{"operation":"document","citation":"4 CCR 723-4 Rule 4606","title":"Contents of the GPP","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Colorado Public Utilities Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"A GPP submittal shall contain the following attachments. The utility shall organize attachments in a manner that specifically references, and responds to, the requirements of paragraphs (a) through (d) of this rule. With its submittal, the utility shall provide cross-referenced and footnoted work-pa","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4606.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4606.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4606","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":"A GPP submittal shall contain the following attachments. The utility shall organize\nattachments in a manner that specifically references, and responds to, the requirements\nof paragraphs (a) through (d) of this rule. With its submittal, the utility shall provide\ncross-referenced and footnoted work-papers fully explaining the amounts shown in each\nattachment.\n(a) GPP attachment No. 1 - gas purchase schedule. This attachment shall provide a\nforecast of the specific gas commodity supplies, segregated by receipt\npoint/area, which the utility plans to purchase in order to meet forecasted sales\ngas demand during each month of the applicable gas purchase year.\n(b) GPP attachment No. 2 - gas purchasing pricing description. For each specific\nreceipt point/area, this attachment shall provide an estimate of applicable ranges\nof forecast index prices expected to be incurred, short-term fixed prices (one-\nyear or other appropriate term), and other relevant pricing options, as applicable\nto the portfolio management plan described in GPP attachment 3.\n(c) GPP attachment No. 3 - portfolio management plan. This attachment shall\nprovide a plan stating how the utility plans to manage its gas supply portfolio for\nthe gas purchase year. This attachment shall also include a description and\nanalysis of the options the utility considered, or will consider, and the steps the\nutility has taken, or will take, to reduce customers’ risk of gas price volatility for\nthe gas purchase year. To the extent a utility proposes to use gas price volatility\nrisk management tools, this attachment shall include a description of the utility’s\npolicy for implementing such risk management tools, including a projection of\nsuch costs and the assumptions underlying all cost estimates.\n(d) GPP attachment No. 4 - forecasted upstream service costs. This attachment\nshall include the following information for each month of the applicable gas\npurchase year:\n(I) An itemized list of all upstream services, by provider and service level or\nrate schedule, and associated costs, that the utility expects to purchase in\nthe upcoming gas purchase year in order to meet sales gas and gas\ntransportation demand.\n\n(II) A comparison of forecasted design peak day delivery quantity with all\nsources of capacity available to the utility, including forecasted upstream\nservices, forecasted gas commodity to be purchased directly into the\nutility’s distribution system (i.e., city gate purchases) on a firm basis, and\nthe utility’s own gas storage facilities or purchased gas storage capacity.\n(III) A comprehensive explanation of the utility’s forecasted level of planned\nupstream service purchases.\n(IV) Forecasted capacity release volumes and revenues for release of\nupstream capacity by the utility.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2768}