LCO No. 2408 1 of 1 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.