HB 6360 Summary

• Reorganizes Connecticut's energy regulatory structure by renaming members of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from "directors" to "utility commissioners" and clarifying their roles and responsibilities

• Establishes a Comprehensive Energy Strategy and Integrated Resources Plan to guide state energy decisions, with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection making final decisions subject to public hearings and comment periods

• Requires the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to decouple gas and electric distribution company revenues from sales volume through various mechanisms to encourage energy efficiency and conservation

• Implements a natural gas infrastructure expansion plan with new rate mechanisms for cost recovery, customer conversion goals, and methane leakage reduction measures aligned with the Comprehensive Energy Strategy

• Expands virtual net metering for municipal, state, and agricultural customer hosts; establishes clean energy on-bill repayment programs; and authorizes municipalities and state entities to distribute electricity from renewable sources across public roads within microgrids