PUC dismisses portion of Boulder utility application, but case moves forward

DENVER — The Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday dismissed a portion of the city of Boulder’s application to create a municipal electric utility, but left the door open for the city to return with a supplement to its application that includes more robust technical details of Boulder’s plan.

Boulder submitted its application to the PUC in July outlining the city’s plan for acquiring from Xcel Energy all of the assets and equipment necessary to provide electricity to city residents. Included in Boulder’s acquisition plan was some equipment that also serves Xcel customers who live outside the city limits.

The three-member PUC’s…