Sec. 16-246e. Procurement and sale by department of electric power capacity and power output from out-of-state producers. Approval by Governor.
Sec. 16-246e. Procurement and sale by department of electric power capacity
and power output from out-of-state producers. Approval by Governor. (a) The
Governor may designate the Department of Public Utility Control as the agent of the
state, subject only to the limitation under subsection (b) of this section, to conduct negotiations and perform all acts necessary to procure electric power capacity, power output
from such capacity or both from any out-of-state electric power producer, to transmit
it to within the state and to sell or resell it on a nonprofit basis for distribution within
the state to electric companies, as defined in section 16-1, municipal electric utilities
established under chapter 101, municipal electric energy cooperatives organized under
chapter 101a, membership electric cooperatives organized under chapter 597 and such
other persons or entities as may be designated by the governor. The department, if
designated as such agent, shall arrange for the sale or resale of such power on an equitable
basis and in such manner as it finds will most effectively promote the objectives of this
title, chapters 101, 101a and 597, and section 16a-35k, subject to any conditions or
limitations imposed by the out-of-state electric power producer selling such power. The
department, if so designated, may also enter into any contracts or other arrangements
for the sale or resale of such power for transmission outside the state if such sale or
resale is reasonably incidental to and furthers the needs of the state and the purposes of
this section.
(b) The department shall submit any final action it takes under subsection (a) of
this section to the Governor, who may, not later than sixty days after such submission,
disapprove such action by notifying the department in writing of such disapproval and
the reasons for it.
(P.A. 82-265, S. 1, 2.)