Section 16-245p - Information re electric supplier and electric distribution company to be provided to customers(a) An electric supplier and an electric distribution company providing standard service or back-up electric generation service, pursuant to section 16-244c, shall submit information to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority that the authority determines will assist customers in making informed decisions when choosing an electric supplier, including, but not limited to, the information provided in subsection (b) of this section. Each supplier or electric distribution company providing standard service or back-up electric generation service, pursuant to section 16-244c, shall, at such times as the authority requires, but not less than annually, submit in a form prescribed by the authority, information that the authority must make available pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and any other information the authority considers relevant. After the authority has received the information required pursuant to this subsection, the supplier shall be eligible to receive customer marketing information from electric distribution companies, as provided in section 16-245o.(b) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall maintain and make available to customers upon request, a list of electric aggregators and the following information about each electric supplier and each electric distribution company providing standard service or back-up electric generation service, pursuant to section 16-244c: (2) applicable terms and conditions of a contract for electric generation services; (3) the percentage of the total electric output derived from each of the categories of energy sources, the total emission rates of nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, particulates, heavy metals and other wastes the disposal of which is regulated under state or federal law at the facilities operated by or under long-term contract to the electric supplier or providing electric generation services to an electric distribution company providing standard service or back-up electric generation service, pursuant to section 16-244c, and the analysis of the environmental characteristics of each such category of energy source and to the extent such information is unknown, the estimated percentage of the total electric output for which such information is unknown, along with the word "unknown" for that percentage; (4) a record of customer complaints and the disposition of each complaint; and (5) any other information the authority determines will assist customers in making informed decisions when choosing an electric supplier. The authority shall make available to customers the information filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section not later than thirty days after its receipt. The authority shall put such information in a standard format so that a customer can readily understand and compare the services provided by each electric supplier.(c) Each electric supplier and electric distribution company shall disclose to customers, in a manner prescribed by the authority and not less than annually, such information as the authority considers relevant. The authority may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245p
( P.A. 98-28, S. 27, 117; P.A. 03-135, S. 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 28; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 45; 13-298, S. 63; P.A. 14-134, S. 92.)
Amended by P.A. 14-0134, S. 92 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 6/6/2014.