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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 856
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3164
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT INCREASING RE PRESENTATION ON THE ENERGY
CONSERVATION MANAGEM ENT BOARD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 16-245m of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2021): 3
(c) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 4
appoint and convene an Energy Conservation Management Board 5
which shall include the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 6
Protection, or the commissioner's designee, the Consumer Counsel, or 7
the Consumer Counsel's designee, the Attorney General, or the 8
Attorney General's designee, and a representative of: (1) An 9
environmental group knowledgeable in energy conservation program 10
collaboratives; (2) the electric distribution companies in whose 11
territories the activities take place for such programs; (3) a state-wide 12
manufacturing association; (4) a chamber of commerce; (5) a state-wide 13
business association; (6) a state-wide retail organization; (7) a state-wide 14
farm association; (8) a municipal electric energy cooperative created 15 Raised Bill No. 856
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pursuant to chapter 101a; [and] (9) residential customers; (10) low-16
income residential customers; and (11) municipalities. The board shall 17
also include two representatives selected by the gas companies. The 18
members of the board shall serve for a period of five years and may be 19
reappointed. Representatives of gas companies, electric distribution 20
companies and the municipal electric energy cooperative shall be 21
nonvoting members of the board. The members of the board shall elect 22
a chairperson from its voting members. If any vote of the board results 23
in an equal division of its voting members, such vote shall fail. 24
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 16-245m(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To increase representation on the energy conservation management
board, including low-income residential customers and municipalities.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]