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EEBC's Policy Action Committee (PAC) facilitates opportunities for our members to collaborate, advocate, and influence the rebates and incentives affecting the industry. EEBC's PAC consists of individual Industry Action Councils. Each Council focuses on their specific area of expertise in the EE industry. Active EEBC Industry Action Councils:
2026 PAC Industry Action Councils are Getting Ready to Take Action on:
Our goal is to remove barriers to ensure contractors can take advantage of the DSM and CHP bonus rebates in 2027-29 to meet the EE, BE, and decarbonization shared goals in Colorado. We aim to inform, educate, and advocate for rebate program designs that are fair, reliable, and realistic for rebate processing and payouts, with standards and requirements designed for the pace of contractor business and consumer experiences. This includes:
New Initiative:
Be a part of the Conversation. Participate in your Industry Action Council Meetings. Members can check the EEBC Event Calendar to register for upcoming meetings. EEBC welcomes not-yet-members to attend Action Council Meetings to see what EEBC is about. To continue to participate after two complimentary meetings, we ask that you become a member. For questions about membership, please contact us.Hypothetical 2026 Procedural Schedule
Notes on Timing and Milestones This is a high-level and hypothetical schedule for the megadocket member-facing program docket. For a schedule, this assumes (1) a July 1st filing date, (2) if the case does not settle, but it is litigated. As you know, in practice, there will be settlement talks, and full or partial settlements could happen across big pieces of the case. For example, the strategic issues plan could settle, but litigation moves forward with the transportation electrification plan. The key deadline for Action Councils would be at least a month before answer testimony is due, so about October 15, 2026. We aim to provide you with a memo and breakdown of the filing by about July 15, 2026. We would want to be conducting discovery and putting together testimony as soon as possible after filing, so ideally, if we have our legal team or other subject matter expert (aka “SME”) lined up to discuss back-of-the-house/rebate issues, that would be before July 1st and is the first critical item. That work has started and would be mostly in August and September. EEBC’s legal team expects that PSCO anticipates that the 2027-2030 DSM Plan would start in this megadocket as ordered, but at a higher level than most DSM Plans. Once the PUC gives direction in its order in the megadocket on beneficial electrification DSM, strategic issues DSM, and other DSM-related issues, PSCO would then file a follow-up, either a separate application or “Phase II” of the megadocket that would focus on the rebates/programmatic details. This is usually EEBC’s main focus, so you should consider that the docket would continue into the second half of 2027. With the caveat that the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) will issue the actual procedural deadline dates (4 to 5 weeks after the filing), this is what a potential schedule might look like for EEBC. The deadlines will change, but the activities and timeframes will be approximately the same. Comments and questions contact: Patricia Rothwell, Executive Director | 303-319-5623 | patricia@eebco.org and your Industry Action Council Co-chairs. Proposed Bills
PAST PAC MEETING RECAPS - 2023 NOVEMBER 7, Monday Xcel Energy [PsCo] DSMCA-E (Proceeding No. 22AL-0420E) • Effective Jan. 1, 2023
October 12, Wednesday | Meeting Recording NOT Available TOPIC | EEBC member proposals to-date for the Xcel Energy 2023 DSM [Rebate Plan] EEBC MEMBERS SUBMIT YOUR DSM/REBATE REQUEST OR PROPOSAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DUE BY OCTOBER 7th, FRIDAY PAST RESULTS | 2021-22 Xcel Energy DSM Plan Intervener EEBC Member | Helpful Tools SAMPLE PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS |
