CT SB00944

Establishes a municipal electric aggregation pilot program allowing municipalities with populations over 140,000 that created an energy improvement district by January 1, 2013 to negotiate bulk electric generation services for residential customers.

Municipalities may participate by adopting an ordinance creating a municipal aggregation unit and filing it with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority by January 1, 2014.

Residential customers may opt out of the aggregated service and those with existing supplier contracts may opt in; enrollment period begins no earlier than July 1, 2014 and lasts not more than two years.

Municipal aggregation units must issue requests for proposals to licensed electric suppliers, retain energy procurement expertise, and provide written analysis that economic benefits equal or exceed current standard service rates; units are exempt from section 16-245s.

Public Utilities Regulatory Authority must submit a report by January 1, 2016 to the joint standing committee on energy evaluating pilot program performance and recommending whether to extend the time period or expand statewide.