Title 16, Title 16: Public Service Companies

Sec. 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. 11-8…

Sec. 16-243y. Microgrid and resilience grant and loan pilot program to support distributed energy generation for critical facilities. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Regional councils of governments” means a regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sect…

Sec. 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 comp…

Sec. 16-244. Electric deregulation; findings and declarations. The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The provision of affordable, safe and reliable electricity is key to the continuing growth of this state and to the health, safety and general welfare of its residents…

Sec. 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 Section 16-244a is repealed, effective May 8, 2013.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.)

Sec. 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) “Resil…

Sec. 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 suppli…

Sec. 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 altern…

Sec. 16-244c. Standard service. Alternative standard service. Supplier of last resort. Back-up generation service. Participating electric suppliers. (a)(1) On and after January 1, 2007, each electric distribution company shall provide electric generation services through standard…

Sec. 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 progra…

Sec. 16-244d. Program for distribution of information re electric suppliers. Rate board Internet web site. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Office of Consumer Counsel, shall establish a program for the dissemination of information regarding …

Sec. 16-244dd. Implementation of programs by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Connecticut Green Bank, electric distribution companies, or a third party. Selection by authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of this title and title 16a, the Public Utilit…

Sec. 16-244e. Ownership or operation of generation assets. Customer bill. Energy storage systems to enhance distribution reliability or resiliency. (a) An electric distribution company shall not own or operate generation assets, except as provided in this section and sections 16-…

Sec. 16-244ee. Program for solar photovoltaic systems and energy storage systems at public schools. (a) Not later than January 1, 2025, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a docket to develop a program to encourage the installation of solar photovoltaic syste…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 16-244g. Divestiture of nuclear electric generation facilities. Plan. Approval of sale by authority. (a) As used in this section, “generation assets” means electric generation facilities and generation-related operations and functions owned by an electric distribution compan…

Sec. 16-244h. Code of conduct for electric distribution companies, generation entities or affiliates and electric suppliers. Contents of code. Penalties, damages. (a) Not later than January 1, 1999, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, by regulations adopted pursuant …

Sec. 16-244i. Duties of electric distribution companies. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall continue to regulate electric distribution companies, as defined in section 16-1, in accordance with the provisions of section 16-19 and subsection (a) of section 16-19e a…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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 16-24…

Sec. 16-244m. Procurement Plan re standard service. (a)(1) On or before January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, the procurement manager of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with each electric distribution company, and others at the procurement manager's…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 16-244o. Generation evaluation and procurement process. On or before January 1, 2012, and from time to time thereafter, as the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection determines to be in the best interests of Connecticut customers, the department shall initiate a g…

Sec. 16-244p. Transmission line project review. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall review any proposed merchant transmission line project (1) in which a Connecticut electric distribution company may have a financial interest, or (2) that may be constructe…

Sec. 16-244q. Request for proposal re reliability concerns. On or after March 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, not later than fifteen days after receiving a report of a reliability concern pursuant to section 16-50r, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may is…

Sec. 16-244r. Long-term contracts re zero emission generation projects. Solicitation of Class I generation projects. Renewable energy credits. (a) Commencing on January 1, 2012, and within the period established in subsection (a) of section 16-244s, each electric distribution com…

Sec. 16-244s. Zero emission generation projects solicitation plan. Procurement plan. Noncompliance fee. (a) To procure the long-term contracts described in section 16-244r, each electric distribution company shall, not later than one hundred eighty days after July 1, 2011, propos…

Sec. 16-244t. Power purchase contracts re low-emission generation projects. Renewable energy credits. (a) Commencing on January 1, 2012, and within one hundred eighty days, each electric distribution company shall solicit and file with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority fo…

Sec. 16-244u. Virtual net metering. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Beneficial account” means an in-state retail end user of an electric distribution company designated by a customer host or an agricultural customer host in such electric distribution company's service area to r…

Sec. 16-244v. Renewable energy sources generation. Proposals to build, own or operate facilities. (a) An electric distribution company, or owner or developer of generation projects that emit no pollutants, may submit a proposal to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protec…

Sec. 16-244w. Grid-side system enhancements pilot program. (a) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 16-244e, each electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, shall submit a proposal or proposals to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for a pi…

Sec. 16-244x. Shared clean energy facility pilot program. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Shared clean energy facility” means a Class I renewable energy source, as defined in section 16-1, that (A) is served by an electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, (B) i…

Sec. 16-244y. Fuel cell electricity generation. Soliciation of proposals to aquire new fuel cell electricity generation projects with associated tariffs. (a) Each electric distribution company shall solicit proposals to acquire new fuel cell electricity generation projects that b…

Sec. 16-244z. Renewable energy tariffs. (a)(1)(A) On or before September 1, 2018, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a proceeding to establish a procurement plan for each electric distribution company pursuant to this subsection and may give a preference to …

Sec. 16-245. Licensing of electric suppliers. Customer assignment or transfer. Procedures. Penalties. Regulation of electric aggregators. Procedures. Penalties. (a) No person shall execute any contract relating to the sale of electric generation services to be rendered after Janu…

Sec. 16-245a. Renewable portfolio standards. (a) Subject to any modifications required by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for retiring renewable energy certificates on behalf of all electric ratepayers pursuant to subsection (h) of this section and sections 16a-3f, 16a-…

Sec. 16-245aa. Renewable energy and efficient energy finance program. Section 16-245aa is repealed, effective October 1, 2024. (P.A. 07-242, S. 91; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 12-189, S. 36; P.A. 13-298, S. 55; P.A. 14-94, S. 29; P.A. 24-31, S. 7.)

Sec. 16-245b. Municipalities and regional water authorities acting as electric aggregators; registration with Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 16-245, the provisions of said section shall not apply to (1) any munic…

Sec. 16-245bb. Bond authorization. Section 16-245bb is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (P.A. 07-242, S. 90; P.A. 10-44, S. 30; P.A. 12-189, S. 37; P.A. 14-94, S. 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 191; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 324.)

Sec. 16-245c. Municipal electric utilities participating in deregulated environment. Authority to provide generation services outside service area. (a) As used in this section, “service area” means the geographic area in which a municipal electric utility is authorized to provide…

Sec. 16-245cc. Demand charge waiver for fuel cells. An electric supplier or an electric distribution company shall waive a demand charge for an operator of a fuel cell during (1) a loss of power due to problems at any distribution resource, or (2) a scheduled or unscheduled shutd…

Sec. 16-245d. Billing of electric service. Standard format. Contents. Bill inserts and mailings. Electronic bill payment confirmation. (a)(1) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, by regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, develop a standard billing format that ena…

Sec. 16-245dd. Residential electric space heating tariff. Any electric distribution company that has a tariff for residential electric space heating customers shall maintain such tariff for a period of not less than five years after July 1, 2007. Such tariff shall be available fo…

Sec. 16-245e. Stranded costs of electric distribution companies. Definitions. Calculation by authority. Procedures. Adjustments. Mitigation. (a) As used in this section, sections 16-245f to 16-245k, inclusive, and section 16-245m: (1) “Rate reduction bonds” means bonds, notes, ce…

Sec. 16-245ee. Energy conservation and load management and renewable energy projects in lower income communities. Requirements for approval. Before approving any plan for energy conservation and load management and clean energy projects issued to the Commissioner of Energy and En…