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PUC approves near-term demand-response flexibility, denies preapproval of large ECA purchases in Public Service reliability plan
Summary
After presentations from staff and advisory counsel, the Public Utilities Commission granted procedural and limited budget flexibility for ISOC and other demand-response programs to shore up summer capacity, approved a $3M AC rewards increase, and declined to preapprove broad ECA funding or capacity purchases from coal units without more detail.
The Public Utilities Commission on May 6, 2026 discussed Public Service Company of Colorado's Reliability Action Plan and associated motion seeking expedited authority and up to $100 million in Electric Commodity Adjustment (ECA) funds to secure near-term capacity. Advisors and staff recommended a selective, constrained approach: approve procedural and limited budget flexibility for several demand-response and customer-facing programs while declining to preapprove large ECA-funded purchases without additional detail.
Mike Levine of the commission's advisory team summarized the company's April 15 filing, saying, "The motion and reliability action plan requests $100,000,000 in funds via the Electric Commodity Adjustment or ECA to pursue numerous potential actions to shore up the company's resource adequacy position." Levine said the company's proposals included increasing ISOC incentives, increasing flexibility for other DR programs, repairing Hayden Unit 2, buying capacity from Craig Unit 1, and acquiring small dispatchable gas generators and battery storage.
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