Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Legal Notices

Welcome to the Senate Bill 100 website of Public Service Company of Colorado (the Company), an Xcel Energy Company. Please review the following terms and conditions that govern the use of this Website, which constitutes users’ agreement to follow and be bound by this Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Legal Notices (the Agreement).

The Company may occasionally modify this agreement in its sole discretion and without notice to users. Please review this agreement periodically to ensure familiarity with its then-current terms and conditions. Continued use of the Website constitutes acceptance of this agreement; following any modification of this agreement shall constitute acceptance of such modifications.

Users may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when using services provided by entities other than the Company on this Website, or when accessing any services provided by the Company from a Website other than this one.

Privacy Policy

Providing personal information is not necessary to visit this Website. To evaluate and improve this Website, our web servers automatically collect information used to measure the number of visits, average time spent, number of pages viewed, and methods by which it was found. To the extent users provide information to us to subscribe to the newsletter, the Company will collect that information as well.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

The Company will not sell, rent or give away your personal information to other companies for use in selling its products or services without users’ consent. Circumstances under which the Company shares users’ personal information with third parties include: (1) as required by any laws, or regulations or with customer authorization appropriate to the situation; (2) with users’ documented consent; and, (3) pursuant to a valid warrant, subpoena or court order.

This privacy policy applies only to the Company owned and operated sites.

Security of Information

The Company’s policies and procedures limit access to personal information to those with a business reason to know such information.

Terms of Use

How You May Use the Content on This Website

Website content may be used only for limited, internal, noncommercial, informational purposes. Users may print out a single copy of the content solely for those purposes, if the copy bears all copyright, trademark, service mark and other intellectual property and proprietary notices displayed on the web page. Users may not distribute, publish, transmit, modify, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part, for any purpose. Except as authorized in this paragraph, users are not being granted a license under any copyright, trademark, service mark, patent or other intellectual property or proprietary right in the content. Under no circumstances will users obtain any rights in the products, services, processes or technology described in the content. All those rights are retained by the Company, its parent company and affiliates and any third party owners of those rights. No other use of the material within this Website or portion thereof is permitted without the express written consent of the Company.

All maps and drawings are artist’s renderings and are representational only. They are provided for informational purposes only and are subject to change without notice. Unless otherwise noted, all text, maps, images, graphics, photographs, video clips, designs, icons, sounds, information, data and other materials (the content) on this Website are copyrights, trademarks, service marks or other intellectual property or proprietary rights owned or licensed by the Company, its parent company or its affiliates.

Links to Other Websites and References to Other Companies

References made to names, marks, products or services of third parties or hypertext links to third-party Websites or information do not constitute or imply the Company’s endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation of the third party. The Company does not monitor or control the content of any Websites linked to or from this Website, and therefore it is not responsible for the content of any Websites linked to this website or the terms of use or privacy practices employed by those other Websites. Content and liability disclaimer content on this Website may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors, and the Company is not responsible for any reliance users may place on the content. The Company may make changes to the content and the products, services and programs described in the content at any time without notice.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements on this Website, other than statements of historical information, are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or that the events described on this Website will occur. Users are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date first posted to this Website. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: economic downturns; terrorist acts upon the United States; threat of or actual war; unfavorable weather conditions; the Company’s ability to obtain financing on terms acceptable to us to finance capital expenditures actions of rating agencies and their impact on capital expenditures and growth strategy; the Company’s ability to grow its operations; industry competition; implications arising from new Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)/governmental legislation, rulings or interpretations; the Company’s reliance on government permits or approvals; and adverse consequences of current or future legal claims. In most instances forward-looking statements are identified in this document by the words "proposed," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "projected," "objective," "outlook," "possible," "potential" and similar expressions.

Users are also directed to other risks discussed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Legal Notices

GENERAL DISCLAIMERS

THIS WEBSITE CONTAINS TRANSMISSION PLANNING DATA THAT MAY BE CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE TRANSMISSION PROJECTS LISTED MAY CHANGE SCOPE OR NOT BE CONSTRUCTED. PLANS AND INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND REFINEMENT BY THE COMPANY WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL PLANS REMAIN SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS AND APPROVALS, WHICH APPROVALS MAY NOT BE OBTAINED.

THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED FOR MARKETING PURPOSES ONLY. ALL ARTWORK, MAPS AND DEPICTIONS OF ANY NATURE ARE CONCEPTUAL ONLY AND MAY NOT FULLY OR ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE SUBJECT. MAPS ARE NOT TO SCALE. POTENTIAL ROUTES AS DEPICTED ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE, AND ANY REPRESENTATION OF A PROPOSED ROUTE IS NOT INTENDED TO REFLECT A TAKING ON THE PART OF THE COMPANY NOR INTENT TO TAKE THE SUBJECT LANDS BY COMPANY FOR PURPOSES OF EMINENT DOMAIN. ESTIMATED COSTS AND IN-SERVICE DATES ARE PROJECTED FIGURES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED ON FOR ANY PURPOSES.

FURTHER TRANSMISSION INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY IS AVAILABLE AT: HTTP://WWW.OATIOASIS.COM/PSCO/.

THIS WEBSITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE ARE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AS WELL AS ANY WARRANTY OF QUALITY, FUNCTIONALITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, OPERABILITY, USE PERFORMANCE OR ABSENCE OF VIRUSES. USERS ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK OF LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE.

EXCEPT FOR USERS’ AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY THE AGREEMENT, USE OF THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT CREATE ANY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN USERS AND THE COMPANY, NOR ANY OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY TO USERS. USERS AGREE NOT TO ACT IN RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND WAIVE ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DAMAGES INCURRED AS A RESULT OF RELIANCE ON SUCH INFORMATION.

ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMERS MAY APPEAR FROM TIME TO TIME WITHIN THE BODY OF THIS WEBSITE AND ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY OF ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS, PARENT COMPANY, AFFILIATES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS OR EMPLOYEES (THE EXCLUDED PARTIES) SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OF THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE DAMAGES, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF, OR OTHERWISE COULD HAVE FORESEEN, SUCH DAMAGES. IF ANY APPLICABLE AUTHORITY HOLDS ANY PORTION OF THIS SECTION TO BE UNENFORCEABLE, THEN THE EXCLUDED PARTIES’ LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

INDEMNITY

USERS HEREBY AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, AND THE PARTNERS, MEMBERS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, ATTORNEYS AND AGENTS OF COMPANY AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES, FROM ANY AND ALL THIRD PARTY CLAIMS, LIABILITY, DAMAGES AND/OR COSTS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ATTORNEYS FEES) THEY INCUR ARISING AS A RESULT OF USING THIS WEBSITE, VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF USE, OR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR OTHER RIGHT OF COMPANY, ITS PARENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATES OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY.

Applicable Law

This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Colorado, excluding its conflicts of law principles.

Miscellaneous

Except as set forth in the section above entitled "Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Legal Notices," this agreement constitutes the final and entire agreement between users and the Company regarding use of the services on the Website from which this agreement was accessed. This agreement supersedes all previous and contemporaneous oral and written agreements between users and the Company regarding use of the services on this Website.

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.