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CT Gen Stat § 16-243r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-243r - Customer-side distributed resources and grid-side distributed resources. Qualifications for applicability of certain provisions.

 The provisions of sections 7-233y, 16-1, 16-32f, 16-50i, 16-50k, 16-50x, 16-243i to 16-243q, inclusive, 16-244c, 16-245d, 16-245m, 16-245n, 16-245z and 16-262i and section 21 of public act 05-1 of the June special session* apply to new customer-side distributed resources and grid-side distributed resources developed in this state that add electric capacity on and after January 1, 2006, and shall also apply to customer-side distributed resources and grid-side distributed resources developed in this state before January 1, 2007, that (1) have undergone upgrades that increase the resource's thermal efficiency operating level by no fewer than ten percentage points or, for resources that have a thermal efficiency level of at least seventy per cent, have undergone upgrades that increase the resource's turbine heat rate by no fewer than five percentage points and increase the electrical output of the resource by no fewer than ten percentage points, (2) operate at a thermal efficiency level of at least fifty per cent, and (3) add electric capacity in this state on or after January 1, 2007, provided such measure is in accordance with the provisions of said sections 7-233y, 16-1, 16-32f, 16-50i, 16-50k, 16-50x, 16-243i to 16-243q, inclusive, 16-244c, 16-245d, 16-245m, 16-245n, 16-245z and 16-262i and section 21 of public act 05-1 of the June special session*. On or before January 1, 2009, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Office of Consumer Counsel, shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy regarding the cost-effectiveness of programs pursuant to this section.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 19; P.A. 07-242, S. 18; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 36; P.A. 14-134, S. 122.)*Note: Section 21 of public act 05-1 of the June special session is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005; P.A. 07-242 provided that referenced sections apply to new resources, added requirements for resources developed before January 1, 2007, and required department to report to the General Assembly, effective July 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-5 made technical changes, effective May 8, 2013; P.A. 14-134 deleted references to Sec. 16-244e, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 16-243s (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-243s - Awards to electric distribution companies for programs for load curtailment, demand reduction and retrofit conservation.

 Section 16-243s is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 35; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 130.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-243t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-243t - Class III credits.

 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, a customer who implements energy conservation or customer-side distributed resources, as defined in section 16-1, on or after January 1, 2008, shall be eligible for Class III credits, pursuant to section 16-243q. The Class III credit shall be not less than one cent per kilowatt hour. For nonresidential projects receiving conservation and load management funding, twenty-five per cent of the financial value derived from the credits earned pursuant to this section shall be directed to the customer who implements energy conservation or customer-side distribution resources pursuant to this section with the remainder of the financial value directed in furtherance of the Conservation and Load Management Plan. For nonresidential projects not receiving conservation and load management funding submitted on or after March 9, 2007, seventy-five per cent of the financial value derived from the credits earned pursuant to this section shall be directed to the customer who implements energy conservation or customer-side distribution resources pursuant to this section with the remainder of the financial value directed in furtherance of the Conservation and Load Management Plan. Not later than July 1, 2007, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a contested case proceeding in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.(b) In order to be eligible for ongoing Class III credits, the customer shall file an application that contains information necessary for the authority to determine that the resource qualifies for Class III status. Such application shall (1) certify that installation and metering requirements have been met where appropriate, (2) provide a detailed energy savings or energy output calculation for such time period as specified by the authority, and (3) include any other information that the authority deems appropriate.(c) For conservation and load management projects that serve residential customers, seventy-five per cent of the financial value derived from the credits shall be directed in furtherance of the Conservation and Load Management Plan.(P.A. 07-242, S. 42; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 18-50, S. 13.)History: P.A. 07-242 effective June 4, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 18-50 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) by replacing “Conservation and Load Management Funds” with “Conservation and Load Management Plan”, and making conforming changes, effective January 1, 2020.
CT Gen Stat § 16-243u (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-243u - Plan to build peaking generation.

 From January 1, 2008, until February 1, 2008, any person may, and an electric distribution company shall, submit a plan to build peaking generation, or the electric distribution companies may submit a joint ownership plan to build peaking generation, to be heard in a contested case proceeding before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. An electric distribution company's plan shall include its full projected costs and shall demonstrate to the authority that it is not supported in any form of cross subsidization by affiliated entities. Any plan approved by the authority shall (1) include a requirement that the owner of the peaking generation is compensated at cost of service plus reasonable rate of return as determined by the authority, and (2) require that such peaking generation facility is operated at such times and such capacity so as to reduce overall electricity rates for consumers. The authority may retain a consultant to help determine if projected costs included in the plan are good faith preliminary estimates and may require modification of the plan as necessary to protect the best interests of ratepayers. Not later than one hundred twenty days after the plan is submitted, the authority shall approve the plan unless it demonstrates in detail, pursuant to section 16-19e, that such plan is not in the best interests of ratepayers. The authority shall request that any person submitting a plan to submit further information it deems to be in the public interest that the authority shall use in evaluating the proposal. Such person shall only recover the just and reasonable costs of construction of the facility and, in an annual retail generation rate contested case, shall be entitled to recover its prudently incurred costs of such project, including, but not limited to, capital costs, operation and maintenance expenses, depreciation, fuel costs, taxes and other governmental charges and a reasonable rate of return on equity. The authority shall review such recovery of costs consistent with the principles set forth in sections 16-19, 16-19b and 16-19e, provided the return on equity associated with such project shall be established in the initial annual contested case proceeding under this section and updated at least once every four years. A person operating a peaking generation unit pursuant to this section shall bid the unit into all regional independent system operator markets, including the energy market, capacity market or forward reserve market, using cost-of-service principles and pursuant to guidelines established by the authority each year in the annual retail generation rate case pursuant to this section.(P.A. 07-242, S. 50; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 07-242 effective January 1, 2008; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-243w (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-243w - Advanced metering system plan and deployment.

 (a) On or before July 1, 2007, each electric distribution company shall submit a plan to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to deploy an advanced metering system. In lieu of submitting a plan pursuant to this section, an electric distribution company may seek a determination by the authority that such company's existing metering system meets the requirements of this section. Such metering systems shall support net metering and be capable of tracking hourly consumption to support proactive customer pricing signals through innovative rate design, such as time-of-day or real-time pricing of electric service for all customer classes.(b) Each plan to implement an advanced metering system developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall outline an implementation schedule whereby meters and any network necessary to support such meters are fully deployed on or before January 1, 2009. On or after January 1, 2009, any customer may obtain a meter on demand.(c) The cost of the advanced metering system, including, but not limited to, the meters, the network to support the meters, software and vendor costs to obtain the required information from the metering system and administrative, installation, operation maintenance costs, shall be borne by the electric distribution company and shall be recoverable in rates. Any unrecovered cost of the current metering system shall continue to be reflected in rates.(d) Not later than six months after June 4, 2007, electric distribution companies, competitive electric suppliers and aggregators shall offer time-of-use pricing options to all customer classes. These pricing options shall include, but not be limited to, hourly and real-time pricing options.(P.A. 07-242, S. 98; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 07-242 effective June 4, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-243x (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-243x - Time-of-use meters. Notice of availability.

 The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall require each electric distribution company to notify its customers on an ongoing basis regarding the availability of time-of-use meters, if applicable.(P.A. 11-80, S. 105.)History: P.A. 11-80 effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-243z (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-243z - Geographic information systems data sharing. Disclosure of locations of medical hardship accounts in emergencies.

 (a) For purposes of this section, “regional council of governments” has the same meaning as “council” in section 4-124i, and “electric distribution company” has the same meaning as provided in section 16-1.(b) Upon the request of the geographic information systems or geospatial information systems analyst or coordinator, or any equivalent official, of any municipality or regional council of governments, an electric distribution company shall provide to such analyst, coordinator or official any geographic information systems or geospatial information systems data for such electric distribution company's service area identifying utility pole data for poles owned or jointly owned by such company in such municipality or the area served by such regional council of governments. Such data shall include pole ownership, identification number, XY coordinate location, pole height, pole classification and wattage size of street lights or post lights.(c) Upon the request of a municipality for public safety reasons during an emergency, an electric distribution company may provide to such municipality the location of electric service accounts that are coded by such company as medical hardship accounts within such municipality.(d) Prior to receipt of data from an electric distribution company under this section, a municipality or regional council of governments shall demonstrate to such company that it has implemented appropriate procedures to protect the confidentiality of the information. Any data provided by such company to a municipality or regional council of governments pursuant to this section shall be used by such entity for internal use only, and shall not be publicly disclosed by the municipality or regional council of governments or be subject to any public disclosure requirement without the prior consent of the electric distribution company and shall be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200.(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 155; P.A. 13-247, S. 292; P.A. 14-134, S. 78, 79.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 14-134 deleted references to electric company, effective June 6, 2014, and made a conforming change, effective January 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 16-244a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-244a - Rate freeze for electric service.

 Section 16-244a is repealed, effective May 8, 2013.(P.A. 98-28, S. 3, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-244aa (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-244aa - Performance-based regulation of electric distribution companies.

 (a)(1) For the purposes of this section, “electric distribution company” has the same meaning as provided in section 16-1 and “emergency” has the same meaning as provided in section 16-32e.(2) “Resilience” means the ability to prepare for and adapt to changing conditions and withstand and recover rapidly from deliberate attacks, accidents or naturally occurring threats or incidents, including, but not limited to, threats or incidents associated with the impacts of climate change.(b) Not later than June 1, 2021, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a proceeding to investigate, develop and adopt a framework for implementing performance-based regulation of each electric distribution company. Such framework adopted by the authority shall: (1) Establish standards and metrics for measuring such electric distribution company's performance of objectives that are in the interest of ratepayers or benefit the public, which may include, but not be not limited to, safety, reliability, emergency response, cost efficiency, affordability, equity, customer satisfaction, municipal engagement, resilience and advancing the state's environmental and policy goals, including, but not limited to, those goals established in section 22a-200a, in the Integrated Resources Plan approved pursuant to section 16a-3a and in the Comprehensive Energy Strategy prepared pursuant to section 16a-3d; (2) identify the manner, including the timeframe and extent, in which such standards and metrics shall be used to apply the principles and guidelines set forth in section 16-19e and to determine the relative adequacy of the company's service and the reasonableness and adequacy of rates proposed and considered pursuant to section 16-19a; and (3) identify specific mechanisms to be implemented to align utility performance with the standards and metrics adopted pursuant to this section and subsection (b) of section 16-19a, including, but not limited to, reviewing the effectiveness of the electric distribution company's revenue decoupling mechanism. The authority may also initiate a proceeding to investigate, develop and adopt a framework for implementation of performance-based regulation for gas and water companies, as defined by section 16-1, consistent with the requirements and provisions of this section.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-5, S. 1.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-5 effective October 2, 2020.
CT Gen Stat § 16-244b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-244b - Electric customers to choose electric suppliers. Phase-in of electric deregulation.

 All customers of electric distribution companies, as defined in section 16-1, shall have the opportunity to purchase electric generation services from their choice of electric suppliers, as defined in section 16-1, in a competitive generation market in accordance with the schedule provided in this section. As of July 1, 2000, all customers shall have the opportunity to choose an electric supplier. On and after January 1, 2000, electric generation services shall be provided in accordance with section 16-244c to any customer who has not chosen an electric supplier or has declined, failed or been unable to enter into or maintain a contract for electric generation services with an electric supplier. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the phase-in schedule provided in this section.(P.A. 98-28, S. 4, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 60; P.A. 14-134, S. 10.)History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 made technical changes; P.A. 14-134 deleted provision allowing certain customers in distressed municipalities to choose supplier of their electric generation services, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 16-244e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-244e - Ownership or operation of generation assets. Customer bill.

 (a) An electric distribution company shall not own or operate generation assets, except as provided in this section and sections 16-43d, 16-243m, 16-243u, 16a-3b and 16a-3c, provided nothing in this section or in section 16-244w shall be interpreted to prohibit or limit the ability of an electric distribution company from building, owning or operating an energy storage system.(b) Each electric distribution company shall provide all customers with a bill that separates the electric generation services component of those charges.(c) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may authorize an electric distribution company to recover its prudently incurred costs and investments for any energy storage system such electric distribution company builds, owns or operates through a fully reconciling component of electric rates for all customers of electric distribution companies, until the electric distribution company's next rate case, at which time such costs and investments shall be recoverable through base distribution rates consistent with the principles set forth in sections 16-19 and 16-19e.(P.A. 98-28, S. 5, 117; P.A. 03-135, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 4; P.A. 06-196, S. 234; P.A. 07-242, S. 63; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 37; P.A. 14-134, S. 81; P.A. 19-35, S. 13.)History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 03-135 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to designate existing provisions as Subpara. (A) and to add Subpara. (B) re ownership or operation of generation assets by an electric distribution company, effective July 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to add an exception re generation of electricity by an electric distribution company, effective July 21, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(6), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-242 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to add exceptions re generation of electricity by electric distribution company, effective July 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-5 amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision re calculation of base rates, effective May 8, 2013; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdivs. (1) to (6)(A) re unbundling and separation, and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provisions re hearing and final order, deleting reference to electric company and making technical changes, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 19-35 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re electric distribution company building, owning or operating energy storage system and added Subsec. (c) re recovery of costs and investments, effective June 28, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 16-244f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-244f - Divestiture of nonnuclear electric generation facilities. Plan. Approval of sale by authority.

 Section 16-244f is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.(P.A. 98-28, S. 6, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 130.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-244j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-244j - Electric transmission lines from Bethel to Norwalk. Moratorium. Working group and comprehensive assessment.

 Section 16-244j is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.(P.A. 02-95, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 130.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-244k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-244k - Allocation of the proceeds of the retail adder.

 Section 16-244k is repealed, effective May 8, 2013.(P.A. 03-135, S. 21; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)