Sec. 16a-14. General powers and duties of the secretary re energy matters.
Sec. 16a-14. General powers and duties of the secretary re energy matters. In
addition to the duties set forth in any other law, the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management may: (1) Be designated as the state official to implement and execute
any federal program, law, order, rule or regulation related to the allocation, rationing,
conservation, distribution or consumption of energy resources, (2) investigate any complaint concerning the violation of any federal or state statute, rule, regulation or order
pertaining to pricing, allocation, rationing, conservation, distribution or consumption
of energy resources and shall transmit any evidence gathered by such investigation to
the proper federal or state authorities, (3) coordinate all state and local government
programs for the allocation, rationing, conservation, distribution and consumption of
energy resources, (4) cooperate with the appropriate authorities of the United States
government, or other state or interstate agencies with respect to allocation, rationing,
conservation, distribution and consumption of energy resources, (5) conduct programs
of public education regarding energy conservation, (6) carry out a program of studies,
hearings, inquiries, surveys and analyses necessary to carry out the purposes of this
chapter and sections 4-124c, 4-124i, 4-124l, 4-124p, 8-3b, 8-31a, 8-32a, 8-33a, 8-35a,
8-37a and 8-189, subsection (b) of section 8-206 and sections 16a-20, 16a-102, 22a-352
and 22a-353, provided if an individual or business furnishing commercial or financial
information concerning such individual or business requests in writing at the time such
information is furnished that it be treated as confidential proprietary information, such
information, to the extent that it is limited to (A) volume of sales, shipments, receipts
and exchanges of energy resources, (B) inventories of energy resources, and (C) local
distribution patterns of energy resources, shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) of section 1-210, (7) enter into contracts with any person to do all things necessary
or convenient to carry out the functions, powers and duties of the secretary and the
Office of Policy and Management under this chapter and sections 4-5, 4-124l, 4-124p,
8-3b, 8-32a, 8-33a, 8-35a and 8-189, subsection (b) of section 8-206 and sections 16a-20, 16a-102, 22a-352 and 22a-353, (8) adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter
54, to establish standards for solar energy systems, including experimental systems,
which offer practical alternatives to the use of conventional energy with regard to current
technological feasibility and the climate of this state, and (9) undertake such other duties
and responsibilities as may be delegated by other state statutes or by the Governor.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 15, 20; P.A. 75-537, S. 9, 55; P.A. 76-364; 76-409, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 78-268, S. 3,
5; 78-303, S. 92, 136; P.A. 79-576, S. 3, 7; P.A. 81-330, S. 11, 13; P.A. 88-116, S. 9; 88-248, S. 4; P.A. 07-217, S. 64.)
History: P.A. 75-537 replaced energy agency and its administrator with department and commissioner of planning and
energy policy; P.A. 76-364 replaced specific provisions re election of selectmen with statement that Sec. 9-167a applies
to election of selectmen; P.A. 76-409 added Subdiv. (8) re standards for solar energy systems; P.A. 77-614 replaced
department and commissioner of planning and energy policy with office of policy and management and its secretary; P.A.
78-268 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 4-91; P.A. 78-303 deleted references to repealed Secs. 4-60a, 4-60b and 4-70a;
P.A. 79-576 updated section references; P.A. 81-330 deleted references to Sec. 16a-19; P.A. 88-116 deleted obsolete
reference to Sec. 4-124g; P.A. 88-248 deleted obsolete references to Sec. 2-73; (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete
reference to repealed Sec. 16-340 was deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective
July 12, 2007.