Sec. 16-246g. Pilot program for electric generation. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 16-246g. Pilot program for electric generation. (a) Pursuant to section 22a-174l, the Department of Public Utility Control shall implement a pilot program that will (1) allow the electric generation resources to run more often on an economic and reliability dispatch basis, (2) identify strategies that couple multiple energy conservation and load shifting technologies into an aggregate resource plan that results in aggregate reductions in environmental emissions, and (3) simultaneously maintain the appropriate levels of generating capacity and reserve resources necessary to comply with established electric system reliability standards. Said pilot program shall be limited to resources that can be available to operate on or before December 1, 2007. The Department of Public Utility Control shall determine (A) a minimum ratio by which the benefits derived from the implementation of each application exceed the costs of its implementation, and (B) the maximum level of aggregate investments that will be cost-effective.

      (b) Any person owning or controlling emergency generation resources may apply to the Department of Public Utility Control for approval of a proposal to install equipment on emergency generation resources pursuant to section 22a-174l and the objectives of the pilot program as provided in this section. The department shall accept and act upon applications in the order in which they are received.

      (c) The Department of Public Utility Control shall approve only those applications that meet or exceed the provisions of section 22a-174l and the pilot program established pursuant to this section, provided the department shall not approve applications that will (1) exceed the level of aggregate cost-effective investment pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, or (2) exceed the funding provided pursuant to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section.

      (d) The Department of Public Utility Control shall establish a financing mechanism to help persons applying under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section to defray the costs of installation of the equipment required pursuant to the provisions of section 22a-174l. Any such financing mechanism shall include such terms and conditions that the department determines to be reasonable and necessary to protect the public interest. Such mechanisms may include, but shall not be limited to, collateral requirements and assignment of payments made under any program administered by the regional independent system operator for emergency generation resources that qualify for such payments as the result of the equipment installed pursuant to an application made and approved under the provisions of this section.

      (e) The Department of Public Utility Control shall defray the costs of implementing this section from the revenues derived from charges for federally mandated congestion charges, provided the total costs shall not exceed the sum of ten million dollars in the aggregate. The department may retain such consultants as it deems necessary or convenient for the purposes of implementing the provisions of this section.

      (P.A. 07-242, S. 103.)

      History: P.A. 07-242 effective June 4, 2007.