31:36 → 32:44(1m 7s)
Chair Eric Blank opened the technical conference (proceeding 21A-0141E) and asked commissioners to introduce themselves; he asked parties to state appearances for the record and framed the conference as the NTP technical conference tied to the Public Service near-term procurement report filed 12/05/2025.
A Colorado Public Utilities Commission technical conference on 2025-12-18 reviewed Public Service Companys near-term procurement (NTP) report for the 2021 ERP/CEP; the company presented a recommended portfolio and bidders, and commissioners pressed the utility on gas bid pricing, storage accreditation, interconnection/transmission costs (an indicative $2$2.5B deliverability estimate vs. broader $12.5B JTS estimate), tax-credit timing/safe-harbor, backup-bid activation and imputed-debt/accounting risks. Multiple parties requested confidential follow-up.
