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Colorado Public Utilities Commission Modifies Procedural Schedule for Public Service Company of Colorado's Pawnee Generating Station Conversion

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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has issued a decision modifying the procedural schedule for Public Service Company of Colorado's application to convert its Pawnee Generating Station from coal operations to natural gas operations. The decision, effective immediately, grants the company's unopposed motion to approve a revised procedural schedule and waives the response time to the motion. The modified schedule accommodates the Commission's desire for parties to address the company's 120-day report in their presentations while maintaining the current hearing schedule.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Public Utilities Commission has modified the procedural schedule for Public Service Company of Colorado's application to convert its Pawnee Generating Station from coal operations to natural gas operations.
  • The modified schedule includes revised deadlines for answer testimony, rebuttal and cross-answer testimony, non-testimonial exhibits, and corrections to testimonial exhibits.
  • The parties have agreed to extend the deadlines for answer testimony, rebuttal and cross-answer testimony, and non-testimonial exhibits to accommodate the Commission's desire to address the company's 120-day report.
  • The company has also agreed to a five-calendar-day discovery response time between September 11, 2023, and September 22, 2023, on discovery requests related to the Pawnee conversion.
  • The decision is effective immediately, and the parties must comply with the modified procedural schedule.
  • The Public Utilities Commission's decision notes that the agreements are not precedent-setting and that the company does not waive its rights to object to discovery.

Statistics:

  • The Commission granted Public Service Company of Colorado's unopposed motion to approve a revised procedural schedule and waived the response time to the motion.
  • The parties have agreed to extend the deadlines for answer testimony, rebuttal and cross-answer testimony, and non-testimonial exhibits.
  • The new deadlines are:

+ Answer Testimony: By September 27, 2023

+ Rebuttal and Cross-Answer Testimony: By October 18, 2023

+ Non-Testimonial Exhibits: By October 20, 2023

+ Corrections to Testimonial Exhibits: By October 20, 2023

  • The company has agreed to a five-calendar-day discovery response time between September 11, 2023, and September 22, 2023.

Sources:

  • Decision No. R23-0542-I: INTERIM DECISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE MELODY MIRBABA (mailed August 15, 2023)
  • Public Service Company of Colorado: Unopposed Motion to Approve Revised Procedural Schedule and For Waiver of Response Time (filed August 10, 2023)
  • Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado: Rules of Practice and Procedure, 4 Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR) 723-1
  • Decision No. C23-0522-I: In Proceeding No. 21A-0141E (cited in Public Service Company of Colorado's Unopposed Motion)
  • Decision No. R23-0431-I: INTERIM DECISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE (mailed June 29, 2023)
  • Attachment B to Decision No. R23-0431-I: Requirements for Exhibits

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