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PUC remands Alpenglow Telluride CPCN proceeding and reinstates Mountain Limo as intervener
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Summary
Commission counsel recommended, and commissioners approved, construing Mountain Limo's late filing as exceptions, denying Alpenglow's motion to object, reinstating Mountain Limo as an intervener, remanding the case to the ALJ and setting deadlines for Western Slope to show cause for late filings.
The Public Utilities Commission on April 15 took several procedural actions in the Alpenglow Transport Telluride LLC CPCN matter, directing further proceedings after staff told the commissioners that two prospective intervenors had been dismissed for failing to timely demonstrate eligibility to proceed pro se.
Alec Peters, commission counsel, reviewed the procedural history: Alpenglow's CPCN application (filed Dec. 29, 2025) was initially treated as uncontested after an ALJ dismissed two prospective intervenors—Wilson Peak Limo (doing business as Mountain Limo) and Western Slope Rides—because neither filed required documentation by the March 2 deadline. Mountain Limo later filed for reconsideration, asserting it had not received notice of the interim decision; Western Slope filed exceptions and sought relief, citing labor-dispute impacts and late filings.
Peters told commissioners the ALJ had recommended dismissal but staff recommended treating subsequent filings as exceptions, finding good cause to consider Western Slope's exceptions because they missed the deadline by minutes and no party would be prejudiced. Peters recommended reinstating Mountain Limo as an intervener, setting aside the recommended decision and remanding the case to the ALJ for evidentiary hearings as appropriate.
Commissioners voted to accept those recommendations, including striking untimely procedural responses where required by rule, granting limited acceptance of late filings where good cause exists, and remanding to the ALJ to schedule hearings and allow intervenor documentation to be filed within specified deadlines.
Why it matters: The commission's action reopens factual development in the case and ensures Mountain Limo and Western Slope can seek formal intervention and a hearing, addressing procedural fairness concerns raised about e-filing notice and timing.
The commission recorded the actions as an ABC order for the procedural votes and directed the parties to proceed on remand.
