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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2006 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5827 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2006 |
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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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| 14 | 14 | | REP. ARORA, 151st Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT DECOUPLING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY |
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| 19 | 19 | | AUTHORITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND |
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| 20 | 20 | | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, REMOVING THE EFFICIENCY |
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| 21 | 21 | | PROGRAM FROM ELECTRIC RATES, ELIMINATING CERTAIN |
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| 22 | 22 | | CHARGES ASSESSED AGAINST ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS AND |
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| 23 | 23 | | REQUIRING AN ARTICULATION OF CERTAIN CHARGES ON |
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| 24 | 24 | | ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS' BILLS. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 26 | 26 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | That the general statutes be amended to (1) decouple the Public 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Utilities Regulatory Authority and the Department of Energy and 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Environmental Protection; (2) remove the efficiency program from rates 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | charged to electric customers and place said program within the 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Department of Economic and Community Development to allow it to 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | expand as a loan program with payback benchmarks; (3) eliminate all 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | charges assessed against electric customers which fund Connecticut 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Innovations, Incorporated and the Connecticut Green Bank and permit 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | such entities access to private markets; and (4) require an articulation on 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | each electric customers' bill showing the amount for the renewable 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | subsidy for wind or solar energy, including the cost of virtual net 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | metering, and any out-of-market purchases by the Department of 12 Proposed Bill No. 5827 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 2006 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Energy and Environmental Protection. 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 46 | 46 | | To (1) decouple the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and the |
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| 47 | 47 | | Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, (2) remove the |
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| 48 | 48 | | efficiency program from rates charged to electric customers and place it |
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| 49 | 49 | | within the Department of Economic and Community Development; (3) |
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| 50 | 50 | | eliminate certain charges assessed against electric customers; and (4) |
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| 51 | 51 | | require an articulation of certain charges on electric customers' bills. |
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