paragraph (a), the department shall include:   Emissions from coal-fired power plants identified in the plan and continuing to operate after retrofit with emission control equipment; and    Emissions from any facilities constructed to replace any retired coal-fired power plants identified in the plan.       Whether the department has made the determination under section 40-3.2-204 (2)(b)(III);    The degree to which the plan will result in reductions in other air pollutant emissions;    The degree to which the plan will increase utilization of existing natural gas-fired generating capacity;    The degree to which the plan enhances the ability of the utility to meet state or federal clean energy requirements, relies on energy efficiency, or relies on other low-emitting resources;    Whether the plan promotes Colorado economic development;    Whether the plan preserves reliable electric service for Colorado consumers;    Whether the plan is likely to help protect Colorado customers from future cost increases, including costs associated with reasonably foreseeable emission reduction requirements; and    Whether the cost of the plan results in reasonable rate impacts. In evaluating the rate impacts of the plan, the commission shall examine the impact of the rates on low-income customers.       The commission shall review the plan and enter an order approving, denying, or modifying the plan by December 15, 2010. Any modifications required by the commission shall result in a plan that the department determines is likely to meet current and reasonably foreseeable federal and state act requirements.    All actions taken by the utility in furtherance of, and in compliance with, an approved plan are presumed to be prudent actions, the costs of which are recoverable in rates as provided in section 40-3.2-207.    If the utility disagrees with the commission's modifications to its proposed plan with respect to resource selection, the utility may withdraw its application.     History. Source: L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1365), ch. 140, p. 469, § 1, effective April 19.
CO Code § 40-3.2-208 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 3.2 - Air Quality Improvement Costs|Part 2 - Coordinated Utility Plan to Reduce Air Emissions|§ 40-3.2-208. Air Quality Planning

  The air quality provisions of the emission reduction plan filed under this part 2 are intended to fulfill the requirements of the state and federal acts and shall be proposed by the department to the air quality control commission after the utility files the plan with the commission to be considered for incorporation into the regional haze element of the state implementation plan.      Upon the utility's filing of the utility plan with the commission pursuant to section 40-3.2-204, the air quality control commission, in response to the proposal by the department, shall initiate a proceeding to incorporate the air quality provisions of the utility plan into the regional haze element of the state implementation plan. Except as set forth in this subsection (2), the air quality control commission shall not act on the utility plan or the provisions of the regional haze element of the state implementation plan that would establish controls for those units covered by the utility plan until after the commission's approval of the utility plan.    The air quality control commission shall vacate the entire proceeding related to the utility plan and shall initiate a new proceeding for the consideration of alternative proposals for the appropriate controls for those units covered by the utility plan for inclusion in the regional haze element of the state implementation plan if:   The commission does not approve the utility plan by December 15, 2010;    The utility withdraws its application pursuant to section 40-3.2-205 (4); or    The air quality control commission rejects any portion of the utility plan as approved by the commission.       The air quality control commission shall conduct the proceedings specified in this subsection (2) after public notice and an opportunity for the public to participate in accordance with the air quality control commission's procedures.       If the final approved provisions of the state implementation plan are not consistent with the air quality provisions of the utility plan, the utility may file a revised utility plan with the commission that modifies the original plan to be consistent with the final approved state implementation plan. The revised utility plan is subject to all of the review and cost recovery provisions contained in this part 2. Notwithstanding any revision required to the utility plan, the utility is entitled to fully recover any costs it prudently incurred or contracted to incur under the originally approved plan prior to the plan's revision and any costs incurred as a result of any enforceable state implementation plan or other air quality requirements.      History. Source: L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1365), ch. 140, p. 474, § 1, effective April 19.
CO Code § 40-3.2-209 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 3.2 - Air Quality Improvement Costs|Part 2 - Coordinated Utility Plan to Reduce Air Emissions|§ 40-3.2-209. Early Reductions

 Reductions in emissions achieved pursuant to this part 2 through a compliance strategy before such reductions are mandated under federal law are voluntary for purposes of determining early reduction credits under federal law.   History. Source: L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1365), ch. 140, p. 475, § 1, effective April 19.
CO Code § 40-3.2-210 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 3.2 - Air Quality Improvement Costs|Part 2 - Coordinated Utility Plan to Reduce Air Emissions|§ 40-3.2-210. Exemption From Limits on Voluntary Emission Reductions

 The limits on utility expenditures on voluntary emission reductions in section 40-3.2-102 do not apply to utility expenditures under a plan approved by the commission under this part 2.   History. Source: L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1365), ch. 140, p. 475, § 1, effective April 19.
CO Code § 40-9.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-101. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby finds and declares that cooperative electric associations which are owned by the member-consumers they serve are regulated by the member-consumers themselves acting through an elected governing body. It is further declared that the regulation by the public utilities commission under the “Public Utilities Law”, articles 1 to 7 of this title, may be duplicative of the self-regulation by the association and may be neither necessary nor cost-effective. It is therefore the purpose of this part 1 to determine the necessity of regulation by the public utilities commission by allowing cooperative electric associations to exempt themselves from regulation by the public utilities commission.   History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1567, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1162, § 3, effective May 27.
CO Code § 40-9.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-102. Definitions

 As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Cooperative electric association” or “association” includes a nonprofit electric corporation or association but does not include nonprofit generation and transmission electric corporations or associations.    “Joint membership” means a membership in a cooperative electric association in which more than one individual is treated as a single member of the cooperative electric association in accordance with the cooperative electric association's bylaws. Each individual in a joint membership is a joint member.     History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1567, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1162, § 4, effective May 27. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (HB 21-1131), ch. 65, p. 261, § 1, effective September 7.
CO Code § 40-9.5-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-103. Exemption From “Public Utilities Law”

 Except as otherwise provided in this part 1, the provisions of the “Public Utilities Law”, articles 1 to 7 of this title, shall not apply to cooperative electric associations which have, by an affirmative vote of the members and consumers pursuant to section 40-9.5-104 , voted to exempt themselves from such provisions and to be subject to the provisions of this part 1. The period of exemption shall begin on the date the election results are filed with the public utilities commission.   History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1567, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1162, § 5, effective May 27.
CO Code § 40-9.5-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-104. Procedure for Exemption - Election

     The board of directors of each cooperative electric association may, at its option, submit the question of its exemption from the “Public Utilities Law”, articles 1 to 7 of this title, to its members and its consumers. Approval by a majority of those voting in the election shall be required for such exemption.    The board of directors of the cooperative electric association shall be responsible for mailing the ballots to all members and consumers of the association, for counting the returned ballots, and for determining the result of the election and shall also be responsible for insuring that the election is not held in a dishonest, corrupt, or fraudulent manner. The ballot shall contain the following language:    The ballot must be postmarked or returned in an envelope accompanying the ballot with return postage paid within thirty days after it was mailed to the member or consumer.    The results of the election held pursuant to this subsection (1) shall be certified by the secretary of the board of directors of the cooperative electric association no later than sixty days after the ballots are mailed to the members and consumers, and said secretary shall file the results with the director of the public utilities commission.       Upon an affirmative vote of the members and consumers of the cooperative electric association on the question of exempting said association, the association shall be exempt from the “Public Utilities Law”, articles 1 to 7 of this title, beginning on the date the election results are filed with the public utilities commission.     [Form Excluded]   History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1568, § 1, effective July 1. L. 85: (1)(a) amended, p. 1299, § 1, effective May 31. L. 2003: (1)(d) amended, p. 1707, § 23, effective May 14.
CO Code § 40-9.5-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-107. Duties of Cooperative Electric Associations

  Cooperative electric associations shall provide reasonably continuous and adequate electric utility service to all members and consumers within their certificated service areas.    Cooperative electric associations shall provide and maintain reasonably adequate facilities for the provision of electric utility service within their certificated service areas.    All cooperative electric associations shall cooperate with each other and with other electric utilities in avoiding unnecessary construction of facilities and cooperate in the joint use of facilities for generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy.    Cooperative electric associations shall construct and maintain their facilities in a careful and safe fashion so as to minimize hazards to either persons or property.    Cooperative electric associations shall continue to file with the public utilities commission those items required by sections 40-2-111, 40-3-110, and 40-5-106 (2) and shall comply with section 40-2-124 (3) and (4). The records and accounts of cooperative electric associations shall be kept in accordance with procedures established by the commission pursuant to section 40-4-111.    If a cooperative electric association has an immediate shutoff policy, such association shall have provisions for an immediate appeal of such policy to the board of directors.    The board of directors of a cooperative electric association shall adopt all necessary rules and regulations to comply with the provisions of this part 1.    Any conflict arising out of this section shall be resolved by the public utilities commission in accordance with the hearing procedures established in article 6 of this title.     History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1570, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: (7) amended, p. 1162, § 7, effective May 27; (5) amended, p. 1223, § 38, effective May 30. L. 2005: (5) amended, p. 239, § 3, effective August 8.    ANNOTATION   The statutory identification of the duties listed in this section does not limit powers extraneous to such duties. In interpreting this section, consideration shall be given to the entire statutory scheme including § 40-9.5-112 that states that the provisions of article 55 of title 7 apply to cooperative electric associations. Such article allows a cooperative to engage in any lawful activity except banking, therefore, the plaintiff's contention that a nonprofit cooperative electric association is not authorized to form and invest in two for-profit, non-electric subsidiaries is invalid. Bontrager v. La Plata Elec. Ass'n, 68 P.3d 555 (Colo. App. 2003).   The general assembly did not intend to limit cooperative electric associations to providing only electric services. Bontrager v. La Plata Elec. Ass'n, 68 P.3d 555 (Colo. App. 2003).
CO Code § 40-9.5-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-108. Public Meetings - Definition

  All meetings of a cooperative electric association are declared to be open meetings and open to the members, consumers, and news media at all times; but such association, by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the board members present, may go into executive session for consideration of documents or testimony given in confidence, but such association shall not make final policy decisions or adopt or approve any resolution, rule, regulation, or formal action, any contract, or any action calling for the payment of money at any session which is closed to the members, consumers, and news media. (1.5) All meetings of a generation and transmission association are declared to be open meetings and open to the members, consumers, and news media at all times; but such association, by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the board members present, may go into executive session for consideration of documents or testimony given in confidence.      Before a board of directors convenes in executive session pursuant to subsection (1) or (1.5) of this section, the board shall announce the general topic of the executive session.    At every regular meeting of the board of directors of an association or a generation and transmission association, members of the association shall be given an opportunity to address the board on any matter concerning the policies and business of the association. The board may place reasonable, viewpoint-neutral restrictions on the amount and duration of public comment.    Written minutes shall be made of all meetings of the board of directors of an association or a generation and transmission association. The minutes shall be posted on the website of the association or generation and transmission association as soon as they have been approved and shall remain posted until at least six months after the date of the meeting. Upon request by a member of the board, that member's own vote on any issue shall be noted in the minutes.       Any action taken contrary to the provisions of this section shall be null and void and without force or effect.    As used in this section, “generation and transmission association” means a nonprofit generation and transmission electric association that provides wholesale electric service directly to Colorado cooperative electric associations that are its members.      History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1570, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2010: (2) amended, (HB 10-1098), ch. 424, p. 2194, § 1, effective August 11. L. 2021: (1.5) and (4) added and (2) amended, (HB 21-1131), ch. 65, p. 261, § 2, effective September 7.
CO Code § 40-9.5-108.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-108.5. Public Posting of Documents

  Each cooperative electric association shall post on the association's website the following information:   The association's current rates; and    The association's net metering requirements.       Each cooperative electric association shall keep and make available on request to a member of the association all financial audits of the association conducted in the last three fiscal years.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1131), ch. 65, p. 262, § 3, effective September 7.
CO Code § 40-9.5-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-109. Regulations Governing Consumer Complaints

 The board of directors of each cooperative electric association shall adopt regulations which specify a procedure for members and consumers to register complaints about and be given an opportunity to be heard by the board on the rates charged by such association, the manner in which the electric service is provided, and proposed changes in the rates or regulations. Such regulations may be amended whenever deemed appropriate by the board.   History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1570, § 1, effective July 1. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1299, § 3, effective May 31. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 2072, § 34, effective July 1.