COMMITTEES Vice Chair of: Judiciary Transportation Member of: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy
John Cooke
State Senator
Majority Whip State Capitol 200 E. Colfax Avenue Denver, Colorado 80203 john.cooke.senate@state.co.us
To the Esteemed, Colorado Public Utilities Commission Recent news reports show that regulators and elected officials across the country have asked regulated utilities in their states how they plan to pass along the savings due to the lowering of the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21 percent. Some utilities are voluntarily passing along those savings and we commend them. Unfortunately, we have not seen or heard anything from Colorado regulators or our utilities. We assume plans to pass along the savings are being made but are not yet completed. In that spirit, please provide us an update on the status of rate reductions for Colorado ratepayers. Please include any information on how the lower tax rate
will impact Xcel Energy’s
latest rate increase request. Sincerely, Senate Majority Whip, John Cooke In Support of the Requests Above, The Colorado General Assembly, Senate Republicans as Followed, President of the Senate, Kevin J. Grantham Senate Pro Tempore, Jerry Sonnenberg Senate Majority Leader, Chris Holbert Caucus Chair, Vicki Marble Senator Randy Baumgardner Senator Don Coram Senator Larry Crowder Senator Bob Gardner CC: Senator Owen Hill Senator Kent Lambert Senator Kevin Lundberg Senator Beth Martinez Humenik Senator Tim Neville Senator Kevin Priola Senator Jim Smallwood Senator Jack Tate Office of the Attorney General Office of Consumer Counsel