{"operation":"document","citation":"4 CCR 723-4 Rule 4600","title":"Overview and Purpose","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Colorado Public Utilities Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"Rules 4601 through 4610 are used by utilities to revise gas rates on an expedited basis, to reduce the volatility of gas costs for customers, and to improve their management of gas costs. These rules provide instructions for the filing of: gas cost adjustment filings; annual gas purchase plan submit","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4600.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4600.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4600","source_url":"https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/DisplayRule.do?action=ruleinfo&ruleId=2260&deptID=18&agencyID=96&deptName=Department%20of%20Regulatory%20Agencies&agencyName=Public%20Utilities%20Commission&seriesNum=4%20CCR%20723-4","body":"Rules 4601 through 4610 are used by utilities to revise gas rates on an expedited basis,\nto reduce the volatility of gas costs for customers, and to improve their management of\ngas costs. These rules provide instructions for the filing of: gas cost adjustment filings;\nannual gas purchase plan submittals; annual gas purchase and deferred balance\nreports; gas price risk mitigation plans; and gas performance incentive mechanisms.\nThe purpose of the Gas Cost Adjustment is to enable utilities, on an expedited basis, to\nreflect in their rates for gas sales and gas transportation services, as applicable, the\nincreases or decreases in gas costs, including (but not limited to) gas commodity costs\nand upstream services costs. The purpose of the Gas Purchase Plan is to describe the\nutility’s plan for purchases of gas commodity and upstream services in order to meet the\nforecasted demand for sales gas service during each month of the gas purchase year.\nThe purpose of the Gas Purchase and Deferred Balance Report is to present the utility’s\nactual purchases of gas commodity and upstream services during each month of the\ngas purchase year. The combined purpose of the Gas Price Risk Management Plan\nand the Gas Performance Incentive Mechanism is to address the volatility of gas\ncommodity costs recovered from the utility’s customers and to align the utility’s financial\nincentives with the financial interests of its customers regarding incurred gas commodity\ncosts.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1470}