Senate Bill No. 856
Public Act No. 21-139
AN ACT INCREASING REPRESENTATION ON THE ENERGY
CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT 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
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1,
2021):
(c) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall
appoint and convene an Energy Conservation Management Board
which shall include the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental
Protection, or the commissioner's designee, the Consumer Counsel, or
the Consumer Counsel's designee, the Attorney General, or the
Attorney General's designee, and a representative of: (1) An
environmental group knowledgeable in energy conservation program
collaboratives; (2) the electric distribution companies in whose
territories the activities take place for such programs; (3) a state-wide
manufacturing association; (4) a chamber of commerce; (5) a state-wide
business association; (6) a state-wide retail organization; (7) a state-wide
farm association; (8) a municipal electric energy cooperative created
pursuant to chapter 101a; [and] (9) residential customers; (10) low-
income residential customers; and (11) municipalities. The board shall
also include two representatives selected by the gas companies. The Senate Bill No. 856
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members of the board shall serve for a period of five years and may be
reappointed. Representatives of gas companies, electric distribution
companies and the municipal electric energy cooperative shall be
nonvoting members of the board. The members of the board shall elect
a chairperson from its voting members. If any vote of the board results
in an equal division of its voting members, such vote shall fail.