Public Utilities Commission Approves Settlement Agreement for Wildfire Mitigation Plan

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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has reached a consensus on a comprehensive settlement agreement that resolves all issues related to Public Service Company of Colorado's 2025-2027 Wildfire Mitigation Plan, Wildfire Mitigation Adjustment, Public Safety Power Shutoff Plan, and the recovery of its 2023 Wildfire Mitigation Plan deferral. The agreement was reached on April 18, 2025, and will minimize the time required for a hearing in this proceeding. Key aspects of the agreement include a motion to reschedule hearing dates, a request to waive response time to the motion, and a comprehensive settlement agreement that addresses all issues in the proceeding.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Public Utilities Commission has granted a motion to reschedule hearing dates for the 2025-2027 Wildfire Mitigation Plan, which will commence on May 13, 2025, and continue through May 15, 2025.
  • The settlement agreement is comprehensive and unopposed, reducing the need for a nine-day evidentiary hearing as previously scheduled.
  • Public Service Company of Colorado has requested to waive response time to the motion, which has been granted.
  • The agreement will address all issues in the proceeding, minimizing Commission and party resources.
  • Written testimony in support of the settlement agreement will be filed by certain parties and witnesses on April 28, 2025.
  • The public comment hearing scheduled for April 29, 2025, remains unchanged.

Statistics:

  • The hearing on the settlement agreement will commence on May 13, 2025, and will continue through May 15, 2025.
  • The times for the hearing on those dates will remain as previously established by Decision No. C24-0761-I.
  • The motion to reschedule hearing dates was filed by Public Service Company of Colorado on April 18, 2025.
  • Response time to the motion is waived.
  • 2023 Wildfire Mitigation Plan deferral will be addressed separately by decision.

Sources:

  • Decision No. C25-0324-I BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO PROCEEDING NO. 24A-0296E IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO FOR APPROVAL OF ITS 2025-2027 WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN, WILDFIRE MITIGATION ADJUSTMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF PLAN, AND THE RECOVERY OF ITS 2023 WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN DEFERRAL. INTERIM COMMISSION DECISION GRANTING MOTION TO RESCHEDULE HEARING DATES AND WAIVING RESPONSE TIME TO MOTION
  • Decision No. C24-0761-I
  • Decision No. C24-0919-I