(1) On or before January 1, 2024, the commission shall conduct a study to be completed no later than March 15, 2024, examining existing investor-owned electric utility tariffs and interconnection policies and practices to determine:(a) If the tariffs, policies, and practices pose a barrier to the beneficial electrification of transportation and buildings and the offsetting of that energy use with distributed energy resources;(b) If the application of traditional cost-causation and cost-recovery principles pose a barrier to such beneficial electrification and the offsetting of that energy use with distributed energy resources; and(c) Whether requiring a customer that seeks to interconnect distributed energy resources or beneficial electrification resources to the investor-owned electric utility's electric grid to bear the full incremental cost of transformer or service upgrades needed at the time of interconnection imposes an undue burden on the customer, with consideration given to methods for sharing the cost recovery among customers.(2) In conducting the study pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the commission shall consider whether to direct an investor-owned electric

ethods for sharing the cost recovery among customers.(2) In conducting the study pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the commission shall consider whether to direct an investor-owned electric utility to make changes:(a) To its tariffs, policies, practices, or cost allocation;(b) In the allocation of distribution system costs, including the costs of transformer, substation, or service upgrades as part of the utility's investment in its distribution system; and(c) To its distribution system planning process to better plan for and accommodate future beneficial electrification and distributed energy resource investments to align with the state's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals set forth in section 25-7-102 (2)(g).(3) Upon completion of the study, the commission shall post written findings and conclusions from the study on the commission's website.(4) This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2025.Added by 2023 Ch. 163,§ 5, eff. 8/7/2023.2023 Ch. 163, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).