Title 16a — Title 16a: Planning and Energy Policy

Sec. 16a-40l. Residential heating equipment financing program. Definitions. Energy savings infrastructure pilot program. Financial incentives. Loans. (a) On or before October 1, 2011, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a residential heating equi…

Sec. 16a-40m. Residential clean energy on-bill repayment program. (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “clean energy improvements” means improvements from the installation of clean energy, as defined in subsection (a) of section 16-245n, and shall include smart meters, provided …

Sec. 16a-41. Applications for and written summaries of energy conservation, energy assistance and renewable resources programs. Regulations. Needs of persons residing in rental housing and persons of poverty status. (a) Any public or private agency or organization administering a…

Sec. 16a-41a. Implementation of block grant program authorized under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act. Annual plan. Program for purchase of deliverable fuel at a reduced rate for low-income households. Annual reports. Payment of fuel vendors. (a) The Commissioner of Soci…

Sec. 16a-41b. Low-Income Energy and Water Advisory Board. (a) There shall be a Low-Income Energy and Water Advisory Board which shall consist of the following members or their designees: (1) A representative of each electric and gas public service company designated by each such …

Sec. 16a-41c. Weatherization assistance. Section 16a-41c is repealed, effective April 1, 2009. (Aug. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2, S. 10; P.A. 09-2, S. 27.)

Secs. 16a-41d to 16a-41g. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 16a-41h. Energy assistance program funded through electric distribution company, gas company and municipal utility customer donations. (a)(1) Each electric distribution company, gas company and municipal utility furnishing electric or gas service shall include in its monthly…

Sec. 16a-41i. Weatherization assistance program. Section 16a-41i is repealed, effective July 8, 2013. (P.A. 11-80, S. 115; P.A. 13-298, S. 67.)

Secs. 16a-42 to 16a-42h. Heating fuel loan program: Definitions. Bond authorization. Loans for the purchase of fuel; funds allocated to towns. Eligibility requirements for loans. Application requirements for loans. Loan amounts; interest rate; repayment schedule. Payments to fuel…

Sec. 16a-43. Creation of Business Emergency Relief Revolving Loan Fund. Termination of Small Home Heating Oil Dealers' Revolving Loan Fund. Section 16a-43 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-9, S. 1, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 82-1, S. 4, 5, 14; P.A. 86-10…

Secs. 16a-44 and 16a-44a. Grants to municipalities to assist in addressing problems caused by fuel shortages and increased energy costs. Bond authorization. Sections 16a-44 and 16a-44a are repealed. (Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-11, S. 1–3; P.A. 80-483, S. 69, 186; P.A. 88-220, S. 8, 1…

Sec. 16a-44b. Grants to municipalities to assist in addressing problems caused by fuel shortages and increased energy costs. Section 16a-44b is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 89-331, S. 26, 30; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 18, 165; P.A. 04-76, S. 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, …

Sec. 16a-44c. Bond authorization. The State Bond Commission shall have power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate five million dollars. The proceeds of the sale of said bon…

Sec. 16a-44d. Validation of certain actions. All proceedings and actions of the State Bond Commission and the State Treasurer in relation to the authorization, sale, execution and delivery of bonds had and taken in accordance with sections 16a-44 and 16a-44a of the general statut…

Sec. 16a-45. Oil burner inspection and retrofit as condition of receipt of energy or fuel assistance. Any person who receives any grant for energy or fuel assistance under any program financed with state funds and who owns the dwelling in which he resides where such dwelling is h…

Secs. 16a-45a to 16a-46c. Residential and commercial conservation service program; definition. Residential energy conservation service program; energy audits; regulations. Preparation and amendment of residential energy conservation service plan and amendments; approval. Review, …

Sec. 16a-46d. Commercial building energy conservation service program. Services. Section 16a-46d is repealed, effective July 1, 1995. (P.A. 83-192, S. 3; P.A. 95-32, S. 6, 7.)

Sec. 16a-46e. Rebate program for residential furnace or boiler replacement. (a) From July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2017, inclusive, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall provide a five-hundred-dollar rebate for the purchase and installation in residential stru…

Sec. 16a-46f. Rebate program for residential furnace or boiler repair or upgrade. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a program to provide rebates to eligible state residents for repairing or upgrading their existing boilers and furnaces to ach…

Sec. 16a-46g. Residential energy audit subsidy program for homes not heated by electricity or natural gas. (a) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish an energy audit subsidy program for qualified oil companies and other entities that conduct energy …

Sec. 16a-46h. Home Energy Solutions program audits. Each electric, gas or heating fuel customer, regardless of heating source, shall be assessed fees, charges, co-pays or other similar terms to access any audits administered by the Home Energy Solutions program that reflect the c…

Sec. 16a-46i. Natural gas and heating oil conversion program. On or before October 1, 2011, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a natural gas and heating oil conversion program to allow a gas or heating oil company to finance the conversion to ga…

Sec. 16a-46j. Energy efficiency fuel oil furnace and boiler replacement, upgrade and repair program. (a) On or after October 27, 2011, and upon the allocation of the proceeds of the bonds authorized by section 49 of public act 11-1 of the October special session*, the Department …

Sec. 16a-46k. Weatherization standards and procedures. Energy efficiency audits re rental assistance program. On or before July 1, 2014, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, in consultation with the Energy Conservation Management Board and the Department o…

Sec. 16a-46l. Home Energy Solutions audit information for recipients of funds from Operation Fuel, Incorporated and agencies administering state fuel assistance programs. On and after July 1, 2013, Operation Fuel, Incorporated and agencies administering state fuel assistance prog…

Sec. 16a-46m. Energy efficiency retrofit grant program for affordable housing. Applications. Report. (a) Not later than September 1, 2021, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, using available federal or other funds, establish an energy efficiency retrofit …

Sec. 16a-47. Energy conservation loans by electric and gas companies. Study. Implementation. Section 16a-47 is repealed. (P.A. 81-316, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-220, S. 8, 11.)

Sec. 16a-47a. State-wide energy efficiency and outreach marketing campaign. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, in coordination with the Energy Conservation Management Board, established pursuant to section 16-245m, establish a state-wide energy efficiency and ou…

Sec. 16a-47b. Real-time energy reports. (a) As part of the energy efficiency and outreach marketing campaign established pursuant to section 16a-47a, on or before April 1, 2008, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, in consultation with the Energy Conservation Manageme…

Sec. 16a-47c. State-wide energy efficiency and outreach account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “state-wide energy efficiency and outreach account”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account of the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys req…

Sec. 16a-47d. Real-time energy alert system. As part of the energy efficiency and outreach marketing campaign established pursuant to section 16a-47a, on or before April 1, 2008, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, in consultation with the Energy Conservation Managem…

Sec. 16a-47e. Capacity deficiency customer notification procedure. On or before October 1, 2007, each electric distribution company, municipal utility or municipal electric energy cooperative shall submit a proposed customer notification procedure to notify retail customers of a …

Sec. 16a-48. Energy efficiency standards for products. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; (2) “Fluorescent lamp ballast” or “ballast” means a device designed to operate fluorescent lamps by providing a starti…

Sec. 16a-49. Conservation and load management program. Return on expenditures in acquiring energy conservation measures from private power provider. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall require each gas and electric public service company to implement a cost effect…

Sec. 16a-50. Cash or energy source credit incentives prohibited from being placed in the rate base or as an operating expense. Section 16a-50 is repealed. (P.A. 88-57, S. 2; P.A. 91-248, S. 12, 13.)

Sec. 16a-51. Pilot program for large combined heat and power systems re demand charges. System performance and supplemental utility data. Report. Aggregation of electric meters. (a) As used in this section, (1) “qualifying project” means a combined heat and power system, as descr…

Secs. 16a-52 to 16a-99. Reserved for future use.