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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 85
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 115
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
AN ACT AMENDING SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, IMPOSING COSTS OF CERTAIN
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS ON CUSTOMERS OF MUNICIPAL
ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND REPEALING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
CONCERNING THE STANDARD BILLING FORMAT FOR
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION
COMPANIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That (1) section 16a-3m of the general statutes be amended to make 1
unenforceable any agreement entered into or approved by the 2
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection with a nuclear 3
power generating facility on or before July 1, 2025, pursuant to 4
subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of said section unless such agreement 5
was made, amended or renewed pursuant to a solicitation conducted in 6
coordination with two or more other states in the control area of the 7
regional independent system operator, (2) the general statutes be 8
amended to impose a fee for a proportional cost of any agreement 9
entered into by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 10
Protection with a nuclear power generating facility pursuant to 11
subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 16a-3m of the general statutes 12 Proposed Bill No. 85
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on the customers of any municipal electric utility, and (3) subdivision 13
(3) of subsection (a) of section 16-245d of the general statutes be 14
repealed. 15
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) make certain agreements for the purchase of electricity from
nuclear power generating facilities unenforceable unless such
agreements are subject to solicitation conducted in coordination with
two or more other states, (2) impose costs of electricity purchased from
nuclear power generating facilities pursuant to certain power purchase
agreements on users of municipal electric utilities, and (3) repeal
changes to the standard billing format for customers of electric
distribution companies imposed by section 14 of public act 23-102.