Sec. 16-245y. Annual reporting re status of electric deregulation.
Sec. 16-245y. Annual reporting re status of electric deregulation. (a) Not later
than October 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, each electric company and electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, shall report to the Department of Public
Utility Control its system average interruption duration index (SAIDI) and its system
average interruption frequency index (SAIFI) for the preceding twelve months. For
purposes of this section: (1) Interruptions shall not include outages attributable to major
storms, scheduled outages and outages caused by customer equipment, each as determined by the department; (2) SAIDI shall be calculated as the sum of customer interruptions in the preceding twelve-month period, in minutes, divided by the average number
of customers served during that period; and (3) SAIFI shall be calculated as the total
number of customers interrupted in the preceding twelve-month period, divided by the
average number of customers served during that period. Not later than January 1, 2000,
and annually thereafter, the department shall report on the SAIDI and SAIFI data for
each electric company and electric distribution, and all state-wide SAIDI and SAIFI
data to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
matters relating to energy.
(b) Not later than October 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, each electric supplier,
as defined in section 16-1, shall report to the Department of Public Utility Control and
the Department of Environmental Protection the following information regarding the
preceding twelve-month period or any part thereof that the supplier has been licensed
pursuant to section 16-245: (1) Total megawatt hours of electricity produced from generating facilities owned by the supplier or under long-term contract to the supplier that are
sold to end use customers in the state; (2) total megawatt hours of electricity purchased by
the supplier from other sources and sold to end use customers in the state; (3) the proportion of such production from facilities listed under subdivision (1) of this subsection
that use nuclear fuels, oil, coal, natural gas, hydropower and other fuels as the principal
generation fuel; and (4) the amount of emissions from facilities listed under subdivision
(1) of this subsection of the pollutants identified by the Department of Environmental
Protection, which shall include, but not be limited to: (A) Volatile organic compounds;
(B) nitrogen oxides; (C) sulfur oxides; (D) carbon dioxide; (E) carbon monoxide; (F)
particulates; and (G) heavy metals. Not later than January 1, 2000, and annually thereafter, the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department
of Public Utility Control, shall report state-wide data for these variables to the joint
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to
the environment and energy.
(c) Not later than January 1, 1999, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2005,
the Department of Public Utility Control shall report to the joint standing committees
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy and labor the
number of dislocated workers contained on the roster established pursuant to section
16-245v and the number of such workers hired by electric suppliers in the preceding
twelve months.
(d) Not later than January 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, the Department of Public
Utility Control shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly
having cognizance of matters relating to energy the number of applicants for licensure
pursuant to section 16-245 during the preceding twelve months, the number of applicants
licensed by the department and the average period of time taken to process a license
application.
(P.A. 98-28, S. 77, 117.)
History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998.