Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00004 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/03/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 4
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 297
 *00297*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. REP. RYAN, 139th Dist. REP. RILEY, 46th Dist. SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 4 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 297

*00297*

Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY 

Introduced by:

SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.

REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.

REP. RILEY, 46th Dist.

SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC ENERGY COOPERATIVES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapters 101 and 101a of the general statutes be amended to add requirements for municipal electric utilities and municipal electric energy cooperatives regarding:

(1) Annual financial reports and posting such reports on their web sites;

(2) Posting information regarding board of directors' meetings on their web sites and disseminating such information to municipalities;

(3) Holding board of directors' meetings in Connecticut;

(4) The planning of strategic retreats and posting board of directors' meeting minutes on their web sites; 

(5) The conduct of strategic retreats; and

(6) Disseminating information from municipal electric energy cooperatives' board meetings to member utilities and municipalities and posting such information on their web sites.

Statement of Purpose: 

To increase public awareness and provide transparency regarding municipal electric utilities and municipal electric energy cooperatives.