Bill Text: CT SB00413 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Making Municipal Utility Companies' Books And Financials Subject To Disclosure Under The Freedom Of Information Act And Concerning Municipal Electric Utilities And Rate Design Studies.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-06-02 - House Calendar Number 617 [SB00413 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00413-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 413
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 5386
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
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AN ACT MAKING MUNICIPAL UTILITY COMPANIES' BOOKS AND FINANCIALS SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND CONCERNING MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND RATE DESIGN STUDIES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 7-221 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):

(a) The books and accounts pertaining to the business authorized by this chapter shall be kept in a form to be prescribed by the board of commissioners, and the accounts shall be closed on the last day of July in each year, so that a balance sheet of that date can be taken therefrom and included in the report of such board, as provided in section 7-216, which report shall further contain an account of the financial condition of such business, the amount of indebtedness authorized or existing on account thereof and a list of the salaried officers employed therein and the amount of salary paid to each, and shall be accompanied with a statement, to be signed and sworn to by the clerk and superintendent mentioned in section 7-216, of the income and expenses of such business, in such detail as the board of commissioners requires. The selectmen of a town, the mayor of a city or the warden and burgesses of a borough may direct any additional returns to be made by the board of commissioners or by the superintendent and clerk at such times and in such detail as they order.

(b) Except for information exempt from disclosure pursuant to section 7-232a, such books and accounts described in subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200.

Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 16-19f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017):

(c) Each municipal electric company shall (1) [within two years] not later than July 1, 2018, consider and determine whether it is appropriate to implement any of the following rate design standards: (A) Cost of service; (B) prohibition of declining block rates; (C) time of day rates; (D) seasonal rates; (E) interruptible rates; and (F) load management techniques, and (2) not later than June 1, 2017, consider and determine whether it is appropriate to implement electric vehicle time of day rates for residential and commercial customers. The consideration of said standards by each municipal electric company shall be made after public notice and hearing. Each municipal electric company shall make a determination on whether it is appropriate to implement any of said standards. Said determination shall be in writing, shall take into consideration the evidence presented at the hearing and shall be available to the public. A standard shall be deemed to be appropriate for implementation if such implementation would encourage energy conservation, optimal and efficient use of facilities and resources by a municipal electric company and equitable rates for electric consumers. No municipal electric company that completed such consideration and determination regarding any rate design standard or electric vehicle time of day rate before July 1, 2017, shall be required to conduct another consideration and determination regarding the same such rate design standard or electric vehicle time of day rate.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2017	7-221
Sec. 2	July 1, 2017	16-19f(c)

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Joint Favorable