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PUC keeps 2035 clean‑heat target at 41% and signals possible later review; clarifies 2050 as net‑zero alignment
Summary
The commission voted to retain a 41% greenhouse‑gas reduction target for gas utilities by 2035 (vs. 2015) and to remain open to an interim rulemaking to revisit targets later this decade; commissioners also clarified the 2050 goal should be read consistent with state net‑zero guidance.
The Public Utilities Commission on Jan. 14 decided to keep the 2035 clean‑heat target for gas utilities at a 41% reduction compared with a 2015 baseline, rejecting requests from the Colorado Energy Office and the Air Pollution Control Division to lower the target to 31%.
Why it matters: the 2035 target frames the portfolios utilities must propose in future clean‑heat plans; it does not itself set rates but establishes an outcome the commission will require one portfolio to meet when utilities file plans within the applicable planning horizon. Commissioners…
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