4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-3-3210
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3210 - Line Extension(a) Each utility shall have tariffs which set out its line extension policies, procedures, and conditions.(b) Specific tariff provisions for making overhead or underground service connections, for transmission line extensions, and for distribution line extensions shall include the following. (I) Service connections and distribution line extensions by customer class and the appropriate terms and conditions under which those connections and extensions will be made.(II) Provisions requiring the utility to provide to a customer or to a potential customer, upon request, service connection information necessary to allow the customer's or potential customer's facilities to be connected to the utility's system.(III) Provisions requiring the utility to exercise due diligence in providing the customer or potential customer with an estimate of the anticipated cost of a connection or extension.(IV) Provisions addressing steps to ameliorate the rate and service impact upon existing customers, including equitably allowing future customers to share costs incurred by the initial or existing customers served by a connection or extension (as, for example, by including a refund of customer connection or extension payments when appropriate).(V) A description of specific customer categories (such as permanent, indeterminate, and temporary) within each customer class.(c) Upon request by a customer or a potential customer, the utility shall conduct a comparison of photovoltaic energy to any proposed distribution line extension if a customer or potential customer provides the utility with load data (estimated monthly kWh usage) requested by the utility to conduct the comparison and if the customer's or potential customer's peak demand is estimated to be less than 25 KW. In performing the comparison analysis, the utility will consider line extension distance, overhead/underground construction, terrain, other variable construction costs, and the probability of additions to the line extension during the life of the open extension period. If the customer has a ratio of estimated monthly kWh usage divided by line extension mileage that is less than or equal to 1,000 (i.e., kWh/Mileage is <=1,000), the utility shall provide the photovoltaic system cost comparison at no cost to the customer or potential customer. If the ratio is greater than 1,000, the customer or potential customer shall bear the cost of the comparison, if the cost comparison is requested by the customer or potential customer.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