PUC staff recommends revoking operating certificates for carriers without required insurance, spares one firm

Administrative Law Judge Kelly Rosenberg opened a Public Utilities Commission administrative hearing (proceeding 26C-0109-INS) on April 8, 2026, as commission staff pressed enforcement against motor carriers that lack required evidence of financial responsibility.

Justin Larson of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office appeared for staff and called Marquita Riley, a program assistant in the commission’s transportation unit, to describe staff’s records and processes. Riley said the commission’s rules require motor carriers and vehicle-booting companies to file evidence of financial responsibility and cited Rule 6008 and Rule 6812B. “Per Rule 6008, motor carriers must electronically file certain forms, an example being a Form E as evidence of financial responsibility,” she testified.

Riley described staff’s standard process after receiving notice from an insurer of nonrenewal or cancellation: staff uses the commission’s database to compile a hearing cycle listing, sends notice letters and an attachment explaining how to join the electronic hearing, and serves those letters by first-class mail to designated agents on file. She said those notices were prepared and mailed on March 23, 2026, and that staff prepared an updated hearing cycle listing on April 6, 2026. “The letter explains that all operations under its authority are suspended as of the date the insurance expires unless proof of proper insurance is submitted with the commission,” Riley said.

Based on the updated list, Riley told the judge that staff had not received current effective levels of financial responsibility for the carriers listed in Exhibit 5 and therefore recommended revoking the certificates for those permit numbers for lack of financial responsibility. She noted one exception: “I have one, Mog Towing LLC, PUC number T-05250. Insurance was updated for that respondent,” and staff recommended dismissing that carrier from further action.

Rosenberg took the matter under advisement and said she would issue a written recommended decision. Riley described the finalization process for that order: the recommended decision becomes a final commission order 20 days after the administrative law judge issues it if no exceptions are filed, and if a respondent submits proof of insurance before the decision becomes final, staff will not proceed against that respondent.

No respondents appeared at the hearing to contest the exhibits or staff’s recommendation. The record consists of staff’s exhibits admitted at the hearing, including the initial and updated hearing cycle listings, the notice letters, the participation attachment, and the certificate of service.