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How to File a Public Comment for Proceeding 26M-0037E

The PUC is committed to create a new set of rules establishing permanent requirements and standards for public safety power shutoffs. In this pre-rulemaking process, PUC Staff is requesting comments, input and feedback from stakeholders and the public. Instructions are below on how to use the Commission's online form to file public comment for Proceeding No. 26M-0037E.

For more information and updates, visit Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS).

 

For Online Comments

 

 (1) From the PUC home page, click on the light blue box, "Contact Consumer Affairs or Submit an Informal Complaint." 

 
(2) Select, "File a Comment in a Proceeding" and click next.

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(3) Select "Electric" and select next.

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(4) Click on the link in the blue box.
 

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(5) Select "Rulemaking and Investigations Initiated by Colorado Public Utilities Commission" and select next.

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(6) Select "26M-0037E - Prerulemaking Proceeding to review Wildfire Mitigation Planning and Public Safety Power Shuttoff Procedures" and select next.

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(7) Complete the form, add your comment, attach a file if applicable, and click submit.

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Additional Ways to Provide Comments

You can provide comments in a proceeding any time it is open.

The Commission treats public comments with the same weight regardless of how they are provided.

Please let us know which proceeding you are commenting on. The best way to do this is to include a proceeding number, which looks like “Proceeding 21A-0625EG.” This helps us know which proceeding to file your comment in so that it can be considered by decision-makers. If you have questions about how to find a proceeding number, please contact Monica Paici (monica.paici@state.co.us) or include as much information as you can about the proceeding in your comment, such as letting us know the utility or issue you are concerned with.

Comments are public documents and will be filed with all of the information you include in the comment. Please be sure to remove any personal information that you do not want to be public before you submit. The Commission cannot accept anonymous or vulgar comments.

Comments can be submitted in a variety of ways other than online:

  • By email at dora_puc_comments@state.co.us
  • By mail to the Commission’s offices at: Colorado Public Utilities Commission, 1560 Broadway, Suite 250, Denver, CO 80202
  • By phone at any time by calling (303) 869-3490 and leaving a voicemail. Verbal comments can be provided in English and Spanish.
  • Verbal comments can also be provided at public comment hearings. Public comment hearings are not scheduled for all proceedings. You can provide comments for a proceeding using all of the other methods above regardless of whether there is a public comment hearing.
    Please note, for public comment deadlines, the PUC rules state that a document received after normal business hours will be deemed filed
    as of 8:00 a.m. the following business day. The PUC observes State holidays and filings received on those days will be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. the following business day.

The Commission can accept written or verbal comments in any language. Comments will be translated and included in the appropriate proceedings. To make a request for an interpreter at a public comment hearing, or to ask for a document to be translated, please use the Language Access Form(opens in new window)(opens in new window).

If you would like to share public comments in American Sign Language by video, please contact Monica Paici (monica.paici@state.co.us).