Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07252 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 5049 1 of 3
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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7252
6	6	January Session, 2019
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10	10	Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONSERVATION ADJUSTMENT
20	20	MECHANISM AND COMMER CIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of section 16-245m of the 1
25	25	general statutes, as amended by section 9 of public act 18-50, is 2
26	26	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 3
27	27	January 1, 2020): 4
28	28	(d) (1) Not later than November 1, 2012, and every three years 5
29	29	thereafter, electric distribution companies, as defined in section 16-1, in 6
30	30	coordination with the gas companies, as defined in section 16-1, shall 7
31	31	submit to the Energy Conservation Management Board a combined 8
32	32	electric and gas Conservation and Load Management Plan, in 9
33	33	accordance with the provisions of this section, to implement cost-10
34	34	effective energy conservation programs, demand management and 11
35	35	market transformation initiatives. All supply and conservation and 12
36	36	load management options shall be evaluated and selected within an 13
37	37	integrated supply and demand planning framework. Services 14
38	38	provided under the plan shall be available to all customers of electric 15 Raised Bill No. 7252
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42	42	LCO No. 5049 2 of 3
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44	44	distribution companies and gas companies, provided a customer of an 16
45	45	electric distribution company may not be denied such services based 17
46	46	on the fuel such customer uses to heat such customer's home. The 18
47	47	Energy Conservation Management Board shall advise and assist the 19
48	48	electric distribution companies and gas companies in the development 20
49	49	of such plan. The Energy Conservation Management Board shall 21
50	50	approve the plan before transmitting it to the Commissioner of Energy 22
51	51	and Environmental Protection for approval. The commissioner shall, in 23
52	52	an uncontested proceeding during which the commissioner may hold 24
53	53	a public meeting, approve, modify or reject said plan prepared 25
54	54	pursuant to this subsection. Following approval by the commissioner, 26
55	55	the board shall assist the companies in implementing the plan and 27
56	56	collaborate with the Connecticut Green Bank to further the goals of the 28
57	57	plan. Said plan shall include a detailed budget sufficient to fund all 29
58	58	energy efficiency that is cost-effective or lower cost than acquisition of 30
59	59	equivalent supply, and shall be reviewed and approved by the 31
60	60	commissioner. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, not 32
61	61	later than sixty days after the plan is approved by the commissioner, 33
62	62	ensure that the balance of revenues required to fund such plan is 34
63	63	provided through fully reconciling conservation adjustment 35
64	64	mechanisms. Electric distribution companies shall collect a 36
65	65	conservation adjustment mechanism that ensures the plan is fully 37
66	66	funded by collecting an amount that is not more than the sum of six 38
67	67	mills per kilowatt hour of electricity sold to each end use customer of 39
68	68	an electric distribution company during the three years of any 40
69	69	Conservation and Load Management Plan , provided any such 41
70	70	conservation adjustment mechanism shall only be applied to the first 42
71	71	___ kilowatt hours of electricity sold to commercial and industrial end 43
72	72	use customers. The authority shall ensure that the revenues required to 44
73	73	fund such plan with regard to gas companies are provided through a 45
74	74	fully reconciling conservation adjustment mechanism for each gas 46
75	75	company of not more than the equivalent of four and six-tenth cents 47
76	76	per hundred cubic feet during the three years of any Conservation and 48
77	77	Load Management Plan. Said plan shall include steps that would be 49
78	78	needed to achieve the goal of weatherization of eighty per cent of the 50 Raised Bill No. 7252
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82	82	LCO No. 5049 3 of 3
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84	84	state's residential units by 2030 and to reduce energy consumption by 51
85	85	1.6 million MMBtu, or the equivalent megawatts of electricity, as 52
86	86	defined in subdivision (4) of section 22a-197, annually each year for 53
87	87	calendar years commencing on and after January 1, 2020, up to and 54
88	88	including calendar year 2025. Each program contained in the plan shall 55
89	89	be reviewed by such companies and accepted, modified or rejected by 56
90	90	the Energy Conservation Management Board prior to submission to 57
91	91	the commissioner for approval. The Energy Conservation Management 58
92	92	Board shall, as part of its review, examine opportunities to offer joint 59
93	93	programs providing similar efficiency measures that save more than 60
94	94	one fuel resource or otherwise to coordinate programs targeted at 61
95	95	saving more than one fuel resource. Any costs for joint programs shall 62
96	96	be allocated equitably among the conservation programs. The Energy 63
97	97	Conservation Management Board shall give preference to projects that 64
98	98	maximize the reduction of federally mandated congestion charges. 65
99	99	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
100	100	sections:
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102	102	Section 1 January 1, 2020 16-245m(d)(1)
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104	104	Statement of Purpose:
105	105	To require that the conservation adjustment mechanism is only
106	106	charged on the first ___ kilowatt-hours of monthly usage for
107	107	commercial and industrial customers.
108	108	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
109	109	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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