2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › Chapter 295 - Energy Planning › Section 16a-14. - General powers and duties of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection re energy matters.

In addition to the duties set forth in any other law, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may: (1) Be designated as the state official to implement and execute any federal program, law, order, rule or regulation related to the allocation, rationing, conservation, distribution or consumption of energy resources, (2) investigate any complaint concerning the violation of any federal or state statute, rule, regulation or order pertaining to pricing, allocation, rationing, conservation, distribution or consumption of energy resources and shall transmit any evidence gathered by such investigation to the proper federal or state authorities, (3) coordinate all state and local government programs for the allocation, rationing, conservation, distribution and consumption of energy resources, (4) cooperate with the appropriate authorities of the United States government, or other state or interstate agencies with respect to allocation, rationing, conservation, distribution and consumption of energy resources, (5) conduct programs of public education regarding energy conservation, (6) carry out a program of studies, hearings, inquiries, surveys and analyses necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and sections 4-124i, 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, provided if an individual or business furnishing commercial or financial information concerning such individual or business requests in writing at the time such information is furnished that it be treated as confidential proprietary information, such information, to the extent that it is limited to (A) volume of sales, shipments, receipts and exchanges of energy resources, (B) inventories of energy resources, and (C) local distribution patterns of energy resources, shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) of section 1-210, (7) enter into contracts with any person to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the functions, powers and duties of the commissioner and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection 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, (8) adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish standards for solar energy systems, including experimental systems, which offer practical alternatives to the use of conventional energy with regard to current technological feasibility and the climate of this state, and (9) undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may be delegated by other state statutes or by the Governor.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 15, 20; P.A. 75-537, S. 9, 55; P.A. 76-364; 76-409, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 78-268, S. 3, 5; 78-303, S. 92, 136; P.A. 79-576, S. 3, 7; P.A. 81-330, S. 11, 13; P.A. 88-116, S. 9; 88-248, S. 4; P.A. 07-217, S. 64; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 316.)
History: P.A. 75-537 replaced energy agency and its administrator with department and commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 76-364 replaced specific provisions re election of selectmen with statement that Sec. 9-167a applies to election of selectmen; P.A. 76-409 added Subdiv. (8) re standards for solar energy systems; P.A. 77-614 replaced department and commissioner of planning and energy policy with office of policy and management and its secretary; P.A. 78-268 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 4-91; P.A. 78-303 deleted references to repealed Secs. 4-60a, 4-60b and 4-70a; P.A. 79-576 updated section references; P.A. 81-330 deleted references to Sec. 16a-19; P.A. 88-116 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 4-124g; P.A. 88-248 deleted obsolete references to Sec. 2-73; (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 16-340 was deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” and “Office of Policy and Management” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to Secs. 4-124c, 8-31a, 8-32a, 8-33a and 8-37a in Subdiv. (6) and deleted references to Secs. 8-32a and 8-33a in Subdiv. (7), effective January 1, 2015.