Sec. 16-243n. Time-of-use, mandatory peak, shoulder, off-peak and seasonal rates. Optional interruptible or load response rates. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 16-243n. Time-of-use, mandatory peak, shoulder, off-peak and seasonal rates. Optional interruptible or load response rates. (a) Not later than October 1, 2005, each electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, shall submit an application to the Department of Public Utility Control to (1) on or before January 1, 2007, implement time-of-use rates for customers that have a maximum demand of not less than three hundred fifty kilowatts that may include, but not be limited to, mandatory peak, shoulder and off-peak time-of-use rates, and (2) on or before June 1, 2006, offer optional interruptible or load response rates for customers that have a maximum demand of not less than three hundred fifty kilowatts and offer optional seasonal and time-of-use rates for all customers. The application shall propose to establish time-of-use rates through a procurement plan, revenue neutral adjustments to delivery rates, or both.

      (b) From March 1, 2006, until December 31, 2006, each electric distribution company shall issue comparative analyses to customers that have a maximum demand of not less than three hundred fifty kilowatts that would demonstrate, at current levels of consumption, the effects of the mandatory time-of-use rates as specified in subdivision (l) of subsection (a) of this section to be effective beginning January 1, 2007.

      (c) Not later than November 1, 2005, each electric distribution company shall submit an application to the Department of Public Utility Control to implement mandatory seasonal rates for all customers beginning April 1, 2007.

      (d) From April 1, 2006, until March 31, 2007, each electric distribution company shall issue comparative analyses to all customers that demonstrate, at current levels of consumption, the effects of the mandatory seasonal rates that will be effective beginning April 1, 2007.

      (e) The department shall hold a hearing that shall be conducted as a contested case, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to approve, reject or modify applications submitted pursuant to subsection (a) or (c) of this section. No application for time-of-use rates shall be approved unless (1) such rates reasonably reflect the cost of service during their respective time-of-use periods, and (2) the costs associated with implementation, the impact on customers and benefits to the utility system justify implementation of such rates, and (3) such rates alter patterns of customer consumption of electricity without undue adverse effect on the customer.

      (f) Each electric distribution company shall assist customers to help manage loads and reduce peak consumption through the comprehensive plan developed pursuant to section 16-245m.

      (g) The department shall conduct a contested case, in accordance with chapter 54, to determine the standards under which, and process by which, a customer, having a maximum demand of three hundred fifty kilowatts or more, may obtain an exemption, until July 1, 2010, from mandatory time-of-use rates as specified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section. The department shall issue a decision in the contested case no later than January 1, 2006.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 13; P.A. 07-242, S. 85.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005; P.A. 07-242 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to require implementation of time-of-use rates that may include mandatory peak, shoulder and off-peak time-of-use rates and amended Subsec. (e)(1) to make a conforming change, effective June 4, 2007.