The Centennial State

CO Utilities

IOU, Municipal, Cooperative, Retail Energy Suppliers, Wholesale**

Colorado Consumer Choice: Consumer Deregulation

Utility: Consumers in Colorado may choose their electric and natural gas supplier.

Colorado Electric Choice: No. Consumers in Colorado may not choose their electric retail energy provider.

Colorado Gas Choice: Partially. Natural gas is technically deregulated by law in Colorado, but there are no participating utilities. Large-volume industrial and commercial consumers may buy gas supply from a retail energy provider to be delivered to the City Gates and then distributed by their local utility, volume requirements differ between utilities.

Deregulated Gas Year Electric Year

Colorado Yes* 1999 No N/A **Colorado is Natural Gas Deregulated, however no utilities currently offer choice programs.*

STATE NERC INTERCONNECTION ISO/RTO

Colorado WECC Western None

Region: Rocky Mountain

Colorado Population: 5,758,736 People/ Land Mile: 55.6

Square Miles: 104,094 Land Miles: 103,642 Water Miles: 452

Yearly Values:

Net Generation 195,265,408 MWH Retail Sales 255,224,272 MWH Gas 2,208 trillion Btu

Counties CO Zip Codes CO Utility Zip Codes

NERC Authority: WECC

FERC Authority: West Natural Gas Region

Electric Retail Average: 10 cents/kWh (Ave)

Colorado Power Mix

U.S. Commodity Sources 2019:

• Coal: 45%

• Natural gas: 30%

• Hydro: 2.5%

• Solar PV: 2.1%

• Wind: 19.4%

• Biomass: 0.4%

2013 U.S. Commodity Sources:

• Coal: 64%

• Natural gas: 20%

• Hydro: 2%

• Other Renewables: 14%

CO Solar: Net Metering, Tax Credits, Solar Rebates

State Rebates:

State Contacts:

State Links:

https://www.ca.gov/

State Authorities:

Colorado Public Utilities Commission

Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel

REP Contacts:

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