Colorado utilities provide income-based payment plans to eligible customers

Investor-owned electric and gas utilities provide income-based payment plans, bill credits, and credits toward qualifying past-due balances. The plans cover income-qualified residential customers in the service areas of investor-owned utilities that establish a program. Cooperative and municipally owned utilities are excluded. The Public Utilities Commission sets income eligibility rules and determines the affordable payment percentage for households with no income. Utilities may recover program costs through a monthly customer charge only with commission approval. A utility may condition past-due balance credits on timely payment for current use or payment toward old debt, capped at 1% of annual household income. The act takes effect August 12, 2026, unless a referendum petition is filed. If filed, the affected provisions take effect only if voters approve them, on the governor's official declaration of the vote.

The law sets emissions and testing rules for certain new products, including equipment made for manufactured homes. These provisions concern covered new products manufactured, sold, leased, or offered for sale or lease in Colorado, including water heaters and furnaces made only for manufactured homes. Until January 1, 2031, propane-fueled products and products made exclusively for manufactured homes and installed as replacements are exempt from this part's requirements. On and after January 1, 2031, new water heaters and fan-type central furnaces made exclusively for manufactured homes must meet a limit of 40 nanograms of nitrogen oxides per joule of heat input. Testing must use fuel, equipment settings, elevation, and operating conditions that reflect normal use in Colorado. The temporary exemptions apply until January 1, 2031. The emissions limit for covered manufactured-home water heaters and furnaces applies on and after January 1, 2031.

The state treasurer transfers unspent money in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act cash fund to the general fund. The transfer applies to unspent money in the named state cash fund. The transfer is due June 30, 2031. The section is repealed effective July 1, 2031.