(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall assess and beginning January 1, 2000, impose the competitive transition assessment which shall be imposed on all customers of each electric distribution company to provide funds for the purposes described in subsection (d) of this section. The authority shall hold a hearing that shall be conducted as a contested case in accordance with chapter 54, except as otherwise provided in section 16-245f, to determine the amount of the competitive transition assessment.
(b) The authority shall consider the effect on all customer rates and other factors relevant to reducing rates in determining the amount of the competitive transition assessment and the manner in which and the period over which it shall be imposed in any decision of the authority to set or adjust the competitive transition assessment.
(c) The competitive transition assessment shall be determined by the authority in a general and equitable manner and, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 16-245f, shall be imposed on all customers at a rate that is applied equally to all customers of the same class in accordance with methods of allocation in effect on July 1, 1998, provided the competitive transition assessment shall not be imposed on customers receiving services under a special contract which is in effect on July 1, 1998, until such special contract expires. The competitive transition assessment shall be imposed beginning on January 1, 2000, on all customers receiving services under a special contract which is entered into or renewed after July 1, 1998. The competitive transition assessment shall have a generally applicable manner of determination that may be measured on the basis of percentages of total costs of retail sales of electric generation services. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 16-245f, the competitive transition assessment shall be payable by customers on an equal basis on the same payment terms and shall be eligible or subject to prepayment on an equal basis. Any exemption of the competitive transition assessment by customers under a special contract shall not result in an increase in rates to any customer.
(d) The authority shall establish, fix and revise the competitive transition assessment in an amount sufficient at all times to: (1) Pay the principal of and the interest on rate reduction bonds as the same shall become due and payable; (2) to pay all reasonable and necessary expenses relating to the financing; and (3) to pay an electric distribution company stranded costs that are not funded with the proceeds of rate reduction bonds and interim capital costs determined under subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of section 16-244g.
(e) The competitive transition assessment shall be charged to customers until the rate reduction bonds are paid in full by the financing entity and stranded costs not funded with the proceeds of rate reduction bonds are fully recovered by the electric distribution company. Amounts collected from a customer shall be allocated on a pro rata basis among (1) rates and charges described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 16-245e, (2) rates and charges described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 16-245e, and (3) other charges. To the extent that the authority, when issuing a financing order, determines that special treatment on customers' bills is necessary or desirable to distinguish rates and charges described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 16-245e from rates and charges described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 16-245e in order to facilitate the successful issuance and sale of rate reduction bonds, it may so provide as part of such financing order.
(P.A. 98-28, S. 10, 117; Sept. 8 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 4; P.A. 10-179, S. 127; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 86.)
History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; Sept. 8 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 amended Subsec. (a) to add exception from contested case hearing requirement as provided in Sec. 16-245f, effective September 10, 2003; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (c) by adding references to Sec. 16-245f(b), effective May 7, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “electric company” with “electric distribution company” in Subdiv. (3) and amended Subsec. (e) by deleting reference to electric company, effective June 6, 2014.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 16 - Public Service Companies
Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies
Section 16-228. - Telephone lines.
Section 16-229. - Excavation in highway.
Section 16-230. - Bond requirement.
Section 16-231a. - Cuts and permanent patches in highway. Inspections. Repairs. Certification.
Section 16-232. - Rights of companies organized under general law.
Section 16-233. - Use of gain by town, city, borough, fire district or Department of Transportation.
Section 16-235. - Control by local authorities. Orders. Appeals.
Section 16-236. - Appraisal of damages; costs.
Section 16-237. - No prescriptive right.
Section 16-238. - Wires may be cut; notice.
Section 16-239. - Dispatches transmitted in order. Exceptions.
Section 16-243. - Jurisdiction of authority over electricity transmission lines.
Section 16-243b. - Definitions. Jurisdiction.
Section 16-243bb. - Adjustment of electric distribution company residential fixed charge.
Section 16-243cc. - Energy storage deployment. Report.
Section 16-243d. - Project by private power producer deemed “industrial project”.
Section 16-243dd. - Energy storage project proposals.
Section 16-243g. - Assignment of electricity purchase agreements.
Section 16-243h. - Credit to residential customers who generate electricity; metering.
Section 16-243l. - Rebate for customer-side distributed resource projects that use natural gas.
Section 16-243m. - Measures to reduce federally mandated congestion charges.
Section 16-243o. - Waiver of back-up power rates.
Section 16-243q. - Class III renewable energy portfolio standards.
Section 16-243t. - Class III credits.
Section 16-243u. - Plan to build peaking generation.
Section 16-243w. - Advanced metering system plan and deployment.
Section 16-243x. - Time-of-use meters. Notice of availability.
Section 16-244. - Electric deregulation; findings and declarations.
Section 16-244a. - Rate freeze for electric service.
Section 16-244aa. - Performance-based regulation of electric distribution companies.
Section 16-244bb. - Sustainable materials management account.
Section 16-244cc. - Energy storage systems pilot program.
Section 16-244i. - Duties of electric distribution companies.
Section 16-244k. - Allocation of the proceeds of the retail adder.
Section 16-244l. - Modification of fuel cell electricity purchase agreements.
Section 16-244m. - Procurement Plan re standard service.
Section 16-244n. - Standard service contract buydown.
Section 16-244o. - Generation evaluation and procurement process.
Section 16-244p. - Transmission line project review.
Section 16-244q. - Request for proposal re reliability concerns.
Section 16-244u. - Virtual net metering.
Section 16-244w. - Grid-side system enhancements pilot program.
Section 16-244x. - Shared clean energy facility pilot program.
Section 16-244z. - Renewable energy tariffs.
Section 16-245a. - Renewable portfolio standards.
Section 16-245aa. - Renewable energy and efficient energy finance program.
Section 16-245bb. - Bond authorization.
Section 16-245cc. - Demand charge waiver for fuel cells.
Section 16-245dd. - Residential electric space heating tariff.
Section 16-245ff. - Residential solar investment program.
Section 16-245gg. - Master purchase agreement for solar home renewable energy credits.
Section 16-245hh. - Condominium renewable energy grant program.
Section 16-245ii. - Energy consumption data of nonresidential buildings.
Section 16-245j. - Rate reduction bonds and economic recovery revenue bonds; terms.
Section 16-245jj. - Town customer electricity and gas usage information.
Section 16-245kk. - Issuance of bonds, notes and other obligations by the Connecticut Green Bank.
Section 16-245ll. - Clean energy bonds.
Section 16-245m. - Energy Conservation Management Board. Conservation and Load Management Plan.
Section 16-245mm. - Special capital reserve funds.
Section 16-245nn. - Residential solar photovoltaic system permit.
Section 16-245q. - Changing electric suppliers.
Section 16-245r. - Discrimination by electric suppliers prohibited.
Section 16-245s. - Switching electric suppliers; procedures; penalties; regulations.
Section 16-245t. - Complaints to authority re electric suppliers; procedures; remedies.
Section 16-245y. - Annual reporting re status of electric deregulation.
Section 16-245z. - Internet links to Energy Star program.
Section 16-246. - Other companies which may sell electricity.
Section 16-246a. - Definitions.
Section 16-246f. - Electric company emergency assistance.
Section 16-246g. - Pilot program for electric generation.
Section 16-247. - Foreign telephone companies.
Section 16-247a. - Goals of the state. Definitions.
Section 16-247c. - Provision of intrastate telecommunications services. Civil penalty. Competition.
Section 16-247i. - Telecommunications service and regulation status report.
Section 16-247j. - Regulations.
Section 16-247o. - Consultant to test operations support systems interface.
Section 16-247p. - Quality-of-service standards. Performance standards.
Section 16-247t. - Customer inquiries and complaints regarding cellular mobile telephone service.
Section 16-248. - Rights of telephone company in operation May 23, 1985.
Section 16-250b. - Cellular mobile telephone service. Authority jurisdiction. Regulations.
Section 16-251. - Bonds of telephone company.
Section 16-252. - Bonds may be secured by mortgage.
Section 16-255. - General powers.
Section 16-256. - Notice of offense in party line usage in telephone directory.
Section 16-256a. - Directory assistance charge prohibited.
Section 16-256d. - Itemized telephone bills for business customers.
Section 16-256f. - Blocking service available to customers.
Section 16-256h. - Business to residential pricing ratio for basic exchange service.
Section 16-257. - Recording of agreement of consolidation or merger of electric and gas companies.
Section 16-258. - Standards concerning electricity and gas.
Section 16-258a. - Registration of natural gas sellers. Procedures. Penalties.
Section 16-258b. - Registration of electric generating facilities.
Section 16-258c. - Dual fuel capability requirements for electric generating facilities.
Section 16-258d. - District heating systems incentive program.
Section 16-259. - Inspection of meters.
Section 16-259a. - Inaccurate billing. Financial liability of customer. Payment plan.
Section 16-260. - Water meters may be required.
Section 16-261. - Extension of electric lines to unserved areas. Determination of rates.
Section 16-262. - Gas companies authorized to deal in natural gas.
Section 16-262b. - Notice of discharge of explosives or highway excavation to gas companies.
Section 16-262h. - Nonexclusivity of remedy.
Section 16-262i. - Regulations.
Section 16-262m. - Construction specifications for water companies.
Section 16-262p. - Improvements by acquiring entity.
Section 16-262q. - Compensation for acquisition of water company.
Section 16-262r. - Satellite management of water companies. Expedited rate proceedings.
Section 16-262s. - Voluntary acquisition of water company. Surcharges. Rate of return.
Section 16-262u. - Replacement and repair of water service connections. Granting of exceptions.
Section 16-262v. - Water company infrastructure projects: Definitions.
Section 16-262w. - Water company rate adjustment mechanisms.
Section 16-262x. - Termination of residential utility service. Requirements.
Section 16-262y. - Water company revenue adjustment mechanism.