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Connecticut Send Meter Aggregation Issue Back to Legislature

January 9, 2015

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Reporting by Karen Abbott • kabbott@energychoicematters.com

Connecticut has referred back to the General Assembly the question of allowing nonprofit entities to aggregate electric meters that are billable to such entity.

PURA concluded that the legislature's intent regarding non-profit meter aggregation was not clear, which limited PURA's ability to study the feasibility and potential costs and benefits to electric ratepayers of such aggregation.

"[I]n order to perform an appropriate study of the feasibility and costs and benefits of such a measure, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority requires further information, clarification, and definitions regarding certain statutory terms as well as certain features of any contemplated nonprofit entity meter aggregation program," PURA said."

"The PURA requests further legislative guidance and information that would facilitate the Authority to perform a more precise, focused, detailed and thorough review regarding the feasibility and cost effectiveness of electric meter aggregation by non-profit entities. The guidance will also be beneficial if another study is requested in the future where the General Assembly may contemplate implementation of some form of meter aggregation program for non-profit entities. Upon conducting legislative research, the Authority was unable to find any documents discussing Section 54 of the Act that would provide greater detailed explanation in addition to the statutory language. The bill summary and legislative research report did not contain any discussion of the feasibility provision," PURA said.

PURA said that it was unclear if the non-profit meter aggregation was simply intended to allow non-profits to enjoy summary billing across service territories, or was intended to allow non-profits to aggregate meters to avoid multiple per-customer/flat charges associated with multiple meters (which would implicate subsidization of non-profits by other ratepayers).

Docket 14-07-22

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