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| 1 | - | Substitute House Bill No. 5410 | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5410 | |
| 2 | + | February Session, 2014 *_____HB05410ET____032014____* | |
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| 3 | - | Public Act No. 14-152 | |
| 4 | + | General Assembly | |
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| 6 | + | Substitute Bill No. 5410 | |
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| 8 | + | February Session, 2014 | |
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| 10 | + | *_____HB05410ET____032014____* | |
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| 5 | 12 | AN ACT CONCERNING LOST AND UNACCOUNTED FOR GAS. | |
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| 7 | 14 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 9 | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) | |
| 16 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may initiate a docket to investigate the lost and unaccounted for gas of a gas company, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes. In such docket, the authority may establish a cost mechanism to incentivize a gas company to (1) reduce lost and unaccounted for gas, (2) replace aging infrastructure, and (3) comply with any additional requirements the authority determines to be relevant. Such cost mechanism may be incorporated in the purchased gas adjustment clause, pursuant to section 16-19b of the general statutes. | |
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| 11 | - | (b) The authority shall initiate a docket to investigate the lost and unaccounted for gas of a gas company if the percentage of lost and unaccounted for gas of such gas company in any calendar year exceeds a total of three per cent. In such docket, a gas company shall report (1) leak detection and monitoring procedures, (2) emissions reduction strategies in addition to leak repair, and (3) any additional requirements the authority determines to be relevant. In such docket, the authority shall establish a cost mechanism to comply with long-term emissions reductions required by section 22a-200a of the general statutes and to incentivize a gas company to (A) reduce lost and unaccounted for gas, including the number of leaks throughout the entire gas distribution system in the state, (B) replace aging infrastructure, and (C) comply with any additional requirements the authority determines to be relevant. Such cost mechanism may be incorporated in the purchased gas adjustment clause pursuant to section 16-19b of the general statutes. | |
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| 21 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 22 | + | Section 1 from passage New section | |
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| 24 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 26 | + | Section 1 | |
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| 28 | + | from passage | |
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| 30 | + | New section | |
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| 32 | + | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: | |
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| 34 | + | In the last sentence of section 1, the word "clause" was added for statutory consistency. | |
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| 38 | + | ET Joint Favorable Subst. | |
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| 40 | + | ET | |
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| 42 | + | Joint Favorable Subst. |