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