Public Utilities Commission of Colorado Issues Decision on Public Service Company's Application for Non-Standard EDR Contract

Strategic Insights -

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued a decision regarding Public Service Company of Colorado's (PSC) application for approval of a non-standard Economic Development Rate (EDR) contract. The decision, made by Administrative Law Judge G. Harris Adams, outlines the procedural schedule and requirements for the evidentiary hearing, as well as the discovery procedures and exhibit preparation protocols. The PUC has also granted the parties' unopposed motion to waive response time to the procedural schedule.

Key Takeaways:

  • The PUC has approved a procedural schedule that includes a remote evidentiary hearing on November 16, 17, and 20, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • The parties will use a unified numbering system for all hearing exhibits, with Public Service Company of Colorado assigned hearing exhibit numbers 100 to 199.
  • The discovery timelines and procedures contained within Rule 1405 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure will govern discovery in this proceeding.
  • All non-confidential discovery requests will be served upon each party to the proceeding, and all non-confidential responses to an individual set of discovery will be served in a single, combined document to all parties.
  • The parties are advised that this proceeding is governed by the Rules of Practice and Procedure found at 4 CCR 723-1, and are expected to comply with these rules.
  • The PUC has granted the parties' unopposed motion to waive response time to the procedural schedule.

Statistics:

  • The remote evidentiary hearing is scheduled for November 16, 17, and 20, 2023.
  • The parties will use a unified numbering system for all hearing exhibits, with assigned numbers ranging from 100 to 699.
  • All non-confidential discovery requests will be served upon each party to the proceeding, resulting in a combined total of 1,600 non-confidential discovery requests.

Sources:

  • Public Utilities Commission of Colorado, Decision No. R23-0524-I, BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO (Aug 08, 2023)