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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1195
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT CONCERNING ENERGY PURCHASING POOLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 16a-14e of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
The [Department] Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 3
Protection shall operate a purchasing pool for the purchase of electricity 4
for state operations. [Said department] The commissioner shall provide 5
[the opportunity to participate in such purchasing pool to] each 6
household that includes an individual who receives means-tested 7
assistance administered by the state or federal government with the 8
opportunity to participate in said purchasing pool. Any such household 9
shall receive through such purchasing pool the same benefits and rate 10
discounts available for state facilities. The [Department of Energy and 11
Environmental Protection] commissioner shall use federal and state 12
energy assistance funds to leverage the lowest practicable electric rates 13
for households participating in such pool, provided such funds shall not 14
be used for administrative purposes. The provisions of section 16-245 15
shall not apply to the [Department of Energy and Environmental 16
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Protection] commissioner for purposes of this section. 17
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 16a-14e
Statement of Purpose:
To amend a statute concerning energy.
[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.]