Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	The significant accounting policies set forth in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements in the PSCo Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2020 appropriately represent, in all material respects, the current status of accounting policies and are incorporated herein by reference.

The entire disclosure for all significant accounting policies of the reporting entity.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369

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