h_tra_2016a_2016-02-03t13:32:06z2 Hearing Summary

Date: 02/03/2016

01:58 PM



The committee took a brief recess.



02:01 PM -- HB 16-1091



The committee returned to order. Representatives Mitsch Bush and Thurlow came to the table to present House Bill 16-1091. Under current law related to energy resource zones, rate-regulated electric utilities are required to submit plans, designations, and applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) in the Department of Regulatory Agencies on or before October 31 of each odd-numbered year. This bill changes the submission date to a date to be determined by the PUC. The bill also eliminates existing requirements that:



• reviews of plans, designations, and applications for CPCNs by rate-regulated electric utilities be conducted simultaneously; and

• the PUC issue an order approving or rejecting an application for a CPCN for the construction or expansion of transmission facilities within 180 days after the application is filed.



02:07 PM -- Ann Hendrickson and Heidi Morgan, representing Black Hills Corporation, testified in support of the bill. They responded to a question from the committee.

02:13 PM -- Becky Quintana, Paul Caldara, and Joel Hendrickson, representing the PUC, came to the table for questions from the committee.

02:16 PM -- Robin Kittel, representing Xcel Energy, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Kittel responded to a question from the committee.



02:19 PM



Representatives Mitsch Bush and Thurlow made their closing comments on the bill.

02:21 PM



The committee was adjourned.