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PUC Notifications Regarding COVID-19

 
Persons making a filing within a docketed proceeding or to request a new proceeding should file through the Commission's E-Filings System until further notice. Hand delivery of documents/filings is allowed by appointment only. Appointments may be scheduled Monday, Wednesday, or Friday from 9:00 – 4:00  using the link below:

Schedule an Appointment

 
Paper filings mailed through the U.S. Mail will be accepted. 
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Notice of Availability of Alternative Service of Process
The offices of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission at 1560 Broadway, Suite 250, Denver, Colorado, 80202 are open to the public by appointment only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00am to 4:00pm due to COVID-19. Because the majority of our staff are working remotely, we are not accepting service of process of legal documents at our office. Please be aware that if you need to serve legal documents on this Division, you may send a request for a waiver of personal service to Harris Adams at dora_puc_website@state.co.us. Your email should include all of the documents you need to serve as well as a waiver form for acceptance of the service. Our email account is regularly monitored, and we will respond to your request in due course. Alternatively, you may serve your legal documents on the Public Utilities Commission by delivering them personally to the Attorney General's Office at the Colorado Department of Law's Office at the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center, 1300 Broadway, Denver, Colorado, 80203. The Public Utilities Commission has authorized the Attorney General to accept your service on behalf of the PUC. Please bear in mind that in order to enter the Carr Judicial Center you will be required to comply with all security and social distancing directions of the Colorado State Patrol, which maintains a regular watch at the Carr Judicial Center. The  hours of public access to the Carr Judicial Center are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. No service will be accepted outside of these hours,
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Commissioners' weekly meetings will be conducted remotely until further notice. The public is asked not to attend in person but may access live audio from the webcasting page. Audio recordings from weekly meetings will be available 24 hours after the meeting.
Members of the public may still provide written comments to the PUC at puc.colorado.gov/puccomments.
For proceedings pending before an administrative law judge, please carefully read decisions issued and file a motion to request any additional modifications or needed accommodation.  
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Transportation
**For Common Carriers providing Scheduled Service that are experiencing an interruption of service: Follow Commission Rule 6209(d), which requires the carrier to (1) submit a report in writing to the Commission, and (2) post to its website any interruption of regular service for 24 continuous hours or more.  The “report” to the Commission can be a letter which is E-Filed in the tariff proceeding, emailed to Staff, or mailed/faxed to the Commission.

**For Common and/or Contract Carriers who need to suspend operations, please submit an Application to Suspend to the Commission in accordance with Rule 6205. The applications to suspend are found here:  Common Carrier / Contract Carrier
PUC continues to accept filings:
(a) for docketed proceedings (common & contract applications, and petitions), filings can be uploaded into E-Filings system or mailed;
(b) for non-docketed proceedings( example: over-the-counter registrations), filings can be made through the online application, faxed, emailed, or mailed.