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Decision No. C06-0761
BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
CASE NO. 6396
IN THE MATTER OF THE DESIGNATION OF ELECTRIC UTILITY TRANSMISSION
FACILITIES AND ELECTRIC UTILITY GENERATION FACILITIES FOR WHICH AN
APPLICATION TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND
NECESSITY IS REQUIRED OR THE FILING OF A FORMAL DETERMINATION THAT NO
CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED.
ORDER REGARDING
CERTIFICATION OF FACILITIES
Mailed Date: July 3, 2006
Adopted Date: June 28,2006
I. BY THE COMMISSION
A. Statement
1. Rule 3205(c) and Rule 3206(c) of the Commission's Electric Utility Rules,
4 Code of Colorado Regulations 723-3, require each Colorado electric utility to file a schedule of
its proposed new construction or extensions of generation and transmission facilities for the next
three calendar years,no later than April 30 of each year.
2. Rule 3205(f)(1) and Rule 3206(h)(I) further provide that the Commission shall
issue its decision on whether a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN), or a
formal determination regarding the necessity of a CPCN, is required within 60 days of April 30
of the calendar year in which the data are filed.
3. Rules 3205(d) and 3206(1) provide that the Commission will give notice of the
filing of data to all those who, in the opinion of the Commission, are interested persons, firms, or
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corporations. Any interested person, firm, or corporation may file comments concerning the
identified projects within 15 days of the filing of the data.
4. The Commission issued notice of the data filing on May 26, 2006, and a 15-day
period for comments ended June 12, 2006. Mr. Craig Cox, Executive Director, Interwest Energy
Alliance, provided comments on June 16, 2006. His request/comments were beyond the scope
and intent of these filings.
5. The following utilities submitted proposed projects:
Mountain View Electric Association, Inc.
Public Service Company of Colorado
Intermountain Rural Electric Association, Inc.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
White River Electric Association, Inc.
Aquila, Inc.
Highline Electric Association, Inc.—late submittal
6. New projects were reported as listed below by company:
Mountain View Electric Association, Inc.
Anderson Substation in-service August 2007
Lorson Ranch Substation in-service August 2006
Rolling Hill Substation in-service August 2007
Santa Fe Spring Substation and 115kV Transmission Line in-service
August 2007
Schriever Air Force Base Substation #2 and 115kV Transmission Line
in-service 2008
Public Service Company of Colorado
Front Range 230-13.8kV Substation in-service May 2007
Isabelle 230-13.8kV Substation in-service May 2007
Highly Confidential Data Sets 1, 2, 3, and 4
Powhaton 230-13.8kV Substation in-service May 2008
Intermountain Rural Electric Association, Inc.
Daniels Park Substation 115-12.47kV Transformer in-service May 2007
Crowfoot Valley Substation in-service July 2007
Delbert Substation in-service July 2008
Hartsel Substation in-service September 2008
Hartsel-Fairplay 115kV Transmission Line in-service October 2008
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Fairplay Substation in-service October 2008
Shawnee Substation in-service October 2008
Como Substation in-service September 2009
Fairplay-Como 115kV Transmission Line in-service September 2009
Happy Canyon Substation in-service June 2009
Victory Substation in-service September 2009
Victory 115kV Transmission Tap in-service September 2009
Dawson Ridge Substation in-service December 2009
Wolfensberger-Dawson Ridge 115kV Transmission Line in-service
December 2009
Pine Junction Substation in-service September 2009
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
East Montrose 115kV Delivery Point in-service 1 stQ 2008
Erie 230/115kV Substation in-service lstQ 2010
Story 230kV Tie Line and 230kV Line Bay in-service lstQ 2010
Boomerang 115kV Delivery Point Project in-service 4thQ 2007
Comanche-Stem Beach-Walsenburg 115kV Line lstQ 2009
White River Electric Association, Inc.
Wolf Ridge Substation and 138kV Line in-service December 2006
Wolf Ridge-Yankee Gulch 138kV Transmission Line in-service September 2006
Aquila, Inc.
Freemary Substation in-service June 2008
Reader-Airport 115kV transmission Line in-service September 2009
High Line Electric Association, Inc.
Plainview Substation 115X69-12.47kV and 2 miles of 115/69kV
Transmission Line in-service July 2007
Interstate Substation—add 115-69kV Transformer in-service July 2007
II. ORDER
A. The Commission Orders That:
1. No certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) shall be required for
the following White River Electric Association, Inc. projects:
Wolf Ridge Substation and I38KV Line
Wolf Ridge-Yankee Gulch 138kV Transmission Line
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2. No CPCN shall be required for the following Public Service Company of
Colorado projects:
Front Range 230-13.8kV Substation
Isabelle 230-13.8kV Substation
Highly Confidential Data Sets 1 and 2
Powhaton 230-13.8kV Substation
3. No CPCN shall be required for the following Intermountain Rural Electric
Association, Inc. projects:
Daniels Park Substation 115-12.47kV Transformer
Crowfoot Valley Substation
Delbert Substation
Hartsel Substation
Hartsel-Fairplay 115kV Transmission Line
Fairplay Substation
Shawnee Substation
Como Substation
Fairplay-Como 115kV Transmission Line
Happy Canyon Substation
Victory Substation
Victory 115kV Transmission Tap
Dawson Ridge Substation
Wolfensberger-Dawson Ridge 115kV Transmission Line
Pine Junction Substation
4. No CPCN shall be required for the following Highline Electric Association, Inc.
projects:
Plainview Substation 115X69-12.47kV and 2 miles of 115/69kV
Transmission Line in-service July 2007
Interstate Substation—add 115-69kV Transformer in-service
July 2007
5. Public Service Company of Colorado shall file for a CPCN or for a formal
determination that no CPCN is required for the following projects: a) Comanche-Midway-
Daniels Park 345kV Line, in-service May 2009 — an application for a CPCN determination was
filed February 16, 2005, under Docket No. 05A-072E — decision is pending; b) Sandown-
Leetsdale 115kV Line, in-service May 2009—CPCN filed May 2, 2006 under Docket No. 06A-
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259E; and c) Highly Confidential Data Sets 3 and 4. The filing shall include, but shall not be
limited to:
(a) a map showing the general area or actual locations where facilities
will be constructed, population centers, major highways, state
boundaries, county boundaries;
(b) electric one line diagrams including substation one line diagrams;
(c) information on alternatives studied, costs for those alternatives,
criteria used to rank or eliminate alternatives;
(d) justification for the preferred alternative, including technical and/or
economic studies;
(e) demonstration that the public convenience and necessity of
Colorado consumers require granting of the application; and
(f) a report of prudent avoidance measures considered and
justification for the measures selected to be implemented.
6. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. shall file for a CPCN or
for a formal determination that no CPCN is required for the following projects: a) Durango-
Hesperus 115kV Loop Project, in-service 1stQ 2008, per Decision No. CO3-0707; b) Archuleta
County System Improvement Project (formerly Bayfield-Pagoda 115kV Loop Project), in-
service 1stQ 2011, per Decision No. CO3-0707; c) San Luis Valley 230kV Loop (formerly
San Luis Valley-Walsenburg 230kV Line), in-service 1stQ 2010, CPCN determination required
per Decision No. CO3-0707; and d) Comanche-Stem Beach-Walsenburg 115kV Line, in-service
1 stQ 2009. The filing shall include,but shall not be limited to:
(a) a map showing the general area or actual locations where facilities
will be constructed, population centers, major highways, state
boundaries, county boundaries;
(b) electric one line diagrams including substation one line diagrams;
(c) information on alternatives studied, costs for those alternatives,
criteria used to rank or eliminate alternatives;
(d) justification for the preferred alternative, including technical and/or
economic studies;
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(e) demonstration that the public convenience and necessity of
Colorado consumers require granting of the application; and
(1) a report of prudent avoidance measures considered and
justification for the measures selected to be implemented.
7. No CPCN shall be required for the following Tri-State Generation and
Transmission Association, Inc.projects:
East Montrose 115kV Delivery Point
Erie 230/115kV Substation
Story 230kV Tie Line and 230kV Line Bay
Boomerang 115kV Delivery Point Project
8. This Order is effective on its Mailed Date.
B. ADOPTED IN COMMISSIONERS'WEEKLY MEETING
June 28,2006.
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