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DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLANNING
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3536 - Action Plan

4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-3-3536

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Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3536 - Action Plan
(a) The utility shall provide a five-year action plan for distribution system investments and activities within its Phase I DSP which will serve as an application for the Commission and stakeholders to rely upon when evaluating distribution system planning projects, pilots, and programs.
(b) The Phase I action plan shall include the sequence of events and timelines for each action that will not require a solicitation process following Phase I, including:
(I) the implementation of NWAs to address grid needs not classified as major distribution system projects, and the implementation of NWAs approved in prior DSPs;
(II) the implementation of proposed pilots and programs as specified in rule 3533;
(III) the implementation of major distribution grid projects that were determined to be the best option to address grid needs;
(IV) system interoperability and communications strategy;
(V) costs and plans associated with obtaining data necessary for the evaluation of NWAs, pilots and programs (for example, energy efficiency load shapes, solar output profiles with and without battery storage, capacity impacts of DR combined with energy efficiency, electric vehicle charging profiles);
(VI) interaction of planned or proposed investments with other utility programs and the effects on existing utility programs and tariffs; and
(VII) the implementation of major distribution projects intended to cost-effectively interconnect the approved and reasonably forecasted CSG capacity, including that approved by RES Plans in effect during the planning period.
(c) Subject to paragraph 3528(b), the utility shall provide an updated action plan with its Phase II DSP. This plan shall include the sequence of events and timelines for NWAs identified in the solicitation process, including:
(I) the implementation of NWAs identified through the NWA analysis process;
(II) an updated system interoperability and communications strategy;
(III) costs and plans associated with obtaining data necessary for the evaluation of NWAs (for example, energy efficiency load shapes, solar output profiles with and without battery storage, capacity impacts of DR combined with energy efficiency, electric vehicle charging profiles); and
(IV) interaction of planned or proposed NWA investments with other utility programs and the effects on existing utility programs and tariffs.

4 CCR 723-3-3536

38 CR 17, September 10, 2015, effective 9/30/2015
39 CR 06, March 25, 2016, effective 4/14/2016
39 CR 08, April 25, 2016, effective 5/15/2016
40 CR 22, November 25, 2017, effective 12/15/2017
42 CR 03, February 10, 2019, effective 3/2/2019
42 CR 07, April 10, 2019, effective 4/30/2019
42 CR 09, May 10, 2019, effective 5/30/2019
43 CR 08, April 25, 2020, effective 5/15/2020
43 CR 12, June 25, 2020, effective 7/15/2020
43 CR 20, October 25, 2020, effective 11/14/2020
44 CR 13, July 10, 2021, effective 7/30/2021
44 CR 24, December 25, 2021, effective 1/14/2022
45 CR 18, September 25, 2022, effective 10/15/2022
46 CR 02, January 25, 2023, effective 2/14/2023