PUC approves consent agenda: railroad, carrier tariffs, RTD safety reports and procedural schedules
February 25, 2026 | Public Utilities Commission, Governor's Boards and Commissions, Organizations, Executive, Colorado
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Feb. 25 approved a range of routine and contested procedural items during its weekly meeting.
Chair Zach Blank opened the meeting and commissioners approved the consent agenda. Staff and advisory presenters covered several items: an advisory recommendation to grant BNSF Railway an extension to complete crossing work notifications and USDOT inventory updates (staff set a new compliance deadline of June 1, 2027); acceptance of a two-page tariff revision from Ramblin Express (effective March 2) that raises certain one-way fares and multi-trip pass prices; and adoption of staff's RTD light-rail safety-investigation summaries and corrective-action monitoring plans.
Counsel Wyatt Foreman summarized procedural recommendations in the Emerald Express rehearing and recommended denying Ski Town's motion for leave to respond; counsel also recommended granting Emerald Express's rehearing/reconsideration in part and denying in part, concluding the application did not meet the emergency/temporary-authority standards for grant but that some aspects of the record warranted reconsideration. On a separate track, advisory counsel recommended denying a pro se motion to exceed page limits for exceptions but offering a short extension to refile correctly.
On a rate-related matter, staff presented Public Service Company of Colorado's advice letter correcting a formula error in the 2026 transmission cost adjustment; staff recommended, and the commission allowed, the advice letter to go into operational effect; staff said the change would increase average residential bills by roughly $0.13 per month and increase 2026 TCA revenue by about $3.7 million.
Commissioners also designated a commissioner to serve on the Southwest Power Pool Regional State Committee and approved several procedural schedules for upcoming evidentiary hearings, including granting AARP permissive intervention in the Public Service rate case.
Next steps: orders and operational-effect filings will be reflected in the commission's docket entries; staff will monitor compliance with deadlines and report back as required.
Chair Zach Blank opened the meeting and commissioners approved the consent agenda. Staff and advisory presenters covered several items: an advisory recommendation to grant BNSF Railway an extension to complete crossing work notifications and USDOT inventory updates (staff set a new compliance deadline of June 1, 2027); acceptance of a two-page tariff revision from Ramblin Express (effective March 2) that raises certain one-way fares and multi-trip pass prices; and adoption of staff's RTD light-rail safety-investigation summaries and corrective-action monitoring plans.
Counsel Wyatt Foreman summarized procedural recommendations in the Emerald Express rehearing and recommended denying Ski Town's motion for leave to respond; counsel also recommended granting Emerald Express's rehearing/reconsideration in part and denying in part, concluding the application did not meet the emergency/temporary-authority standards for grant but that some aspects of the record warranted reconsideration. On a separate track, advisory counsel recommended denying a pro se motion to exceed page limits for exceptions but offering a short extension to refile correctly.
On a rate-related matter, staff presented Public Service Company of Colorado's advice letter correcting a formula error in the 2026 transmission cost adjustment; staff recommended, and the commission allowed, the advice letter to go into operational effect; staff said the change would increase average residential bills by roughly $0.13 per month and increase 2026 TCA revenue by about $3.7 million.
Commissioners also designated a commissioner to serve on the Southwest Power Pool Regional State Committee and approved several procedural schedules for upcoming evidentiary hearings, including granting AARP permissive intervention in the Public Service rate case.
Next steps: orders and operational-effect filings will be reflected in the commission's docket entries; staff will monitor compliance with deadlines and report back as required.
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