Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06241 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/24/2019

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6241  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 2408 
 
 
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. ARCONTI, 109th Dist. 
REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist. 
REP. LINEHAN, 103rd Dist. 
REP. ALLIE-BRENNAN, 2nd Dist. 
SEN. ABRAMS, 13th Dist. 
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT CREATING A PROGRAM TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO 
PURCHASE ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND GAS SUPPLY 
SERVICES FOR ELECTRIC AND GAS CUSTOMERS WITHIN SUCH 
MUNICIPALITIES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to create a program that 1 
authorizes municipalities to purchase, either on their own or with 2 
other municipalities, electricity generation and gas supply services for 3 
electric and gas customers within such municipalities, and such 4 
program shall allow municipalities to request bids, set rates, contract 5 
with suppliers and developers, administer funding of energy efficiency 6 
measures and finance local renewable energy facilities to provide 7 
municipally controlled electric and gas services to residents, businesses 8 
and government customers within such municipalities. 9 
Statement of Purpose:   
To create a program to allow municipalities to purchase electricity 
generation and gas supply services for electric and gas customers 
within such municipalities.