Public Service Company of Colorado Granted Extraordinary Protection for Highly Confidential Information

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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has granted Public Service Company of Colorado (Public Service) extraordinary protection for highly confidential information related to its Schedule S-EV tariffs and PLEXOS(r) modeling data. This decision follows Public Service's motion for extraordinary protection of highly confidential information, which was filed on October 15, 2021. The Commission found that Public Service had satisfied the requirements of Rule 1101(b) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, establishing good cause for highly confidential protection of the identified information.

Key Takeaways:

  • Public Service Company of Colorado was granted extraordinary protection for highly confidential information related to its Schedule S-EV tariffs and PLEXOS(r) modeling data.
  • The Commission cited Public Service's satisfaction of Rule 1101(b) and good cause for highly confidential protection of the identified information.
  • Public Service requested highly confidential protection for billing, usage, and other load information for fewer than 15 customers serviced by Public Service under its current Schedule S-EV.
  • Public Service sought protection for proprietary hourly marginal cost information generated by the PLEXOS(r) modeling system that forecasts the marginal cost data for each hour throughout 2025.
  • The Commission found that protecting the identified information would be overly burdensome, impractical, or too sensitive for disclosure.
  • The Motion for Extraordinary Protection filed by Public Service on October 15, 2021, is granted consistent with the discussion above.

Statistics:

  • Public Service Company of Colorado requested protection for information related to 15 or fewer customers serviced by its current Schedule S-EV.
  • The PLEXOS(r) modeling data sought protection includes proprietary hourly marginal cost information for each hour throughout 2025.
  • The Commission found that protecting the identified information would be overly burdensome, impractical, or too sensitive for disclosure.
  • The Motion for Extraordinary Protection was filed on October 15, 2021.
  • The public utilities commission's decision was made on February 1, 2022.

Sources:

  • Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Decision No. R22-0079-I (February 1, 2022).
  • Rule 1101(b) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 4 Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR) 723-1.