Filing Form and Schedule

(a)The utility's clean heat plan shall be filed as an application administered pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 4 CCR 723-1, as well as rules 4002 and 4731 of these rules. The Commission may hold a hearing for the purpose of reviewing, and rendering a decision regarding, the contents of the utility's clean heat plan.#

(b)The utility's clean heat plan application shall:#

(I)present a plan to implement clean heat resources throughout the clean heat plan action period;#

(II)demonstrate that the clean heat plan will result in greenhouse gas emissions reductions necessary to meet the applicable clean heat targets that occur during the clean heat plan action period or show compliance with the cost cap; and#

(III)demonstrate that the activities contemplated in the clean heat plan facilitates the utility's ability to meet future greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.#

(c)No later than August 1, 2023, the largest gas distribution utility in Colorado, as determined by the volume of gas sold in Colorado, shall file its first application for approval of a clean heat plan.#

(d)No later than January 1, 2024, all gas distribution utilities other than the largest gas distribution utility in Colorado, as determined by the volume of gas sold in Colorado shall file their first applications for approval of a clean heat plan.#

(e)All gas distribution utilities shall file subsequent clean heat plans not less often than every four years, unless otherwise directed by the Commission.#

(f)After a utility's clean heat plan is filed and prior to any evidentiary hearing, the Commission shall schedule a public hearing that specifically solicits, among other applicable topics, public comment on the labor impacts and benefits of the proposed clean heat plan.#