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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-4e. - Department of Transportation screening and inventory of land. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection analysis of inventoried land and selection preference in solicitations issued.

(a) As used in this section, “Class I renewable energy source” has the same meaning as provided in section 16-1.
(b) (1) On or before December 1, 2020, the Department of Transportation shall conduct a preliminary screening of land owned by said department. Such screening shall identify any such land that may be suitable for the siting of Class I renewable energy sources and shall evaluate the suitability of such land. Said department shall submit an inventory of any such land said department determines is suitable for the siting of Class I renewable energy sources to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(2) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall conduct an analysis of any land included in the inventory submitted to said department pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection. Said department's analysis shall include, but not be limited to, a technical, legal and financial feasibility analysis and shall consider (A) setback requirements, (B) access to the land, (C) physical and environmental characteristics of the land, (D) the development characteristics of a Class I renewable energy source, (E) current and future transportation needs, (F) the eligibility of Class I renewable energy sources that may be installed on the land to participate in net metering pursuant to section 16-243h, virtual net metering pursuant to section 16-244u, renewable energy tariffs pursuant to section 16-244z and grid-scale solicitation programs pursuant to this title, and (G) other relevant feasibility factors.
(c) In any solicitation issued by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for Class I renewable energy sources after said department completes the analysis pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, said department may provide selection preference to proposals that use land that is (1) included on the inventory submitted pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, and (2) determined to be feasible for the siting of Class I renewable energy sources by said department pursuant to the analysis conducted pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section.
(P.A. 19-35, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 19-35 effective June 28, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-6. - Cooperation of other state agencies. License for sale of gasoline.

Each department, office, board, commission, council or other agency of the state and each officer or employee shall cooperate with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and shall furnish him such information, personnel and assistance as may be necessary or appropriate in the discharge of the responsibilities of said commissioner and the board under this chapter and sections 4-5, 4-124l, 4-124p, 8-3b, 8-35a and 8-189, subsection (b) of section 8-206 and sections 16a-20, 16a-102, 22a-352 and 22a-353. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall require each person applying for a license under section 14-319 to submit in his application the information which persons registering under section 16a-22d are required to submit. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall furnish the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection with such information.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 7, 20; P.A. 75-537, S. 5, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 91, 136; P.A. 81-330, S. 5, 13; P.A. 88-248, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 315.)
History: P.A. 75-537 replaced energy agency administrator with commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 78-303 deleted reference to repealed Secs. 4-60a and 4-60b; P.A. 81-330 struck reference to Sec. 16a-19 and added requirement that license applicants under Sec. 14-319 include information required under Sec. 16a-22d and that this information be furnished to secretary; P.A. 88-248 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 2-73; (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 16-340 was deleted editorially by the Revisors); pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” and “secretary” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to Secs. 8-32a and 8-33a, effective January 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-7. - Annual report and recommendations by board.

Section 16a-7 is repealed, effective July 1, 2003.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 8, 20; P.A. 82-222, S. 3, 7; P.A. 03-140, S. 25.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-7a. - Annual comprehensive energy plan.

Section 16a-7a is repealed, effective July 1, 2007.
(P.A. 03-140, S. 17; P.A. 04-236, S. 15; P.A. 07-242, S. 129.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-7b. - Condemnation or restriction of operation of energy facility by municipality.

No municipality other than a municipality operating a plant pursuant to chapter 101 or any special act and acting for purposes thereto may take an action to condemn, in whole or in part, or restrict the operation of any existing and currently operating energy facility, if such facility is first determined by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, following a contested case proceeding, held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to comprise a critical, unique and unmovable component of the state's energy infrastructure, unless the municipality first receives written approval from the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Siting Council that such taking would not have a detrimental impact on the state's or region's ability to provide a particular energy resource to its citizens.
(P.A. 03-140, S. 18; P.A. 04-191, S. 1; P.A. 07-242, S. 77, 110; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 42; P.A. 13-298, S. 25; P.A. 14-94, S. 55.)
History: P.A. 03-140 effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-191 added provision re consideration of recommendations and findings of task force in developing environmental preference standards, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 07-242 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re limitation on ability of municipality to condemn or restrict operation of existing and operating energy facility, effective June 4, 2007, and deleted reference to the comprehensive energy plan prepared pursuant to Sec. 16a-7a, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-80 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to Department of Public Utility Control with reference to Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and delete reference to Office of Policy and Management, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 amended Subsec. (b) to delete “Connecticut Energy Advisory Board” and replace “department” with “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” re written approval to municipality, effective July 8, 2013; P.A. 14-94 deleted former Subsec. (a) re infrastructure criteria guidelines and deleted Subsec. (b) designator, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-7c. - Request for proposal: Solicitation, submission, evaluation, report, net energy analysis.

Section 16a-7c is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(P.A. 03-140, S. 19; P.A. 07-242, S. 54; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 43; P.A. 14-94, S. 82.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-8. - Programs to foster cooperative effort.

Section 16a-8 is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 9, 20; P.A. 03-140, S. 21; P.A. 14-94, S. 82.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-9. - Energy emergency plan. Amendments.

(a) There shall continue to be an energy emergency plan. Said plan may include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Establishment of programs, controls, standards, priorities and quotas for the allocation, rationing, conservation, distribution and consumption of available energy resources, (2) suspension and modification of existing statutes, standards and requirements affecting or affected by the use of energy resources, (3) adoption of measures affecting the type and composition and production and distribution of energy resources, (4) imposition of price restrictions on energy resources, (5) adoption of measures affecting the hours and days on which public buildings and commercial and industrial establishments may be or are required to remain open or closed, and (6) establishment and implementation of regional programs and agreements for the purpose of coordinating energy resource programs and actions of the state with those of the federal government and of other states and localities. Said plan shall include such levels of energy emergency as the commissioner shall establish.
(b) The commissioner shall prepare or cause to be prepared such amendments to the energy emergency plan as he may deem necessary. Such amendments shall be submitted to the General Assembly no later than fifteen days after the convening of any regular session of the General Assembly following the preparation of such amendments and shall be referred by the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate to the joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to energy. Said committee shall review such amendments and report its recommendations within fifteen days to the General Assembly. The General Assembly may by joint resolution disapprove or reject any section or sections of such amendments within forty-five days after the submittal of such amendments.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 10, 20; P.A. 75-537, S. 6, 55; P.A. 79-572, S. 1, 10; P.A. 88-220, S. 2, 11; P.A. 91-367, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-537 continued existence of emergency plan, deleting provision which had called for administrator to prepare one, and deleted Subsec. (b) re submission of plan for general assembly's approval; P.A. 79-572 required plan to include levels of emergency established by secretary of office of policy and management and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re amendments to plan; P.A. 88-220 deleted the 1980 reporting requirement formerly in Subsec. (c); P.A. 91-367 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the plan to include the imposition of price restrictions on energy resources; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “secretary” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-10. - Joint legislative committee established.

There is established a joint legislative committee consisting of the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of both houses of the General Assembly, and the cochairpersons and the ranking minority members of the committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy. All records of meetings of said committee shall be a matter of public record.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 11, 20; P.A. 79-572, S. 2, 10.)
History: P.A. 79-572 included as committee members cochairpersons and ranking minority members of energy committee.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-11. - Governor's proclamation of energy emergency. Order implementing plan. Review and disapproval. Termination.

(a) In the event of an energy emergency, the Governor may proclaim that such emergency exists and designate by order all or any part of the energy emergency plan he intends to implement and the effective date thereof, provided during any such energy emergency, the Governor may designate by order additional parts of said energy emergency plan to be implemented and the effective dates thereof. Any such order by the Governor pursuant to this section shall become effective upon filing said proclamation and designation in the office of the Secretary of the State. Such proclamation and any such designation shall be published in full at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in each county, provided failure to publish shall not impair the validity of such proclamation or designation.
(b) Any proclamation may be disapproved by the joint legislative committee established under section 16a-10 at a meeting which shall be held within seventy-two hours after the filing of such proclamation in the office of the Secretary of the State. Such disapproval shall be by a majority vote, provided at least one of the minority leaders shall vote for such disapproval. Notwithstanding such disapproval, such proclamation and any order pursuant to this section shall be valid and effective from the time the Governor files such proclamation until such time as said committee files its disapproval in the office of the Secretary of the State. Any proclamation not disapproved shall remain in effect until the Governor proclaims the end of the energy emergency or until three hundred days after the date of the proclamation of the energy emergency. The joint legislative committee shall meet to review the proclamation of an energy emergency every sixty days until such emergency ends and may disapprove such proclamation by a simple majority vote. Any order or designation shall remain in effect until termination by further order by the Governor, which termination shall become effective upon filing such order in the office of the Secretary of the State. Such order shall be published in full at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in each county, provided failure to publish shall not impair the validity of such order.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 12, 20; P.A. 79-572, S. 3, 10.)
History: P.A. 79-572 provided that proclamation ceases to have effect 300 days after date emergency was proclaimed, required review of proclamation every 60 days and provided for disapproval by majority vote in Subsec. (b).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-13a. - Levels of energy consumption considered in grant or denial of exemption. Regulations.

(a) The commissioner, in granting or denying an exemption under section 16a-13, may take into account past levels of energy consumption or changes therein on the part of the person seeking such exemption.
(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, which establish procedures for documenting past levels of energy consumption or changes therein for the purposes of an exemption under said section 16a-13.
(c) The commissioner may grant an exemption if he determines that the person seeking the exemption has fulfilled the conditions contained in such regulations. The regulations shall permit exemption: (1) In cases where the applicant documents an absolute reduction in energy consumption over such periods of time as the regulations may establish, which periods may vary for different categories of persons, and the reduction is the result of physical or behavioral changes or adjustments undertaken for energy conservation purposes and not from changes or modifications undertaken for other purposes, such as alterations in building size, extent or type of production capacity or utilization thereof, or changes in the nature or number of work force employed, which changes were not undertaken for energy conservation purposes; or (2) in cases where the applicant documents that his consumption of energy is substantially less than that of other persons in like circumstances over such period of time as the regulations may establish, which periods may vary for different categories of persons, and the level of consumption is due to physical or behavioral factors, changes or adjustments, undertaken for energy conservation purposes and not from factors, changes or modifications not so related.
(d) The regulations may provide that reductions in or levels of energy consumption which occur subsequent to the proclamation of an energy emergency pursuant to section 16a-11 or section 16a-12 shall not constitute the basis for exemption unless the reductions are due solely to actions undertaken prior to such proclamation.
(P.A. 79-572, S. 6, 10; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “secretary” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-13b. - Responsibilities of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in energy emergency activities.

(a) The commissioner shall: (1) Be responsible for the conduct and administration of energy emergency planning and preparedness activities generally, including the coordination of such activities under this title with other state emergency planning conducted under any other provisions of the general statutes or special acts and with energy emergency planning or preparedness activities undertaken by the federal government, other states and regional or interstate organizations, and (2) coordinate, under the direction of the office of the Governor, the adoption and implementation of emergency measures by state departments during any energy emergency proclaimed under section 16a-11 or section 16a-12, including the coordination of state, federal, regional and interstate activities.
(b) In exercising the responsibilities under subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner shall consult with the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Department of Transportation and such other state agencies as the commissioner deems appropriate. Each state agency shall assist the commissioner in carrying out the responsibilities assigned by sections 16a-9 to 16a-13d, inclusive.
(P.A. 79-572, S. 9, 10; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 88-135, S. 3; P.A. 04-219, S. 7; P.A. 11-51, S. 156; 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 88-135 substituted office of “emergency management” for office of “civil preparedness” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 04-219 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security for Office of Emergency Management, effective January 1, 2005; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, the Department of Public Safety” with “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “secretary” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner” and “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-13c. - Violation of energy emergency plan or order. Interference with energy emergency activities. Penalties.

Any person who during the course of an energy emergency proclaimed under this chapter violates any provision of the energy emergency plan which has been implemented pursuant to section 16a-11 or any order adopted pursuant to section 16a-12, or who obtains an exemption pursuant to section 16a-13 by misrepresentation or false pretenses, or who impedes, interferes with or obstructs any lawful energy emergency activities pursuant to this chapter, or who violates any provision of this chapter, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each offense. Each violation and each day on which the violation occurs or continues shall be a separate offense.
(P.A. 79-572, S. 7, 10; P.A. 80-125, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 80-125 included in penalty provision those who gain exemption by misrepresentation or false pretenses.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-13d. - Study on establishing a reserve of energy resources.

Section 16a-13d is repealed.
(P.A. 79-572, S. 8, 10; P.A. 86-187, S. 9, 10; P.A. 95-217, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-14a. - Grant program for businesses involved in energy-related products and services.

Section 16a-14a is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 79-576, S. 4, 7; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 140.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-14b. - Testing programs for energy-related products. Regulations.

(a) The commissioner shall develop voluntary testing programs for energy-related products or categories of such products. Such testing shall be designed to protect the interests of consumers by providing reliable information on such products, and may include the evaluation of the energy efficiency, durability, reliability, health and safety aspects, life-cycle cost or other performance qualities of such products.
(b) The commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 establishing provisions (1) for standardized procedures for the performance of such testing; (2) for categories of energy-related products to be covered by such testing procedures; (3) to differentiate between the testing of experimental energy-related products and commercial energy-related products, to determine the range of models produced by a specific manufacturer to which testing results will apply and to ensure that products submitted for testing constitute a representative sample of those produced within such range by said manufacturer; (4) for a standardized format for the compilation of information from such tests which shall include all relevant information from each type of test performed on a product; (5) for the designation of qualified state or state-certified facilities to perform such testing; provided, no person or organization which has any pecuniary interest in the manufacture, distribution or sale of energy-related products within or without the state shall be eligible for such designation; and (6) for a schedule of reasonable fees for the performance of such tests or a procedure for establishing such a schedule.
(P.A. 79-576, S. 5, 7; P.A. 88-220, S. 3, 11; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 88-220 deleted former Subsec. (c) which had contained obsolete reporting requirement; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “secretary” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-14c and 16a-14d. - Comprehensive energy plan. Technical advisory group; recommendations regarding electric energy efficiency; regulations.

Sections 16a-14c and 16a-14d are repealed.
(P.A. 90-219, S. 4, 7; P.A. 92-138, S. 3; P.A. 96-23.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-14e. - Purchasing pool for purchase of electricity.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall operate a purchasing pool for the purchase of electricity for state operations. Said department shall provide the opportunity to participate in such purchasing pool to each household that includes an individual who receives means-tested assistance administered by the state or federal government. Any such household shall receive through such purchasing pool the same benefits and rate discounts available for state facilities. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall use federal and state energy assistance funds to leverage the lowest practicable electric rates for households participating in such pool, provided such funds shall not be used for administrative purposes. The provisions of section 16-245 shall not apply to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for purposes of this section.
(P.A. 98-28, S. 60, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 9; P.A. 16-173, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Office of Policy and Management” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-94 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding provisions re inclusion of operations of municipalities, solicitation of proposals and making grants available to municipalities to join purchasing pool, added Subsec. (b) re solicitations from retail electric suppliers for purchasing pool of 370,000 megawatt hours or less per year, added Subsec. (c) re when purchasing pool exceeds 370,000 megawatt hours per year, added Subsec. (d) re purchasing pool and energy improvement districts constituting electric power entities and added Subsec. (e) re municipal electric energy cooperative providing electric generation services to electric power entities, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 16-173 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, deleted provisions re municipalities participating in purchasing pool and deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (e), effective June 7, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-14f. - Grants or rebates to municipalities, academic institutions and other entities for purchase or installation of alternative vehicles, alternative vehicle fueling equipment and energy efficient devices.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may, from resources available not included in state appropriated funds, provide grants or rebates to municipalities, academic institutions and other entities for the purchase or installation of alternative vehicles, alternative vehicle fueling equipment and energy efficient devices.
(P.A. 13-298, S. 53.)
History: P.A. 13-298 effective July 8, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-15a. - Notice of full-serve and self-serve fuel pumps. Notice of discounts. Operators with disabilities.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 specifying the manner in which retail dealers, as defined in section 14-318, shall notify customers of the location of self-service and full-service fuel pumps or any pumps at which discounts are offered for cash payment or credit cards are accepted. The regulations shall include provision for the direction of motor vehicle operators with disabilities to the appropriate self-service pump as provided in section 14-325b.
(P.A. 84-244, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 17-202, S. 49.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 17-202 replaced “handicapped drivers” with “motor vehicle operators with disabilities”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-16. - Enforcement; injunctions, damages. Remedies not exclusive.

(a) This chapter may be enforced by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in the superior court for any judicial district in which any person who violates any provisions of this chapter resides or maintains a place of business by an ex parte temporary injunction issued by said court or a judge thereof; provided, if such injunction is issued, such person may file a motion to dissolve such injunction and a hearing upon such motion shall be held by the superior court not later than three days after service of such motion upon the Governor pursuant to an order of said court or a judge thereof. If a permanent injunction is granted, such person may be assessed damages of not more than ten thousand dollars plus court costs.
(b) The provisions of this section are not exclusive, and the remedies provided for in this section shall be in addition to any other remedy provided for in any other section of the general statutes or available under common law.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 16, 20; P.A. 75-537, S. 11, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
History: P.A. 75-537 replaced energy agency administrator with commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 78-280 replaced “county” with “judicial district”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-18. - Illegal creation of fuel shortage. Penalty. Extradition.

(a) No person, firm, corporation, business or combination thereof shall individually perform any act, or conspire to perform any act, which act creates a shortage of fuel or a probable shortage of fuel in this state with the intent to raise fuel prices or energy prices, adversely affect competition in this state or in any way violate the antitrust laws of the state of Connecticut or other laws of this state regulating illegal business practices.
(b) Any person, firm, corporation, business or combination thereof violating any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony, except that such person shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
(c) If any person violates sections 16a-17 to 16a-20, inclusive, and subsequently leaves the jurisdiction of this state, the Chief State's Attorney shall seek extradition of such individual. If any individual violates any provision of said sections while physically present in another state, the Chief State's Attorney or his designee shall seek extradition of said individual under a like provision of section 54-162 of the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, as it may appear in other jurisdictions or under any other applicable law of such other jurisdictions.
(P.A. 74-208, S. 2, 5; P.A. 07-217, S. 66; P.A. 13-258, S. 63.)
History: P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute provision re class D felony for provision re imprisonment of not more than 5 years and make a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-19. - Powers of investigation.

Section 16a-19 is repealed.
(P.A. 74-208, S. 3, 5; P.A. 75-537, S. 12, 55; P.A. 76-435, S. 53, 82; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 81-330, S. 12, 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-20. - Enforcement, civil action privileged, damages, reciprocity.

(a) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may institute a civil action in the Superior Court, or in the United States District Court, where applicable, against any person, firm, corporation, business or combination thereof it believes, or has reason to believe, has violated sections 16a-17 to 16a-20, inclusive, to enjoin said parties from continuing such conduct within this state and to seek repayment of damages on behalf of those individuals, businesses and industries harmed by said activities. In such actions it shall be represented by the Attorney General.
(b) Upon the institution of such civil action, the Attorney General shall have the right to take the deposition of any witness the Attorney General believes, or has reason to believe, has information relative to the prosecution of such action, upon application made to the Superior Court, notwithstanding the provisions of other statutes limiting depositions. The Attorney General shall also have the right to take such depositions in other states and to utilize the laws of such other states relative to the taking of depositions where allowed by the laws of such states. The state of Connecticut shall allow similar depositions to be taken within this state on behalf of any governmental agency of another state or any territory or possession of the United States seeking to pursue litigation similar to that permitted under sections 16a-17 to 16a-20, inclusive, as long as such other state allows the Attorney General to take depositions within its jurisdiction. In so doing, the Superior Court shall enforce the orders of the courts of such other state relative to the deposition requested and issue subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum, as necessary, as well as enforcing such subpoenas through citations of contempt or other available remedies.
(c) In any case where damages referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be proven by a fair preponderance of the evidence, the court shall order repayment by any or all defendants of said damages to the applicable parties or businesses through the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(d) The court shall also have the right, in its discretion, to assess treble damages against said defendants.
(e) Any such civil action shall be privileged in assignment for trial.
(P.A. 74-208, S. 4, 5; P.A. 75-537, S. 13, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 06-196, S. 203; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-537 replaced Connecticut energy agency with department of planning and energy policy; P.A. 77-614 replaced department with office of policy and management; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective June 7, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Office of Policy and Management” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-21c. - Kelp oil as heating oil feedstock. Company petition to the Environmental Protection Agency. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection assistance.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, may assist one or more companies in the submission of a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency for approval of kelp oil as a feedstock under the fuel pathway for the heating oil program within the Renewable Fuel Standard Program. Such assistance may include, but shall not be limited to, inquiring of the status of kelp and kelp oil for consideration as feedstock for heating oil by the Environmental Protection Agency under such program, providing any applicable or requisite information held by the department that may support such petition, and facilitating timely communications between the Environmental Protection Agency, other relevant state agencies and any such petitioning company in furtherance of any such petition.
(P.A. 17-218, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 17-218 effective July 10, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-22. - Notice by wholesaler of impending shortage or termination of supply of petroleum products. Nondiscrimination. Penalty.

(a) Any person engaged in the business of selling petroleum products, as defined in section 16a-22c, on a wholesale basis who has sufficient knowledge of an impending shortage in the availability of petroleum products, as defined in section 16a-22c, or any officer or manager of a firm or corporation engaged in such business who has such knowledge, shall cause to be given immediate written notice of any possible inability as a result of such shortage to deliver petroleum products, as defined in section 16a-22c, to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and to each retail oil dealer engaged in the business of supplying petroleum products, as defined in section 16a-22c, for residential heating that such person, firm or corporation customarily supplies with petroleum products, as defined in section 16a-22c, on a wholesale basis. No such person engaged in the business of selling petroleum products, as defined in section 16a-22c, on a wholesale basis and no such officer or manager shall discriminate, in the percentage of supplies delivered, against independent retail oil dealers in favor of dealers affiliated with such supplier.
(b) Any person engaged in the business of distributing or selling petroleum products, as defined in section 16a-22c, on a wholesale basis who intends to terminate the supply of petroleum products, as defined in section 16a-22c, to a retail dealer shall give written notice at least fourteen days in advance of such termination to the retail dealer, the municipality or municipalities in which the retail dealer distributes and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection concerning such proposed termination of supply.
(c) Any person, firm or corporation who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined one thousand dollars for each violation.
(P.A. 73-638, S. 1, 2; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-14, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-304, S. 6; P.A. 00-223; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: October, 1979, P.A. 79-14 made former provisions Subsecs. (a) and (c) and inserted new Subsec. (b) re notice to retailer of wholesaler's intent to terminate supply; P.A. 90-304 expanded section to apply to all persons selling petroleum products, where previously applicable to sellers of fuel oil; P.A. 00-223 amended Subsec. (a) by removing reference to “advance” knowledge, by deleting provision re notice “at least thirty days in advance” and by requiring immediate written notice to the secretary, made technical changes in Subsec. (b) and increased penalty from $500 to $1,000 in Subsec. (c); pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 19a-214 re suspension of delivery of fuel oil and bottled gas to rental residences.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-22a. - Heating fuel dealers prohibited from requiring minimum delivery of fuel. Fines.

(a) No heating fuel dealer shall require that any regular consumer of such dealer accept a minimum delivery of heating fuel of not less than one hundred gallons or seventy-five per cent of primary tank size, whichever is less, as a condition of delivery by such dealer.
(b) Any heating fuel dealer who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense, not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for a second offense occurring not more than three years after a prior offense and not more than one thousand five hundred dollars for a third or subsequent offense occurring not more than three years after a prior offense.
(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-14, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-304, S. 7; Aug. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1, S. 2; P.A. 12-76, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 90-304 expanded section to apply to retail dealers of propane as well as retail dealers of fuel oil; Aug. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1 changed minimum delivery acceptance prohibition from over 150 gallons to over 100 gallons, effective September 1, 2008; P.A. 12-76 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to make technical changes, and added Subsec. (b) re fines, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-22b. - Surcharge on price of fuel oil or propane prohibited. Exception.

Section 16a-22b is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 81-330, S. 4, 13; P.A. 90-304, S. 8; Aug. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2, S. 2; P.A. 12-76, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-22c. - Registration of petroleum product dealers. Definitions. Regulations.

For the purposes of sections 16a-15 and 16a-22c to 16a-22g, inclusive:
(1) “Company” means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship or any other business, firm or commercial entity;
(2) “Petroleum products” means middle distillate, residual fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gas, motor gasoline, aviation gasoline or aviation turbine fuel, as defined in regulations which the commissioner shall adopt in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision to the contrary, “petroleum products” shall not include gasoline other than aviation gasoline, which is sold at retail in accordance with the provisions of chapter 250;
(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee.
(P.A. 80-436, S. 1, 7; P.A. 81-330, S. 6, 13; P.A. 86-198, S. 2, 3; P.A. 95-217, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 44.)
History: P.A. 81-330 added provisions in Subdiv. (2) including gasoline sold at retail to definition of “petroleum products” and granting secretary authority to adopt regulations; P.A. 86-198 added certain motor gasoline and aviation gasoline and aviation turbine fuel to definition of “petroleum products”, required secretary to adopt regulations defining all terms included in definition of petroleum products and applied federal definitions until such regulations are adopted; P.A. 95-217 deleted provisions in Subdiv. (2) re construction of terms until regulations adopted; P.A. 11-80 amended Subdiv. (2) to replace “secretary” with “commissioner” and amended Subdiv. (3) to change defined term from “secretary” to “commissioner”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-22e. - Public listing of petroleum product dealers.

The commissioner shall maintain a public listing of persons engaging in the wholesale or retail sale of petroleum products who have registered in accordance with section 16a-22d. Such public listing shall include the information provided in accordance with subdivisions (1) and (3) of subsection (a) of said section.
(P.A. 80-436, S. 3, 7; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “secretary” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-22f. - Annual report by secretary.

Section 16a-22f is repealed, effective July 1, 1995.
(P.A. 80-436, S. 4, 7; P.A. 95-30, S. 2, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-22g. - Penalty for failure to register.

Any person who fails to register by September thirtieth in each year in accordance with section 16a-22d shall be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined not less than seventy dollars, except that any person who registers within thirty days thereof shall not be deemed to have committed an infraction if a late filing fee of fifty dollars is included with such person's registration form.
(P.A. 80-436, S. 5, 7; P.A. 89-183.)
History: P.A. 89-183 replaced penalty for a person who fails to register of a fine of not more than $500 with provision that such person shall be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined not less than $70.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-22i. - Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection authorized to obtain information concerning petroleum products market.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes to the contrary, whenever the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection finds that conditions in the petroleum products market require additional sales, inventory or price information for a complete analysis of such market the commissioner may require any person, firm or corporation engaged in the sale or storage of petroleum products in the state to provide such information concerning the petroleum products market as he directs.
(P.A. 90-304, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” and “secretary” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 296 - Operation of Fuel Supply Business › Section 16a-22j. - Report of sale, acquisition or change in current business practices.

Each person, firm or corporation, registered pursuant to section 16a-22d, shall notify the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in writing, within thirty days of the sale or acquisition of another person, firm or corporation registered, pursuant to said section, or of a change in the current business practices of such person, firm or corporation. As used in this section, “current business practices” shall include the sale or acquisition of petroleum storage facilities, the withdrawal from or entry into a petroleum market or any activity which would alter the information provided in the registrants most recent registration.
(P.A. 90-304, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.