Advisory staff on Nov. 26 recommended that the Public Utilities Commission deny a motion for stay filed Nov. 17 by independent power producer (IPP) trade associations and instead extend response deadlines for Public Service Company of Colorado’s revised power purchase agreements (PPAs).

Michael Eden, representing commission advisors, summarized the trade associations’ argument that proceeding with the PPA‑procedural process while rehearing/reargument (triple‑R) requests are pending would prejudice parties’ due process rights and would be especially difficult because response deadlines fell near the Thanksgiving holiday. The associations named in the motion were the Colorado Independent Energy Association, Clean Energy Industries and the InterWest Energy Alliance.

Public Service opposed the stay and said delaying the procedural process could push phase 2 out by months and was inappropriate given current commercial and resource adequacy concerns. Advisors recommended denying the stay but extending the deadline for responses to the revised PPAs to Dec. 15, 2025, and setting the company’s reply‑comment deadline to Jan. 2, 2026. Commissioners indicated support and authorized implementation via an ABC order.

Eden told commissioners advisors believe running the PPA procedural process in parallel with the triple‑R process does not create due process problems, and the adjusted schedule would allow roughly two weeks after the triple‑R deadline and Thanksgiving for parties to prepare responses.