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Harper summarized the petitioners' proposed 2035 target: \"the division proposes in the petition a 2035 target reduction of 41% from a 2015 baseline, which translates to a mass based emission target of 5,270,000 metric tons, carbon dioxide equivalent.\" She said the petition requests the commission set a shortened notice and comment period to meet the statutory deadline and recommended initial comments on June 11 and reply comments on June 18, with the commission to revisit grant decisions at the June 25 weekly meeting.

Commissioners discussed whether to solicit targeted topics for comments. Commissioner Gilman asked if recovered methane limits and whether to set later targets beyond 2035 should be highlighted for comment; Ruthie Harper and Ron Davis of advisory staff said those topics are \"germane to what would be explored formally through the comment process in the rulemaking itself.\" Harper and staff recommended accepting the petition for notice to interested persons and setting the short comment schedule; commissioners present agreed and indicated they would take up the grant question on June 25 unless more time is needed to review comments.

For now, the proceeding will open with notice and the short comment timeline; the rulemaking itself will address the statutory criteria Harper cited, including how recovered methane may be counted and how gas utilities' contributions align with statewide sectoral emissions.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","CWM - June 4, 2025 - HRA","oneSentenceSummary","Ruthie Harper, commission counsel, told the Public Utilities Commission June 4 that the Colorado Energy Office and the Air Pollution Control Division petitioned the commission to open rulemaking to set a mass‑based greenhouse‑gas reduction target for gas utility clean‑heat plans in 2035, and staff set a shortened comment schedule.","taxTitle","Public Utilities Commission, Governor's Boards and Commissions, Organizations, Executive, Colorado","taxId",28165,"location","Colorado","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6215564,"PUC sets quarterly outage and customer‑service reporting; first filing due July 30, sunset mid‑2027",138,2426000,2564000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3657446-aa0ec8ac7911256c2e84228264252eb0&start=2426&end=2564","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3657446-aa0ec8ac7911256c2e84228264252eb0/thumbnail_2426000.jpg","/articles/6215564/Colorado/PUC-sets-quarterly-outage-and-customerservice-reporting-first-filing-due-July-30-sunset-mid2027","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6215564-4e8a0fe4b0a783af452d7b45eacb471d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770692043&Signature=NOrRzoU7CrZCOkC-O-P~birBzaYwY2ICCK0YmnYe6qKY12RXQ2htPU29HOy3wudXesJUcs3CWRQKtTAUa3UrnWCG2M-0Wb4TjthZ-JHxnUPK6sWOW5ikgi4a9S1b--ywdOhrLaovSY4o-f1wRd9FgtUJPVx4FURTAK8NCowd8zscIeDrVvrOprPP82sf02GRxzqZjXUsR5i8qBoN0M79Ep0BRT0Q~fLANF0PZU6qiwxp8NHoW~fYWmWKDyfWoxIHFJd9e6cB4z3~zDjXSw1eNnIYTZXniCGIhIljgkvCTGJqcs0UWrnE6gj6ktiJ20EyBW7a52B-4MpQLbg0IFNTSg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Nick Bongiordino, fixed utility staff for the Public Utilities Commission, recapped June 4 that the commission opened an investigation into 2024 outages and later held a parallel investigation into customer care and billing for Public Service Company of Colorado. \"On April thirtieth of 2025, staff of the commission provided 2 presentations at the commissioner's weekly meeting,\" Bongiordino said, and he described staff's May 14 recommendation that the commission open a miscellaneous docket to require reporting.

The commission previously voted May 14 to open the miscellaneous docket and receive quarterly reports from the company. Bongiordino said the reports \"were to include metrics related to auto disconnection of customer calls, monthly billing issues, customer care staffing levels, and responsiveness to PUC customer affairs complaints\" and a complete outage log going back to 2015 with additional criteria.

Staff recommended modifying the due date for the first report so the company would file its first report, covering the first and second quarters of 2025, \"no later than July 30, 2025,\" and thereafter submit quarterly reports within 30 days of the quarter’s end. Commissioners present signaled agreement: \"Makes sense to me, Commissioner Gilman,\" one commissioner said, followed by other commissioners' assent.

Bongiordino also recommended that the reporting requirement be sunset after the second quarter of 2027, allowing the commission to reassess whether continued reporting is necessary after other rulemaking or remedial actions are complete. He said staff and commission counsel will \"explore whether emergency rulemaking would be an appropriate way to address some of the issues brought up in these 2 investigations.\"

Erin O'Neil, deputy director of fixed utilities staff, told commissioners that staff would not include a specific request for public input about \"what consumers consider to be adequate service\" in the opening order at this time. \"Staff suggest that it would be better to keep this opening order focused only on the utility reporting requirements and let us get this order issued in a timely fashion,\" O'Neil said; commissioners agreed and asked staff to continue internal work on how and when to solicit customer satisfaction feedback.

The commission did not adopt a separate, new reporting metric at the June 4 meeting beyond the elements in the May 14 TBC order; the June 4 discussion set the recommended first‑report due date of July 30, 2025, the sunset after Q2 2027, and direction for staff to assess emergency rulemaking and internal planning for stakeholder feedback.","Following two staff investigations into 2024 outages and customer care problems at Public Service Company of Colorado, the commission set reporting metrics and directed quarterly reports, with the first report covering Q1–Q2 2025 due July 30 and a sunset after Q2 2027; staff will explore emergency rulemaking options.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6215569,"PUC asks parties to trim cross‑examination, offers panel options ahead of June 10 ERP hearing",301,1872000,2173000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3657446-aa0ec8ac7911256c2e84228264252eb0&start=1872&end=2173","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3657446-aa0ec8ac7911256c2e84228264252eb0/thumbnail_1872000.jpg","/articles/6215569/Colorado/PUC-asks-parties-to-trim-crossexamination-offers-panel-options-ahead-of-June-10-ERP-hearing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6215569-00ddd1055a000babb3791f8d9da8aaaf/orig.mp4?Expires=1770692043&Signature=gnW6ch8xukbmUgOz0~O61o2NEx2A9d6hhfkbOaZ7jeSdZEWWNepMwWwY9j2nwxqfmDCbjlYL9j2jmHjhkNHWRKUDisuGOVdc~bX-ulyNGEH57b6QROSsxf56VWcLY8a4OIVETROwOwdAzIo~47o3k-qkDM4KkMKjfExzKB4XBY-5IRYvDXvvvr6rrwx5Xh4mn5GeRDusoOymLMrkPDWiTrX2JLoYDal2NZcfCguf6-bnXtHt4giubuuT4KsUIaBJo7LXodij4frQzWb270qA4n7~FQwS-FQZTDdEpXp7JmDN3NAZwMGYSf14MXN5ZWX2ZNXXX16vVXGuOG7HNTuYLw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Erin McLaughlin, commission counsel for the Public Utilities Commission, told commissioners June 4 that the Just Transition solicitation electric resource plan hearing is scheduled to begin Tuesday, June 10 and that parties' proposed cross‑examination would not fit the allotted days. \"This included approximately 89 hours of party cross, for the 9 reserved days of hearing,\" McLaughlin said, adding that a company update filed late the previous day reduced cross to 68 hours but still did not account for commissioner questions, rebuttal, or breaks.

The matter matters because an overlong cross schedule can force hearings to run beyond reserved days or curtail commissioner questioning. McLaughlin recommended asking parties for further reductions and \"proactively elicit[ing] a follow‑up filing by noon on Friday\" to outline agreed efficiencies before hearing begins.

Commissioners discussed specific options to shorten in‑person time while preserving parties' ability to be heard. Commissioner Gilman suggested allowing \"one witness from each party\" to respond to the company's rebuttal testimony before cross‑examination and proposed written party responses early next week to help focus questions. He also raised using panels for topics such as independent power producer (IPP) issues and model contracts. Commissioner Plant supported inviting party input on streamlining and said she would \"invite the parties to sort of think about the suggestions\" from the bench.

McLaughlin noted the commission has flexibility to group witnesses or use panels and observed that the company’s rebuttal included \"some significant shifts from prior positions,\" strengthening the interest in focused responses and potential panel arrangements.

Chairing commissioners agreed they were not ordering a specific format but were encouraging parties to confer and file a short proposal by Friday. McLaughlin said the proposed filing would allow the commission to consider efficiencies and, if helpful, take them up at the start of the hearing.

The discussion also included an invited update request about company‑owned thermal resources previously approved; Gilman asked the company to include in the Friday filing any information about additional combustion turbines available for potential installation in Colorado beyond approvals in 2021.

No formal motion or roll‑call vote was taken at the June 4 meeting on hearing format; commissioners verbally signaled agreement with the approach of soliciting a follow‑up filing and exploring panels and topic grouping for next week's hearing.","Commission staff and commissioners urged parties to reduce cross‑examination hours and consider panel or topic‑based formats for the Just Transition solicitation electric resource plan hearing starting June 10, and asked for a follow‑up filing by noon Friday outlining proposed efficiencies.","actionData","errors"]

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