4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-3-3902
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3902 - Avoided Costs(a) Each utility shall pay qualifying facilities a rate for energy and capacity purchases based on the utility's avoided costs.(b) Each electric utility shall file tariffs setting forth standard rates for purchases from qualifying facilities with a design capacity of 100 KW or less.(c) A utility shall use a bid or an auction or a combination procedure to establish its avoided costs for facilities with a design capacity of greater than 100 KW.(d) If a utility can demonstrate to the Commission that a qualifying facility should receive a different rate from that established by these rules, the Commission may authorize such. The burden of establishing such different rate shall be on the utility, and the rate shall be based on the utility's system wide costing principles and other appropriate load and cost data.(e) Nothing in this rule requires a utility to pay more than its avoided costs of energy and capacity, of energy, or of capacity for purchases from qualifying facilities.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