Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07114 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7114
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12	10		Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING MU NICIPAL COMPETITIVE PROCUREM ENT
21	20		OF ELECTRICITY, NATURAL GAS, RENEWABLE E NERGY AND
22	21		OTHER ENERGY -RELATED PRODUCTS BY NONPROFIT ENERGY
23	22		BUYING CONSORTIA.
24	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
25	24		Assembly convened:
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27	26		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) As used in this 1
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29	28		(1) "Competitively procured program" means a program (A) for 3
30	29		which a nonprofit energy buying consortium publishes notice of any 4
31	30		procurement (i) at least fifteen days prior to such procurement, which 5
32	31		may include publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the 6
33	32		state, (ii) in a display form that shall serve substantially to notify the 7
34	33		public of such procurement and in print no smaller than ten-point type 8
35	34		size, and (iii) on such nonprofit energy buying consortium's Internet 9
36	35		web site, (B) that contains clear evaluation criteria, and (C) that meets a 10
37	36		best value standard that may include the consideration of factors other 11
38	37		than price that have a significant impact on cost, including, but not 12
39	38		limited to, provisions regarding change in use or change in law, the 13
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	45	+	financial strength of the supplier, the availability of customer service 14
47	46		and the ability of the supplier to serve the customer base; 15
48	47		(2) "Nonprofit energy buying consortium" means an entity 16
49	48		recognized as exempt from taxation pursuant to Sections 501(c)(3) or 17
50	49		501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent 18
51	50		corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended 19
52	51		from time to time, whose purpose is to aggregate a group of 20
53	52		participating buyers and perform the procurement of electricity, 21
54	53		natural gas, renewable energy, demand response, energy efficiency, 22
55	54		solar, storage and other energy-related products, or any combination 23
56	55		thereof, for such participating buyers; and 24
57	56		(3) "Participating buyers" means any agency, executive office, 25
58	57		department, board, commission, bureau, division or authority of a 26
59	58		municipality that participates in or becomes a member of a nonprofit 27
60	59		energy buying consortium. 28
61	60		(b) Notwithstanding any municipal ordinance, general or special 29
62	61		law to the contrary, any agency, executive office, department, board, 30
63	62		commission, bureau, division or authority of a municipality may 31
64	63		participate in and become a member of any competitively procured 32
65	64		program organized and administered by or on behalf of a nonprofit 33
66	65		energy buying consortium or of any subsidiary organization thereof, 34
67	66		provided if a participating buyer is located within the boundaries of a 35
68	67		community that is served by a municipal electric utility, such 36
69	68		participating buyer may not purchase electricity, electricity-related 37
70	69		products or renewable energy. Such nonprofit energy buying 38
71	70		consortium or any such subsidiary organization shall procure 39
72	71		electricity, natural gas, renewable energy, demand response, energy 40
73	72		efficiency, solar, storage and other energy-related products, or any 41
74	73		combination thereof, for such participating buyers. Any such 42
75	74		procurement made pursuant to this section shall be exempt from any 43
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83	82		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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86	85		Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
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	87	+	Statement of Purpose:
	88	+	To permit certain municipalities to purchase electricity, natural gas,
	89	+	renewable energy and other energy-related products using nonprofit
	90	+	energy buying consortia.
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	92	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	93	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
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