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CO Code § 40-8.7-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 8.7 - Low-Income Energy Assistance|§ 40-8.7-105. Customer Opt-in Provision

  The public utilities commission shall determine the mechanism for an opt-in provision whereby the energy assistance contributions described in section 40-8.7-104 will be collected from those customers who give notice of their intent to participate in the energy assistance program.    Each utility shall solicit voluntary donations through a check-off mechanism displayed on the monthly remittance device. Recommended check-off categories of five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, and “other amount” shall be displayed.    Once a customer voluntarily opts into the program, the appropriate contribution shall be assessed on a monthly basis until the customer notifies the utility of his or her desire to remove the contribution. Each utility shall establish procedures to notify customers about their ability to cancel any voluntary contribution.    Once the utility customer opts into the program, the energy assistance contribution shall appear as a separate line item and shall be identified in the billing statement as a contribution. The line item shall identify the optional low-income contribution, state the amount of the optional contribution, and be included in the total amount due.    In accordance with article 4 of title 24 C.R.S., on or before November 1, 2005, the public utilities commission shall initiate at least one rule-making proceeding to accomplish the following:   Establish a program whereby customers will be solicited to contribute a flat amount on the monthly remittance device on the utility billing statement;    Encourage each utility to provide notification, where feasible, to customers participating in the program about the customer's ability to continue to contribute when the customer changes his or her address within the service territory;    Require the utility to make additional efforts to inform utility customers about the program to ensure that adequate notice of the opt-in provision is given to all customers;    In addition to notification on the monthly remittance device on the billing statement, require each utility to notify its customers about the opt-in provision prior to September 1, 2006, and require each utility to provide clear, periodic notice of the opt-in provision at least twice per year through bill inserts, in a statement on the bill or envelope, or in other utility communication pieces or through an alternative method approved by the commission. The costs of the insert and any other notification efforts will be considered in the utility's cost of service.    Require each utility to consider the most cost-effective method possible when implementing the program; and    Ensure that there is a mechanism for customers who make electronic payments to the utility to remove the optional charge from their monthly payments.        History. Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 480, § 1, effective May 5.
CO Code § 40-8.7-105.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 8.7 - Low-Income Energy Assistance|§ 40-8.7-105.5. Energy Assistance System Benefit Charge - Repeal

     On and after October 1, 2021, and except as provided in section 40-8.7-104 (2.5)(b), each investor-owned energy utility shall include on its customers' monthly bills a flat energy assistance system benefit charge that a customer is assessed to help finance the low-income energy assistance program.      Except as provided in subsections (1)(b)(II) and (1)(b)(III) of this section, the monthly energy assistance system benefit charge is seventy-five cents for electric service provided and seventy-five cents for natural gas service provided. (b) (I) Except as provided in subsections (1)(b)(II) and (1)(b)(III) of this section, the monthly energy assistance system benefit charge is seventy-five cents for electric service provided and seventy-five cents for natural gas service provided.    (A) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(b)(I) of this section, for billing statements covering electric or natural gas usage between the months of October 2021 and September 2022, the monthly energy assistance system benefit charge is reduced to fifty cents for electric service provided and fifty cents for natural gas service provided.    Commencing October 1, 2023, the monthly energy assistance system benefit charge shall be adjusted in accordance with changes in the United States department of labor's bureau of labor statistics consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its successor index.          Each investor-owned utility shall use the most cost-effective method for implementing the program.    This section is repealed, effective January 1, 2029.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1105), ch. 488, p. 3502, § 10, effective September 7.
CO Code § 40-8.7-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 8.7 - Low-Income Energy Assistance|§ 40-8.7-107. Disposition of Contributions and Charges

  Each utility collecting optional energy assistance contributions pursuant to section 40-8.7-104 (2) and each water utility collecting optional contributions pursuant to section 40-8.7-104.3 (1) shall transfer the money collected to the organization on the following schedule:   For the moneys collected during the period of January 1 to March 31 of each year, the utility shall transfer the collected moneys to the organization before May 1 of such year;    For the moneys collected during the period of April 1 to June 30 of each year, the utility shall transfer the collected moneys to the organization before August 1 of such year;    For moneys collected during the period of July 1 to September 30 of each year, the utility shall transfer the collected moneys to the organization before November 1 of such year; and    For moneys collected during the period of October 1 to December 31 of each year, the utility shall transfer the collected moneys to the organization before February 1 of the next year. (1.5)   An investor-owned utility collecting the energy assistance system benefit charge pursuant to section 40-8.7-104 (2.5) shall transfer the money collected in accordance with the schedule established in subsection (1) of this section.    Except as provided in section 40-8.7-108 (2)(b), the organization shall use the money collected from each investor-owned utility pursuant to section 40-8.7-104 (2.5) to help finance direct utility bill payment assistance and energy retrofits provided to low-income households within that investor-owned utility's service territory or within the service territory of an affiliated investor-owned utility.    Notwithstanding section 40-3-114, a utility regulated by the public utilities commission may use funds collected from its customers for the purpose of complying with a statutory requirement to finance low-income energy assistance programs.          Each utility shall provide the organization with a summary of how the moneys collected were generated, including the number of customers participating in the program.    The organization shall pay the public utilities commission from the moneys transferred to the organization pursuant to subsection (1) of this section for any administrative costs incurred pursuant to this article.      History. Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 482, § 1, effective May 5. L. 2021: IP(1) amended and (1.5) added, (HB 21-1105), ch. 488, p. 3502, § 11, effective September 7.
CO Code § 40-8.7-108.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 8.7 - Low-Income Energy Assistance|§ 40-8.7-108.5. Energy Outreach Colorado - Administration of Water Assistance Contributions

  The organization shall hold and administer all money collected for water assistance pursuant to this article 8.7 delivered to it by water utilities pursuant to section 40-8.7-107 in a separately identifiable account, which shall be restricted to the purposes set forth in this article 8.7. The organization shall maintain its books and records pertaining to the water assistance contributions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, in addition, shall maintain records adequate to identify the money collected by each water utility. If the organization commingles the money collected and delivered with other assets of the organization for investment purposes, the organization shall maintain accurate accounts of the investment money and shall credit or charge a pro rata portion of all investment earnings, gains, or losses to the account that holds the water assistance collections.    The organization shall use the water assistance contributions to provide low-income water assistance. The organization shall pay the financial assistance money to each participating water utility as vendor payments. The organization shall not use the money for water assistance for customers whose water utility does not participate in the program. The organization may use up to five percent of the money collected for administration of the water assistance program in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.    The organization shall, on an annual basis, develop a budget for the water assistance program to determine the allocation of the water assistance contributions collected under this article 8.7.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1105), ch. 488, p. 3505, § 13, effective September 7.
CO Code § 40-8.7-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 8.7 - Low-Income Energy Assistance|§ 40-8.7-109. Low-Income Energy Assistance Program - Eligibility

  The organization shall provide energy assistance to individuals and organizations in Colorado. Individuals eligible for low-income energy assistance shall be current or prospective utility customers who:   Are certified by the department of human services as qualified to receive financial assistance payments;    Are citizens or legal residents of the United States and residents of Colorado; and    Have a monthly household gross income at or below one hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty line.       The department of human services shall periodically recertify an individual's eligibility to receive low-income energy assistance.    In providing low-income energy assistance, the organization shall give priority to households where one or more persons are recipients of:   An old age pension as set forth in section 26-2-111 (2), C.R.S.;    Aid to the needy disabled as set forth in section 26-2-111 (4), C.R.S.;    Aid to the blind as set forth in section 26-2-111 (5), C.R.S.;    Supplemental social security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1396 et seq.; or    Colorado works program assistance as set forth in section 26-2-706.6, C.R.S.       When installing energy retrofits as part of providing low-income energy assistance, the organization and the Colorado energy office shall prioritize maximizing customer savings, reducing emissions, and improving indoor air quality.     History. Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 483, § 1, effective May 5. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1801, § 23, effective July 1; (3)(e) amended, p. 1978, § 27, effective January 1, 2009. L. 2010: (1)(c) amended,(HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2124, § 183, effective August 11. L. 2021: (4) added,(HB 21-1105), ch. 488, p. 3506, § 14, effective September 7.    Editor's note:   Subsection (1)(e), amended by Senate Bill 08-177, was renumbered as subsection (3)(e) and harmonized with House Bill 08-1227, effective January 1, 2009.
CO Code § 40-8.7-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 8.7 - Low-Income Energy Assistance|§ 40-8.7-111. Jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to expand or alter the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission.   History. Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 484, § 1, effective May 5.
CO Code § 40-9-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9 - Carriers Generally|§ 40-9-101. Application of Sections

 Sections 40-9-101 to 40-9-110 apply to any common carrier engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by railroad from one point within the state to any other point within the state. These sections do not apply to the ownership or operation of street transportation public utilities conducted solely as common carriers in the transportation of passengers.   History. Source: L. 07: P. 531, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5445. L. 10: P. 45, § 1. C.L. § 2978. CSA: C. 29, § 1. CRS 53: § 115-12-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-1. L. 69: P. 963, § 73. L. 2019: Entire section amended,(HB 19-1034), ch. 45, p. 152, § 1, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 07: P. 531, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5445. L. 10: P. 45, § 1. C.L. § 2978. CSA: C. 29, § 1. CRS 53: § 115-12-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-1. L. 69: P. 963, § 73. L. 2019: Entire section amended,(HB 19-1034), ch. 45, p. 152, § 1, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For lien of common carrier on goods and baggage, see § 38-20-105 ; for motor vehicle carriers, see article 10 of title 40; for railroads, see article 20 of title 40.   ANNOTATION   Section has no application to private carriers. Common carriers are authorized to accept freight originating on, or destined to points on, lines of connecting carriers, and the transportation of such shipments on joint through rates or otherwise, but no provision in the law authorizes such joint operations by private carriers. McKay v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 104 Colo. 402 , 91 P.2d 965 (1939).   The objects and purposes of the act are broad and comprehensive in relation to common carriers. That title discloses that it was intended thereby to regulate common carriers in the state and to exercise a general supervision over their conduct and operation, and it must be taken that, by the act as framed and worded, the general assembly intended to accomplish the design thereof which it expressly stated in the title. Consumers' League v. Colo. & S. Ry., 53 Colo. 54 , 125 P. 577 (1912).
CO Code § 40-9-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9 - Carriers Generally|§ 40-9-102. Definitions

 As used in sections 40-9-101 to 40-9-105 , unless the context otherwise requires:    “Common carriers” also includes express companies, private freight car lines, and pipe lines.    “Railroad” includes all bridges used or operated in connection with any railroad; all the roads in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease; all switches, spurs, tracks, and terminal facilities of every kind used or necessary in transportation of persons or property; all freight depots, yards, and grounds used or necessary in the transportation of persons or property; and all freight depots, yards, and grounds, used or necessary in the transportation or delivery of any of said property.    “Transportation” includes all cars, and all other vehicles and instrumentalities and facilities of a shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership or of any contract, express or implied, for the use thereof, and all service in connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation, and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration or icing, demurrage, storing, or handling of property transported. It is the duty of every common carrier, subject to the provisions of sections 40-9-101 to 40-9-105, to provide such transportation upon reasonable request therefor, and to establish through routes and just and reasonable rates applicable thereto, and to provide a sufficient number of cars and a reasonable time schedule for trains.     History. Source: L. 07: P. 532, § 2. R.S. 08: § 5446. L. 10: P. 46, § 2. C.L. § 2979. CSA: C. 29, § 2. CRS 53: § 115-12-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-2. History. Source: L. 07: P. 532, § 2. R.S. 08: § 5446. L. 10: P. 46, § 2. C.L. § 2979. CSA: C. 29, § 2. CRS 53: § 115-12-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-2.    ANNOTATION   Section is valid. Last portion of this section held not unconstitutional as a delegation of legislative power. Colo. & S. Ry. v. State R. R. Comm'n, 54 Colo. 64 , 129 P. 506 (1912).
CO Code § 40-9-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9 - Carriers Generally|§ 40-9-104. Violation - Penalty

 Any common carrier subject to the provisions of sections 40-9-101 to 40-9-105 , or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation, or any shipper, consignee, or applicant for cars who alone or with any other corporation, company, person, or party willfully does or causes to be done or willfully suffers or permits to be done any act, matter, or thing prohibited by sections 40-9-101 to 40-9-105 or declared to be unlawful or who aids or abets therein, or willfully omits or fails to do any act, matter, or thing required to be done in said sections, or aids or abets any such omission or failure, or is guilty of any infraction of said sections, or aids or abets therein, or fails or refuses or neglects to obey any order of the commission made under the provisions of said sections is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense.   History. Source: L. 07: P. 535, § 9. R.S. 08: § 5453. L. 10: P. 50, § 9. C.L. § 2986. CSA: C. 29, § 9. CRS 53: § 115-12-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-4. History. Source: L. 07: P. 535, § 9. R.S. 08: § 5453. L. 10: P. 50, § 9. C.L. § 2986. CSA: C. 29, § 9. CRS 53: § 115-12-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-4.
CO Code § 40-9-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9 - Carriers Generally|§ 40-9-105. Diligence in Transporting - Penalty for Failure

  It is the duty of every common carrier to transport all shipments between points in this state with the utmost diligence and to move perishable products toward their destination continuously without unnecessary delays or longer stops than regular stops at stations or stops for icing or watering and at a minimum speed of not less than ten miles per hour; but excessive storms, unavoidable accidents, or damage to roadbeds which delay such shipments beyond the power of the common carrier to immediately overcome shall exempt such common carrier from compliance with the minimum speed limit, until such storms subside or such damage can be expeditiously repaired.    For failure of any common carrier to receive and transport such shipments with the utmost diligence, such common carrier issuing the receipt or bill of lading therefor shall pay to the owner, consignee, or other interested party whose interests may appear, such actual damages as the owner, consignee, or other interested party may sustain, and the same may be sued for and be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the district in which the plaintiff resides.     History. Source: L. 07: P. 544, § 26. R.S. 08: § 5470. L. 10: P. 62, § 25. C.L. § 2996. CSA: C. 29, § 19. CRS 53: § 115-12-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-5. History. Source: L. 07: P. 544, § 26. R.S. 08: § 5470. L. 10: P. 62, § 25. C.L. § 2996. CSA: C. 29, § 19. CRS 53: § 115-12-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-5.    ANNOTATION   Section has been held not unconstitutional as a delegation of legislative power. Colo. & S. Ry. v. State R. R. Comm'n, 54 Colo. 64 , 129 P. 506 (1912).   The prime purpose of this provision is to impose upon a railroad company, in its capacity as a common carrier, the duty to afford shippers reasonable facilities for the transportation of property without unnecessary delay. Colo. & S. Ry. v. State R. R. Comm'n, 54 Colo. 64 , 129 P. 506 (1912).
CO Code § 40-9-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9 - Carriers Generally|§ 40-9-106. Transportation of Livestock - Not Less Than Ten Miles per Hour

 Every common carrier in this state must transport livestock from the initial point of shipment in this state to the point of destination in this state at an average rate of speed of not less than ten miles an hour and within such time, from the hour of loading at the initial point to the hour of arrival at the destination, that the point of destination shall be reached in not more than one-tenth as many hours as there were miles required to be traveled in the transportation of such shipment; except only that necessary stops of reasonable duration for feeding purposes, when required by the length of the journey, or necessary and imperative delays caused only by an act of God or inevitable accident shall not be computed in determining such minimum requirements as to speed.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 163, § 1. C.L. § 2997. CSA: C. 29, § 20. CRS 53: § 115-12-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-6. History. Source: L. 21: P. 163, § 1. C.L. § 2997. CSA: C. 29, § 20. CRS 53: § 115-12-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-6.    ANNOTATION   Application of section. This section may be applicable to one or more railroads but may be inapplicable and unconstitutional as to another, which because of the location of its road and difficulties attending its operation, cannot with due regard to the safety of its employees and duty to the public, comply with its provisions. Freeman v. Boyer Bros., 82 Colo. 509 , 261 P. 864 (1927).   Imposition of time limit is in exercise of police power. While the imposition of a time limit for the transportation of livestock by carriers is well within the police power of the state, an unreasonable exercise of that power, culminating in a statute, may not be enforced, although the general subject matter of the legislation comes within the scope of the power. Freeman v. Boyer Bros., 82 Colo. 509 , 261 P. 864 (1927).
CO Code § 40-9-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9 - Carriers Generally|§ 40-9-107. Damages for Failure to Comply

 For failure of any common carrier to transport any such shipment within the time required by section 40-9-106 , the common carrier issuing the receipt or bill of lading shall pay to the owner, consignee, or other interested party whose interest may appear such actual damages as the owner, consignee, or other interested party may sustain, together with exemplary damages in a sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, to be fixed by the jury or by the court if the cause is tried without a jury, and such actual and exemplary damages may be sued for and recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the district in which the plaintiff resides.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 163, § 2. C.L. § 2998. CSA: C. 29, § 21. CRS 53: § 115-12-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-7. History. Source: L. 21: P. 163, § 2. C.L. § 2998. CSA: C. 29, § 21. CRS 53: § 115-12-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-7.    ANNOTATION   Plaintiff required only to make prima facie case of damages. In an action against a carrier by a shipper of livestock, for damages alleged to have been occasioned by failure to transport the stock within the time limit prescribed by the section preceding, it is held that the plaintiff was required only to make out a prima facie case of damages, after which defendants had the burden of establishing the only defense interposed, viz., unconstitutionality of the statute. Freeman v. Boyer Bros., 82 Colo. 509 , 261 P. 864 (1927).