Bill Text: CT SB00944 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Pilot Program To Allow For Municipal Aggregation.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-04 - Senate Recommitted to Energy and Technology [SB00944 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00944-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2013 |
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO ALLOW FOR MUNICIPAL AGGREGATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a municipal electric aggregation pilot program for the purpose of negotiating the purchase of electric generation services from an electric supplier for all residential electric customers within the legal boundaries of a municipality. A municipality with a population of more than one hundred forty thousand that, on or before January 1, 2013, established an energy improvement district, as described in sections 32-80a to 32-80c, inclusive, of the general statutes, encompassing the entire municipality, may participate in said program by adopting an ordinance to form a municipal aggregation unit and, on or before January 1, 2014, filing such ordinance with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Such ordinance shall specify the organizational structure of such unit.
(b) A municipal aggregation unit may enroll residential electric customers in the municipal aggregation pilot program not earlier than July 1, 2014, and for a period of not more than two years. Said program shall allow residential electric customers who have not contracted with an electric supplier to opt out of the electric service offered by the municipal aggregation unit. Residential electric customers who have contracted with an electric supplier may opt in to the pilot program, provided nothing in this section shall affect or impair any existing contractual obligations with such supplier.
(c) Not later than October 1, 2013, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a proceeding to develop pilot program requirements which shall include, but not be limited to, the manner by which residential electric customers are provided (1) notice of enrollment in the pilot program, (2) information regarding rates and environmental characteristics of each category of energy source, (3) information regarding contract terms and conditions, and (4) notice regarding a customer's right to cancel service. A municipal aggregation unit shall provide residential electric customers not less than sixty days' notice prior to enrollment in the pilot program.
(d) A municipal aggregation unit shall issue a request for proposals to licensed electric suppliers for the provision of electric generation service and select a bidder after providing a written analysis that the economic benefits will be equal to or exceed the current or projected economic benefits of receiving electric generation services through standard service. The municipal aggregation unit shall retain the services of a firm having expertise in electric aggregation and energy procurement to provide assistance with its participation in the pilot program, including, but not limited to, the development of its request for proposals. The municipal aggregation unit shall not be subject to the provisions of section 16-245s of the general statutes.
(e) Not later than January 1, 2016, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Office of Consumer Counsel, shall submit, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy concerning (1) the performance of the municipal electric aggregation pilot program, and (2) findings and recommendations as to whether (A) the time period for the pilot program should be extended, and (B) the pilot program should be expanded state-wide.
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