4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-3-3501
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3501 - DefinitionsThe following definitions apply only to rules 3501 through 3505. In the event of a conflict between these definitions and a statutory definition, the statutory definition shall apply.
(a) "Activity" means a business activity, product or service whether offered by a Colorado utility, a division of a Colorado utility, or an affiliate of a Colorado utility.(b) "Allocate" or "Allocated" or "Cost allocation" means to distribute a joint or common cost to or from more than one activity or jurisdiction.(c) "Cost assignment" means a cost that is specifically identified with a particular activity or jurisdiction and charged directly to that activity or jurisdiction. At no point in the process of making the cost assignment is an allocation applied.(d) "Cost assignment and allocation manual" (CAAM) means the indexed document filed by a utility with the Commission that describes and explains the cost assignment and allocation methods the utility uses to segregate and account for revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, and rate base cost components assigned or allocated to Colorado jurisdictional activities. It includes the cost assignment and allocation methods to segregate and account for costs between and among jurisdictions, between regulated and non-regulated activities, and between and among utility divisions.(e) "Division" means an activity conducted by a Colorado utility but not through a legal entity separate from the Colorado utility. It includes the electric, gas, or thermal activities of a Colorado utility and any non-regulated activities provided by the Colorado utility.(f) "Fully distributed cost" means the process of segregating, assigning, and allocating the revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities and rate base amounts recorded in the utility's accounting books and records using cost accounting, engineering, and economic concepts, methods and standards. Fully distributed cost includes a return on investment in cases where assets are used.(g) "Fully distributed cost study" is a cost study that reflects the result of the fully distributed revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities and rate base amounts for the Colorado utility to and from the different activities, jurisdictions, divisions, and affiliates using cost accounting, engineering, and economic concepts, methods, and standards.(h) "Jurisdictional" means having regulatory rate authority over a utility. Jurisdiction can be at a state or federal level.(i) "Regulated activity" means any activity that is offered as a public utility service as defined in Title 40, Articles 1 to 7 C.R.S., and is regulated by the Commission or regulated by another state utility commission or the FERC, or any non-regulated activity which meets the criteria specified in rules 3502(g). (j) "Non-regulated activity" means any activity that is not offered as a public utility service as defined in Title 40, Articles 1 to 7, C.R.S., and is not regulated by this Commission or another state utility commission or the FERC.(k) "Transaction" means the activity that results in the provision of products, services, or assets by one division or an affiliate to another division or an affiliate.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