Sec. 16-245b. Municipalities and regional water authorities acting as electric aggregators; registration with Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 16-245, the provisions of said section shall not apply to (1) any municipality or regional water authority that aggregates the sale of electric generation services, or to the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority if such authority aggregates the sale of electric generation services, for end use customers located within the boundaries of such municipality or regional water authority, (2) any municipality that joins together with other municipalities to aggregate the sale of electric generation services for end use customers located within the boundaries of such municipalities, or (3) any municipality or regional water authority that aggregates the purchase of electric generation services for municipal facilities, street lighting, boards of education and other publicly-owned facilities within (A) the municipality for which the municipality is financially responsible, or (B) the municipalities that are within the authorized service area of the regional water authority. Any municipality or regional water authority that aggregates in accordance with this section shall register not less than annually with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on a form prescribed by the authority.

(P.A. 98-28, S. 23, 117; P.A. 00-53, S. 14; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-53 added references to regional water authorities, added reference to municipalities within the authorized service area of the regional water authority and made conforming changes; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.