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PUC trims Black Hills Clean Heat Plan, approves BE pilot and limits DSM spending
Summary
The Colorado PUC on Feb. 25 required Black Hills to limit clean-heat DSM spending to residential programs (plus income-qualified weatherization), forbid like-for-like replacements, set BE and DSM budgets drawn from the settlement (about $4.34M BE, $4.46M DSM), eliminate AMLD and RNG funding for now, and approve consolidated CHP/DSM reporting and a CHP rider for cost recovery.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Feb. 25 modified Black Hills Colorado Gas Company's proposed Clean Heat Plan (CHP), narrowing eligible DSM expenditures and setting budgets for beneficial electrification (BE) and demand-side management (DSM).
Advisory staff presented the options and both commissioners and counsel debated three central constraints: (1) prevent ratepayer funding of like-for-like equipment replacements, (2) require DSM funds be targeted to residential and income-qualified weatherization programs, and (3) set BE budgets based on the independent SWEEP analysis incorporated into the…
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