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PUC defers a fixed recovered‑methane cap in rulemaking; commissioners debate 5% cap and plan‑level review
Summary
Commission staff summarized competing proposals on recovered methane: CDPHE and CEO urged no fixed rule cap and plan‑level review, environmental groups pressed to retain a 5% cap and to limit rule language that could allow exceedances; commissioners asked staff to draft rule and decision language to address concerns but did not adopt a final fixed cap today.
Commission staff told commissioners the third decision point in the clean‑heat rulemaking concerned whether to adopt a rule capping the share of recovered methane that gas utilities may count toward targets.
CDPHE and the Colorado Energy Office recommended that the commission decline to adopt a fixed recovered‑methane cap in the rule and instead preserve commission flexibility to evaluate recovered‑methane proposals in…
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