Sec. 16-243f. Private power providers. Regulations concerning the purchase and sale of electricity.
Sec. 16-243f. Private power providers. Regulations concerning the purchase
and sale of electricity. (a) The Department of Public Utility Control 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 department 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 department 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 department 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.)
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.