Sec. 16-245y. Annual reporting re status of electric deregulation.

(a) Not later than October 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, each electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, shall report to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority its system average interruption duration index (SAIDI) and its system average interruption frequency index (SAIFI) for the preceding twelve months. For purposes of this section: (1) Interruptions shall not include outages attributable to major storms, scheduled outages and outages caused by customer equipment, each as determined by the authority; (2) SAIDI shall be calculated as the sum of customer interruptions in the preceding twelve-month period, in minutes, divided by the average number of customers served during that period; and (3) SAIFI shall be calculated as the total number of customers interrupted in the preceding twelve-month period, divided by the average number of customers served during that period. Not later than January 1, 2000, and annually thereafter, the authority shall report on the SAIDI and SAIFI data for each electric distribution company, and all state-wide SAIDI and SAIFI data to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy.

(b) Not later than October 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, each electric supplier, as defined in section 16-1, shall report to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority the following information regarding the preceding twelve-month period or any part thereof that the supplier has been licensed pursuant to section 16-245: (1) Total megawatt hours of electricity produced from generating facilities owned by the supplier or under long-term contract to the supplier that are sold to end use customers in the state; (2) total megawatt hours of electricity purchased by the supplier from other sources and sold to end use customers in the state; (3) the proportion of such production from facilities listed under subdivision (1) of this subsection that use nuclear fuels, oil, coal, natural gas, hydropower and other fuels as the principal generation fuel; and (4) the amount of emissions from facilities listed under subdivision (1) of this subsection of the pollutants identified by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, which shall include, but not be limited to: (A) Volatile organic compounds; (B) nitrogen oxides; (C) sulfur oxides; (D) carbon dioxide; (E) carbon monoxide; (F) particulates; and (G) heavy metals. Not later than January 1, 2000, and annually thereafter, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall report state-wide data for these variables to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and energy.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy the number of applicants for licensure pursuant to section 16-245 during the preceding twelve months, the number of applicants licensed by the authority and the average period of time taken to process a license application. Any such report may be submitted electronically.

(P.A. 98-28, S. 77, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 34; P.A. 13-119, S. 12, 13; P.A. 14-134, S. 93.)

History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 11-80 amended Subsec. (a) to change “Department of Public Utility Control” to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and replace a reference to “department” with “authority”, amended Subsec. (b) to make report date not later than October 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, to require report to be made to Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, rather than to Departments of Public Utility Control and Environmental Protection, to change “Department of Environmental Protection” to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subdiv. (4), and to require Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to consult with Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, rather than Public Utilities Control Authority, when reporting state-wide data, deleted former Subsec. (c) re dislocated workers report and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c) and amended same to change “January 1, 1999”, to “January 1, 2011”, and “Department of Public Utility Control” to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-119 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) to replace “department” with “authority” and further amended Subsec. (c) to replace “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” with “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and to add provision re electronic submission of report, effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to electric company and making a technical change, effective June 6, 2014.