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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6525
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUD Y ELECTRIC
DISTRIBUTION COMPANI ES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study (1) how the market serviced by each electric distribution 2
company, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, may be 3
reconstituted to increase accountability to ratepayers and increase 4
responsiveness to ratepayer needs, and (2) the introduction of 5
competition in the electric transmission or distribution services industry 6
in the state. Such study shall include, but need not be limited to, an 7
evaluation concerning the costs of acquiring electric transmission or 8
distribution services infrastructure from each electric distribution 9
company. 10
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 11
(1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 12
who shall be a representative from a retail electric supplier; 13
(2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who 14 Raised Bill No. 6525
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shall be a ratepayer from the Eversource Energy service area; 15
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 16
Representatives, who shall be a ratepayer from the United Illuminating 17
Company service area; 18
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall be 19
a representative from a municipal electric company; 20
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 21
Representatives, who shall have expertise in the electric transmission or 22
distribution services industry; 23
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be 24
a representative from a ratepayer advocacy group; 25
(7) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing 26
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 27
relating to energy, or their designees; 28
(8) One representative from the regional independent system 29
operator, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes; 30
(9) One representative from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority; 31
and 32
(10) One representative from the Office of Consumer Counsel. 33
(c) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 34
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 35
be filled by the appointing authority. 36
(d) The chairperson of the task force shall be selected by the members 37
of the task force. Such chairperson shall schedule the first meeting of the 38
task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective 39
date of this section. 40
(e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 41
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy shall 42 Raised Bill No. 6525
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serve as administrative staff of the task force. 43
(f) Not later than January 15, 2022, the task force shall submit a report 44
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 45
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy, 46
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 47
The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or 48
January 15, 2022, whichever is later. 49
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a task force to study (1) electric distribution companies and
such companies' accountability and responsiveness to ratepayers, and
(2) the introduction of competition in the electric transmission or
distribution services industry in Connecticut.
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that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]