4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-3-3035
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3035 - Community Energy Reports(a) A Tier I utility shall generate a community energy report for each local government, other than a Colorado county, included in its service territory with 50,000 or more residents. A Tier I utility shall generate a community energy report for each Colorado county included in its service territory with 100,000 or more residents. Any local government with fewer than 50,000 residents and Colorado county with fewer than 100,000 residents or a minority of whom are served by a Tier I utility shall be treated as if it had 50,000 or more residents served by the Tier I upon request from the local government or county. Such requests shall be made by January 31 of the calendar year following the reporting year and shall continue in effect until such time as the request is withdrawn or cancelled by the local government. All population thresholds shall be based on the most recent population estimate from the Colorado State Demography Office and where the utility serves the majority of the population.(b) On or before June 1 of every year, a Tier I utility shall make publicly available for download all community energy reports generated for the prior year. Reports shall be available in an electronic machine-readable form that conforms to nationally recognized open standards and best practices.(c) The community energy report shall include the following information or aggregated data for the utility and its customers and specific to the local government for the prior calendar year:(I) the annual kilowatt hours consumed by customers, provided by residential, commercial, and industrial classes, and street lighting;(II) the average number of customers in the residential, commercial, industrial class, and street lighting;(III) the utility's emissions factor;(IV) the utility's electric generation resource mix;(V) the total capacity of retail renewable distributed generation (as defined at paragraph 3652(ff)) installed in the local government's jurisdiction and the total annual kilowatt hours produced from that generation; and(VI) the total annual energy saved (in kilowatt hours) from energy efficiency measures installed.(d) A local government may submit, or have another local government submit on its behalf, GIS data to define its jurisdictional boundaries prior to the issuance of the community energy report.(e) Upon request by a local government, a Tier II utility shall generate a community energy report, in accordance with this rule, consistent with the utility's meter, network, or data capabilities. Such requests shall be made by January 31 of the calendar year following the reporting year and shall continue in effect until such time as the request is withdrawn or cancelled by the local government. On or before June 1 of every year, the utility shall make publicly available for download all community energy reports generated for the prior year. Reports shall be available in an electronic machine-readable form that conforms to nationally recognized open standards and best practices.(f) Availability of the community energy report pursuant to this rule does not preclude a local government from requesting other data reports.38 CR 17, September 10, 2015, effective 9/30/201539 CR 06, March 25, 2016, effective 4/14/201639 CR 08, April 25, 2016, effective 5/15/201640 CR 22, November 25, 2017, effective 12/15/201742 CR 03, February 10, 2019, effective 3/2/201942 CR 07, April 10, 2019, effective 4/30/201942 CR 09, May 10, 2019, effective 5/30/201943 CR 08, April 25, 2020, effective 5/15/202043 CR 12, June 25, 2020, effective 7/15/202043 CR 20, October 25, 2020, effective 11/14/202044 CR 13, July 10, 2021, effective 7/30/202144 CR 24, December 25, 2021, effective 1/14/202245 CR 18, September 25, 2022, effective 10/15/202246 CR 02, January 25, 2023, effective 2/14/2023