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Section 4 CCR 723-4-4756 - General Provisions Concerning Cost Allocation and Recovery

4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-4-4756

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Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 1, January 10, 2025
Section 4 CCR 723-4-4756 - General Provisions Concerning Cost Allocation and Recovery
(a) Amortization periods.
(I) For the base rate method, the utility shall propose the amortization period. The utility shall specify and explain the rationale for the amortization period proposed for each DSM program as a part of its DSM plan application, filed pursuant to rule 4753.
(II) For the expense method, the utility shall recover the annual expenditures projected for that year over a one-year period.
(b) Fuel switching. Fuel switching from natural gas to other fossil fuel derived energy sources shall not be included in the gas utility's DSM program. Programs to save natural gas through switching to renewable energy sources such as solar heating and ground source heat pumps are allowed.
(c) A utility that provides both regulated gas and electric service shall give consideration to the administrative benefits and reduced costs associated with combining gas and electric DSM activities and shall assign costs and benefits appropriately to each plan.
(d) Distribution of DSM program expenses.
(I) The utility shall include in its portfolio-level benefit/cost analysis all indirect costs relating to DSM, including but not limited to DSM customer education, program design, and evaluation costs.
(II) A utility's existing gas efficiency and conservation customer education tools, such as online energy assessment tools or other similar internet based tools, may be included in a utility's gas DSM plan and costs recovered pursuant to the gas DSMCA rule.

4 CCR 723-4-4756

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43 CR 08, April 25, 2020, effective 5/15/2020
44 CR 04, February 25, 2021, effective 3/17/2021
44 CR 24, December 25, 2021, effective 1/14/2022
45 CR 18, September 25, 2022, effective 10/15/2022
46 CR 06, March 25, 2023, effective 1/25/2023
46 CR 08, April 25, 2023, effective 5/15/2023