Colo. Rev. Stat. § 40-2-137

Current through Chapter 492 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 40-2-137 - Investor-owned utility electric resource planning - retirement of electric generating facility - commission to consider securitization as means of financing
(1) For each investor-owned electric utility that submits for commission approval an electric resource plan that includes a portfolio in which an existing electric generating facility in the state would be retired, the commission shall require the investor-owned electric utility to present as part of the resource plan the net present value of revenue requirements for the portfolio based on:
(a) A projection in which the investor-owned electric utility issues CO-EI bonds, as defined in section 40-41-102 (5), to recover, finance, or refinance costs arising from the retirement of the electric generating facility pursuant to the "Colorado Energy Impact Bond Act", article 41 of this title 40; and
(b) A projection in which the investor-owned electric utility does not issue CO-EI bonds.
(2) The commission shall consider the two net present value of revenue requirement options presented by the investor-owned electric utility in its review of the investor-owned electric utility's electric resource plan.

C.R.S. § 40-2-137

Added by 2021 Ch. 220, § 7, eff. 6/10/2021.

Section 14 of chapter 220 (SB 21-272), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act adding this section applies to conduct occurring on or after June 10, 2021.