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Public Service Company of Colorado: what it publishes for small generators (qualifying facilities) under PURPA, field by field, with the source for each. Checked on October 4, 2026.
When this may change: Annual: tariff footnote says a new Energy Payment Rate Component takes effect January 1 of each calendar year. 4 CCR 723-3 Rule 3902(b) requires a standard-rate tariff for QFs of 100 kW or less but sets no filing cycle.
Rates, eligibility and contract terms change: confirm them with the utility or the state utility commission before relying on them.
| Schedule | Small Power Production and Cogeneration Facility Policy (Electric Purchase), Colo. PUC No. 8 Electric Sheets P1-P7; Purchase Payment Amount Table on Ninth Revised Sheet No. P7Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Docket or order | Advice Letter No. 2010 (issued December 1, 2025); the sheet's Decision/Proceeding number field is blank Unverified. We could not fully confirm this from a primary document; see the note. Check the source before using it. Note: Sheet P7 prints Advice Letter 2010 but no Commission decision or proceeding number; the proceeding number could not be confirmed from a primary document. Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Effective date | 2026-01-01 Note: Ninth Revised Sheet No. P7 (cancels Eighth Revised); issued December 1, 2025, effective January 1, 2026. Sheets P1-P6 are Original sheets effective January 1, 2017 (Advice Letter 1729). Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Next update | Annual: tariff footnote says a new Energy Payment Rate Component takes effect January 1 of each calendar year. 4 CCR 723-3 Rule 3902(b) requires a standard-rate tariff for QFs of 100 kW or less but sets no filing cycle.Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · also: sos.state.co.us: GenerateRulePdf.do · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Size cap | QFs with a design capacity of 100 kW or less; QFs above 100 kW must be successful bidders in the Company's Resource Planning process. Customers on Net Metering Schedule NM or Photovoltaic Schedule PV are not eligible.Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · also: sos.state.co.us: GenerateRulePdf.do · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Resource types | Any small power production or cogeneration QF; rates differ by technology: PV Fixed, PV Tracking, Wind, Hydro, Other.Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy rate structure | Flat $/MWh payment for all MWh delivered, by technology: an Energy Payment Rate Component (reset each January 1) plus a Capacity Payment Rate Component (fixed at the rate for the year the QF reached commercial operation). No time-of-day or seasonal differentiation. Company takes the RECs unless otherwise agreed.Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy rates (sample cells) |
Copied as printed: a few labelled cells, not the full rate matrix. The whole schedule is linked below. Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity payment | Paid per MWh delivered. 2026 Capacity Payment Rate Component ($/MWh): PV Fixed $ 10.93, PV Tracking $17.32, Wind $ 10.35, Hydro $31.38, Other $ 25.37. A QF keeps the capacity rate of the year it achieved commercial operation (2019 historic rates also listed). Paid each month the QF is interconnected and produces at the expected capacity.Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contract terms | No fixed term stated in the tariff; QF sells all output at standard rates. QF must give at least 30 days' written notice before disconnecting and is then ineligible to sell under the tariff for at least one year; on return it gets the then-effective capacity rate. QF pays interconnection, metering and related costs.Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Price fixity | Capacity component fixed at the commercial-operation-year rate; energy component variable, reset every January 1.Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Schedule link | https://xcelnew.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/1U0000011ttV/a/8b000002Y8xL/kYe61yf.9xyigvh2701Az49XLgU2izDS8ShGaCXiwsQ Note: Xcel publishes the Colorado PUC No. 8 Electric rate book through this Salesforce content link; the PDF (545 pages, modified 2026-09-29) was retrieved through the link's file download endpoint. Sheets P1-P7 of the Small Power Production and Cogeneration Facility Policy. Source: xcelnew.my.salesforce.com (document viewer) · checked 2026-10-04 |
Values are copied as printed in the source. Where a value draws on more than one document, every source is listed, primary first.
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