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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243cc. - Energy storage deployment. Report.

On or before January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy regarding the quantifiable progress of energy storage deployment against the following goals:
(1) Three hundred megawatts by December 31, 2024;
(2) Six hundred fifty megawatts by December 31, 2027; and
(3) One thousand megawatts by December 31, 2030.
(P.A. 21-53, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 21-53 effective June 16, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243d. - Project by private power producer deemed “industrial project”.

A project to be used for the production of electricity by a private power producer, as defined in section 16-243b, shall be deemed an “industrial project” under chapter 579, provided that a portion of such electricity is produced for sale to other persons.
(P.A. 81-439, S. 12, 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243f. - Private power providers. Regulations concerning the purchase and sale of electricity.

(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, which establish procedures to determine the manner in which capacity needs of electric public service companies may be met through the provision of electricity conservation and demand management measures by private power providers, in addition to or in lieu of electricity generation facilities and to determine the monitoring and evaluation plans to be employed in documenting the demand and energy savings achieved, including, where practicable and cost-effective, impact measurement methods implemented through metering arrangements, with appropriate adjustment for weather normalization and other factors influencing usage levels. In adopting and implementing said regulations, the authority shall take into account state energy policy, pursuant to section 16a-35k.
(b) A private power provider may offer to provide electricity conservation or demand management measures to an electric public service company pursuant to section 16-243b and this section and the regulations adopted under subsection (a) of this section. The authority shall review and evaluate such proposals based on the factors specified in said regulations, and after notice and a hearing, render a determination as to the feasibility of the proposed electricity conservation and demand management measures. The authority may, in accordance with such regulations, order an electric public service company to enter into an agreement with a private power provider where the private power provider would furnish electricity conservation or demand management measures to the electric public service company or its customers.
(P.A. 88-195, S. 2, 3; P.A. 92-122, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 92-122 amended Subsec. (a) to require department to include in its regulations the determination of monitoring and evaluation plans to be employed in documenting savings; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243g. - Assignment of electricity purchase agreements.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or of any special act to the contrary, no electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, municipal electric energy cooperative established under chapter 101a or municipal electric utility established under chapter 101 which has entered into a contract to purchase electricity from a private power producer, as defined in section 16-243b, shall refuse or neglect to execute an assignment of an electricity purchase agreement or contract to a trustee as security for or protection of bonds issued to refinance outstanding bonds originally issued or reissued to finance the major portion of the costs of the acquisition, construction and installation of a private power production facility, as defined in section 16-243b.
(P.A. 94-92, S. 2; P.A. 14-134, S. 77.)
History: P.A. 14-134 replaced “electric company” with “electric distribution company”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243i. - Awards to retail end use electric customers and electric distribution companies re customer-side distributed resources.

(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, not later than January 1, 2006, establish a program to grant awards to retail end use customers of electric distribution companies to fund the capital costs of obtaining projects of customer-side distributed resources, as defined in section 16-1. Any project shall receive a one-time, nonrecurring award in an amount of not less than two hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars per kilowatt of capacity for such customer-side distributed resources, recoverable from federally mandated congestion charges, as defined in section 16-1. No such award may be made unless the projected reduction in federally mandated congestion charges attributed to the project for such distributed resources is greater than the amount of the award. The amount of an award shall depend on the impact that the customer-side distributed resources project has on reducing federally mandated congestion charges, as defined in section 16-1. Not later than October 1, 2005, the authority shall conduct a contested case proceeding, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish additional standards for the amount of such awards and additional criteria and the process for making such awards.
(b) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, not later than January 1, 2006, establish a program to grant to an electric distribution company a one-time, nonrecurring award to educate, assist and promote investments in customer-side distributed resources developed in such company's service territory, which resources the authority determines will reduce federally mandated congestion charges, in accordance with the following: (1) On or before January 1, 2008, two hundred dollars per kilowatt of such resources, (2) on or before January 1, 2009, one hundred fifty dollars per kilowatt of such resources, (3) on or before January 1, 2010, one hundred dollars per kilowatt of such resources, and (4) fifty dollars per kilowatt of such resources thereafter. Payment of the award shall be made at the time each such resource becomes operational. The cost of the award shall be recoverable from federally mandated congestion charges. Revenues from such awards shall not be included in calculating the electric distribution company's earnings for the purpose of determining whether its rates are just and reasonable under sections 16-19, 16-19a and 16-19e.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 8; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243j. - Long-term financing for customer-side distributed resources and advanced power monitoring and metering equipment.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2006, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall select, pursuant to a competitive bid process, one or more persons to provide long-term financing for customer-side distributed resources, as defined in section 16-1, and advanced power monitoring and metering equipment purchased or leased by customers of electric distribution companies. Such person may not be an electric distribution company, as defined in said section 16-1, but may be a generation affiliate of such company. The authority may retain a consultant to assist it in selecting such person or persons.
(b) A successful bidder pursuant to this section shall give preference for such long-term financing to projects of customer-side distributed resources and monitoring and metering equipment that maximize the reduction of the federally mandated congestion charges. Costs eligible for such financing shall include, but not be limited to, the capital costs of projects of customer-side distributed resources and advanced power monitoring and metering equipment. For financing provided by a successful bidder pursuant to this section, the authority shall implement a buydown mechanism to reduce the effective annual interest rate to the person receiving the financing to a level that is no greater than the prime rate in effect on the date that the buydown begins for the person receiving the financing.
(c) A person providing financing pursuant to this section shall, after receiving approval from the authority, enter into an agreement with an electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, for such company to provide billing services with respect to the payments due to the financing entity from the person receiving financing. The electric distribution company, as defined in said section 16-1, shall recover all reasonable costs incurred in implementing this section, including costs associated with the buydown pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, as federally mandated congestion charges, as defined in section 16-1.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 9; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243k. - Assessment of customer-side and grid-side distributed resources, effectiveness of award program.

Not later than January 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall assess the number and types of customer-side and grid-side distributed resources, as defined in section 16-1, projects financed pursuant to the provisions of public act 05-1 of the June special session* and such projects' contributions to achieving fuel diversity, transmission support, and energy independence in the state. Not later than January 1, 2007, and biennially thereafter, the authority shall collect the information in such annual assessments and report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the effectiveness of the award program established in section 16-243i and on its findings to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 10; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
*Note: Public act 05-1 of the June special session is entitled “An Act Concerning Energy Independence”. (See Reference Table entitled “Public Acts of June, 2005” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243l. - Rebate for customer-side distributed resource projects that use natural gas.

On or before January 1, 2006, each electric distribution company shall institute a program to rebate to its customers with projects that use natural gas, which projects are customer-side distributed resources, as defined in section 16-1, an amount equivalent to the customer's retail delivery charge for transporting natural gas from the customer's local gas company to such customer's project of customer-side distributed resources. Costs of such a rebate shall be recoverable by the electric distribution company from the federally mandated congestion charges, as defined in section 16-1. The authority may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 11; P.A. 13-5, S. 8.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005; P.A. 13-5 replaced “department” with “authority”, effective May 8, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243n. - Time-of-use, mandatory peak, shoulder, off-peak and seasonal rates. Optional interruptible or load response rates.

(a) Not later than October 1, 2005, each electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, shall submit an application to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to (1) on or before January 1, 2007, implement time-of-use rates for customers that have a maximum demand of not less than three hundred fifty kilowatts that may include, but not be limited to, mandatory peak, shoulder and off-peak time-of-use rates, and (2) on or before June 1, 2006, offer optional interruptible or load response rates for customers that have a maximum demand of not less than three hundred fifty kilowatts and offer optional seasonal and time-of-use rates for all customers. The application shall propose to establish time-of-use rates through a procurement plan, revenue neutral adjustments to delivery rates, or both.
(b) Not later than November 1, 2005, each electric distribution company shall submit an application to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to implement mandatory seasonal rates for all customers beginning April 1, 2007.
(c) The authority shall hold a hearing that shall be conducted as a contested case, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to approve, reject or modify applications submitted pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section. No application for time-of-use rates shall be approved unless (1) such rates reasonably reflect the cost of service during their respective time-of-use periods, and (2) the costs associated with implementation, the impact on customers and benefits to the utility system justify implementation of such rates, and (3) such rates alter patterns of customer consumption of electricity without undue adverse effect on the customer.
(d) Each electric distribution company shall assist customers to help manage loads and reduce peak consumption through the comprehensive plan developed pursuant to section 16-245m.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 13; P.A. 07-242, S. 85; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 9.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005; P.A. 07-242 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to require implementation of time-of-use rates that may include mandatory peak, shoulder and off-peak time-of-use rates and amended Subsec. (e)(1) to make a conforming change, 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. 14-134 deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (d) re issuance of comparative analyses to certain customers, deleted former Subsec. (g) re authority to conduct a contested case to determine exemption standards for certain customers and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c), (e) and (f) as Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d), respectively, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243o. - Waiver of back-up power rates.

(a) If a customer of an electric distribution company implements customer-side distributed resource capacity after January 1, 2006, and such capacity is less than the customer's maximum metered peak load, the customer shall not be required to pay back-up power rates if the customer's distributed resources are available during system peak periods, provided the customer shall continue to be required to pay otherwise applicable charges for electricity provided by the electric distribution company.
(b) The costs that a customer is not required to pay pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be recoverable through federally mandated congestion charges by the electric distribution companies.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 14.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-243p. - Recovery of costs, investments and lost revenues by an electric distribution company.

(a) An electric distribution company may recover its costs and investments that have been prudently incurred as well as its revenues lost resulting from the provisions of sections 16-1, 16-19ff, 16-50k, 16-50x, 16-243h to 16-243q, inclusive, 16-244c, 16-244u, 16-244x, 16-245d, 16-245m, 16-245n, 16-245z, 16-262i, 16a-40l and 16a-40m and section 21 of public act 05-1 of the June special session*. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, after a hearing held pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54, determine the appropriate mechanism to obtain such recovery in a timely manner which mechanism may be one or more of the following: (1) Approval of rates as provided in sections 16-19 and 16-19e; (2) the energy adjustment clause as provided in section 16-19b; or (3) the federally mandated congestion charges, as defined in section 16-1.
(b) No electric distribution company shall recover its costs associated with its attendance or participation in any rate-making hearing before the authority.
(c) Electric distribution companies shall be authorized to earn an incentive, as provided in section 16-19kk, for costs prudently incurred by such companies pursuant to this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 15; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 35; 13-298, S. 66; P.A. 14-94, S. 31; 14-134, S. 121; P.A. 16-116, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-5, S. 8.)
*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; 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; P.A. 13-5 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, effective May 8, 2013; P.A. 13-298 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re recovery of revenues lost and make a technical change, to replace reference to Sec. 16-243i with reference to Sec. 16-243h, to add reference to Sec. 16-244u and to delete provision re recovery of earnings by electric distribution company earning return on equity below return authorized by the authority for 6 consecutive months, effective July 8, 2013; P.A. 14-94 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Secs. 16a-40
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and 16a-40m re revenues lost, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 16-244e, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 16-116 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Sec. 16-244x, effective May 31, 2016; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-5 added new Subsec. (b) preventing electric distribution companies from recovering costs associated with rate-making hearings and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), effective November 1, 2020.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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 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; P.A. 21-40, S. 18.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-5 effective October 2, 2020; P.A. 21-40 made a technical change in Subsec. (b).
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-244bb. - Sustainable materials management account.

(a) There is established an account to be known as the sustainable materials management account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain moneys collected by the alternative compliance payment for Class II renewable portfolio standards pursuant to subsection (h) of section 16-244c and subsection (k) of section 16-245. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall expend moneys from the account for the purposes of the program established under this section.
(b) On and after January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish and administer a sustainable materials management program to support solid waste reduction in the state through the provision of funding from the sustainable materials management account for purposes, including, but not limited to, grants, revolving loans, technical assistance, consulting services and waste characterization studies, to support programs and projects implemented by entities, including, but not limited to, municipalities, nonprofits and regional waste authorities. Such programs and projects shall promote affordable, sustainable and self-sufficient management of waste within the state by reducing solid waste generation or diverting solid waste from disposal, consistent with the state-wide solid waste management plan established pursuant to section 22a-228.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and energy and technology detailing the expenditures of any funds disbursed from the sustainable materials management account established in subsection (a) of this section and the outcomes associated with such expenditures.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 167.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-244cc. - Energy storage systems pilot program.

(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall direct each electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, to submit on or before January 1, 2023, no more than three proposals to the authority for a pilot program for the company to build, own and operate energy storage systems, as defined in section 16-1, for the purpose of demonstrating and investigating how energy storage systems can improve resiliency of critical infrastructure and improve reliability of the electric distribution system.
(b) The authority shall approve or modify a proposal if it concludes that investment in such energy storage systems is reasonable, prudent and provides value to ratepayers.
(c) An electric distribution company may recover its prudently incurred costs made pursuant to this section through a fully reconciling component of electric rates for all customers 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.
(d) For any completed energy storage system, the company shall maximize the value from the system's participation in wholesale electricity, capacity or other markets, as applicable, while maintaining distribution system reliability. Any net revenues from such participation shall be credited to ratepayers to offset the cost of the completed system in rates.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to impose any limitations or caps upon section 16-244e.
(P.A. 22-55, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 22-55 effective May 23, 2022.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-244l. - Modification of fuel cell electricity purchase agreements.

The administrator of any project utilizing fuel cells with an electricity purchase agreement entered into and approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority pursuant to subsection (h) of section 16-244c with a generating capacity of not greater than five megawatts, to be sited within fifty feet of a natural gas transmission facility that operates at pressures in excess of one hundred fifty pounds, may submit a request to said authority for a modification to such purchase agreement that would permit the project to move to an alternative location and allow for an equitable adjustment in contract pricing to account for any change in the project attributable to the change in location. Said authority shall open a docket to review such modification request not later than thirty days after receipt of such request. Said authority may approve such modification request not later than one hundred twenty days after receipt of such request. Factors affecting such modification shall be limited to location, contract pricing and schedule attributable to the change in location. No existing electricity purchase agreement shall be cancelled or deemed in noncompliance by an electric distribution company until such modification is approved.
(P.A. 10-152, S. 9; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 38.)
History: P.A. 10-152 effective June 8, 2010; 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 made a technical change, effective May 8, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-244n. - Standard service contract buydown.

Upon the request of an electric distribution company, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall initiate a docket to consider the buydown of an electric distribution company's current standard service contract to reduce ratepayer bills and conduct a cost benefit analysis of such a buydown. If the department, as a result of such docket, determines such a buydown is in the best interest of ratepayers, the company shall proceed with such buydown.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 93.)
History: P.A. 11-80 effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: A reference to “Bureau of Public Utility Control” was deleted editorially by the Revisors for clarity).