HB 5469 — AN ACT CONCERNING COLOCATED ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS AND LARGE ELECTRIC LOAD CUSTOMERS.

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5469421 England12 PowerHB5469 PoolFile GenerationNo. Information System geographic eligibility area in accordance with Rule 2.3 of said system or an area abutting the northern boundary of the New England Power Pool Generation Information System geographic eligibility area that is not interconnected with any other control area that is not a part of the New England Power Pool Generation Information System geographic eligibility area, (C) delivers power into such geographic eligibility area, and (D) has a generating capacity of more than thirty megawatts;

421 interconnected with any other control area that is not a part of the New England Power Pool Generation Information System geographic eligibility area, (C) delivers power into such geographic eligibility area, and (D) has a generating capacity of more than thirty megawatts;

[and] (50) "Grid-side system enhancement" means an investment in distribution system infrastructure, technology and systems designed to enable the deployment of distributed energy resources and allow for grid management and system balancing, including, but not limited to, energy storage systems, distribution system automation and controls, intelligent field systems, advanced distribution system metering, and LCOcommunication 2300and 13systems ofthat 26enable Raisedtwo-way Billpower No.flow;

5469(51) communication"Colocated andelectric systemssupplier" means any person that enableprovides, two-wayor powerplans flow;to provide, electric generation services to a large electric load customer (A) through a physical connection behind such customer's HB5469 / File No.

(51)421 "Colocated13 electricHB5469 supplier"File meansNo. any person that provides, or plans to provide, electric generation services to a large electric load customer (A) through a physical connection behind such customer's point of interconnection with the electric distribution or transmission system, or (B) if both such supplier and such customer have no connection to the electric distribution or transmission system;

421 point of interconnection with the electric distribution or transmission system, or (B) if both such supplier and such customer have no connection to the electric distribution or transmission system;

On and after April 30, 2002, the MIRA Dissolution Authority LCOshall 2300not 14sell or attempt to sell electric generation services to end use customers located in the state using the transmission or distribution facilities of 26an Raisedelectric Billdistribution No.company unless the authority has been issued a license by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in accordance with the provisions of this section.

5469Not shalllater notthan sellJanuary or1, attemptHB5469 to/ sellFile electricNo. generation services to end use customers located in the state using the transmission or distribution facilities of an electric distribution company unless the authority has been issued a license by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in accordance with the provisions of this section.

Not421 later14 thanHB5469 JanuaryFile 1,No. 1999, the authority shall, by regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, developlicensing procedures.The licensing processshall begin not later than April 1, 1999.

421 1999, the authority shall, by regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, developlicensing procedures.The licensing processshall begin not later than April 1, 1999.

(2) the address of the applicant's principal office in the state, if any, or the address of the applicant's agent for LCOservice 2300in 15the ofstate; 26 Raised Bill No.

5469 service in the state;

(5) a disclosure of whether the applicant or any of the applicant's corporate affiliates or officers have been or are currentlyHB5469 under/ investigationFile forNo. the violation of any consumer protection law or regulation, [to which it is subject, either] whether in this state or in another state;

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421 currently under investigation for the violation of any consumer protection law or regulation, [to which it is subject, either] whether in this state or in another state;

(3) operate each [generating] generation facility [operated by or under long-term contract to the licensee shall comply] in compliance with chapter 277a, and any state environmental laws and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, pursuant to section 22a-174j, or ensure that any generation facility with which the LCOlicensee 2300enters 16into ofa 26long-term Raisedcontract Billcomplies No.with said chapter and any such laws and regulations;

5469 licensee enters into a long-term contract complies with said chapter and any such laws and regulations;

(5) [the licensee shall] be a member of the New England Power Pool or its successor or have a contractual relationship with one or more entitiesHB5469 who/ areFile membersNo. of the New England Power Pool or its successor, and [the licensee shall] comply with the rules of the regional independent system operator and standards and any other reliability guidelines of the regional independent systems operator;

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421 entities who are members of the New England Power Pool or its successor, and [the licensee shall] comply with the rules of the regional independent system operator and standards and any other reliability guidelines of the regional independent systems operator;

(12) [the licensee shall] make available to the authority for posting on the authority's Internet web site and [shall] list on the licensee's own Internet web site, on a monthly basis, the highest and lowest electric generation service rate charged by the licensee as part of a variable rate offer in each of the preceding twelve months to any LCOcustomer 2300with 17a peak demand of 26less Raisedthan Billfifty No.kilowatts, cumulated of all such customer's meters, during a twelve-month period;

5469and customer(13) withprovide, in any contract between [a] the licensee and a peakresidential demandcustomer ofeligible lessfor thanstandard fiftyservice kilowatts,entered cumulatedinto ofon alland suchafter customer'sJuly meters,1, during2014, a[shall twelve-monthprovide] period;for the same electric generation service rate that HB5469 / File No.

and421 (13)17 provide,HB5469 inFile anyNo. contract between [a] the licensee and a residential customer eligible for standard service entered into on and after July 1, 2014, [shall provide] for the same electric generation service rate that may not be exceeded for at least the first three billing cycles of the contract, providedthelicensee may decrease suchrate at any time.

421 may not be exceeded for at least the first three billing cycles of the contract, providedthelicensee may decrease suchrate at any time.

LCO[(j)] 2300(k) 18No oflicense 26may Raisedbe Billtransferred, No.and no customer may be assigned or transferred, without the prior approval of the authority.

5469[Notice [(j)]of] (k)An Noelectric licensesupplier mayor bea transferred,colocated andelectric nosupplier customershall mayprovide benotice assignedof any such assignment or transferred,transfer without[shall be provided to the priorPublic approvalUtilities ofRegulatory Authority at least] to the authority.authority not lessthanthirty days [prior to]before theeffective date oftheassignment HB5469 / File No.

[Notice421 of]18 AnHB5469 electricFile supplierNo. or a colocated electric supplier shall provide notice of any such assignment or transfer [shall be provided to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority at least] to the authority not lessthanthirty days [prior to]before theeffective date oftheassignment or transfer of a customer from one electric supplier to another electric supplier or from one colocated electric supplier to another colocated electric supplier.

421 or transfer of a customer from one electric supplier to another electric supplier or from one colocated electric supplier to another colocated electric supplier.

(1) For LCOcalendar 2300years 19up ofto 26and Raisedincluding Billcalendar year 2017, five and one-half cents per kilowatt hour, (2) for calendar years commencing on January 1, 2018, and up to and including the calendar year commencing on January 1, 2020, five and one-half cents per kilowatt hour if the licensee fails to comply with the renewable portfolio standards during the subject annualperiodfor ClassI renewableenergy sources,andtwo and one-half cents per kilowatt hour if the licensee fails to comply with the HB5469 / File No.

5469421 calendar19 yearsHB5469 upFile toNo. and including calendar year 2017, five and one-half cents per kilowatt hour, (2) for calendar years commencing on January 1, 2018, and up to and including the calendar year commencing on January 1, 2020, five and one-half cents per kilowatt hour if the licensee fails to comply with the renewable portfolio standards during the subject annualperiodfor ClassI renewableenergy sources,andtwo and one-half cents per kilowatt hour if the licensee fails to comply with the renewable portfolio standards during the subject annual period for Class II renewable energy sources, and (3) for calendar years commencing on and after January 1, 2021, four cents per kilowatt hour if the licensee fails to comply with the renewable portfolio standards during the subject annual period for Class I renewable energy sources, and two and one-half cents per kilowatt hour if the licensee fails to comply with the renewable portfolio standards during the subject annual period for Class II renewable energy sources.

421 renewable portfolio standards during the subject annual period for Class II renewable energy sources, and (3) for calendar years commencing on and after January 1, 2021, four cents per kilowatt hour if the licensee fails to comply with the renewable portfolio standards during the subject annual period for Class I renewable energy sources, and two and one-half cents per kilowatt hour if the licensee fails to comply with the renewable portfolio standards during the subject annual period for Class II renewable energy sources.

The authority shall allocate such payment to the Clean Energy Fund for the development of Class I renewable energy sources, provided, on and after June 5, 2013, any such payment shall be refunded to ratepayers by using such payment to offset the costs to all customers of electric distribution companies of the costs of contracts and tariffs entered into pursuant to sections 16-244r, 16-244t and section 16-244z, except that, on and after January 1, 2023, any such payment that is attributable to a failure to comply with the Class II renewable portfolio standards shall be deposited in the sustainable materials management account LCOestablished 2300pursuant 20to ofsection 2616-244bb. Raised Bill No.

5469 established pursuant to section 16-244bb.

For any licensee that is a colocated electric supplier, the authority may, inHB5469 the/ authority'sFile discretion,No. waive or modify any of the requirements of this subsection.

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421 in the authority's discretion, waive or modify any of the requirements of this subsection.

and (E) disclosure of whether the applicant or any of the applicant's corporate affiliates or officers, if LCOapplicable, 2300have 21been or are currently under investigation for violation of 26any Raisedconsumer Billprotection No.law or regulation to which it is subject, either in this state or in another state.

5469 applicable, have been or are currently under investigation for violation of any consumer protection law or regulation to which it is subject, either in this state or in another state.

(4) Not more than thirty days after receiving an application for a certificate of registration, the authority shall notify the applicant whetherHB5469 the/ applicationFile isNo. complete or whether the applicant must submit additional information.

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421 whether the application is complete or whether the applicant must submit additional information.

To receive and maintain a license under this section, the authority shall LCOrequire 2300that 22a ofcolocated 26electric Raisedsupplier Billshall: No.

5469 require that a colocated electric supplier shall:

NotwithstandingHB5469 the/ provisionsFile ofNo. this subdivision, the authority may waive the requirement that a colocated electric supplier supply the entire anticipatedelectricloadofsuchcustomer,or for areserve margin, if the authority deems that such waiver is (A) in the best interest of all ratepayers in the state, (B) consistent with the integrated resources plan developed pursuant to section 16a-3a, if applicable, and (C) consistent with the comprehensive energy strategy developed pursuant to section 16a-3d, if applicable;

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421 Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, the authority may waive the requirement that a colocated electric supplier supply the entire anticipatedelectricloadofsuchcustomer,or for areserve margin, if the authority deems that such waiver is (A) in the best interest of all ratepayers in the state, (B) consistent with the integrated resources plan developed pursuant to section 16a-3a, if applicable, and (C) consistent with the comprehensive energy strategy developed pursuant to section 16a-3d, if applicable;

(o) Any person, municipality or regional water authority may seek a declaratory ruling from the authority to determine whether any existing project or any project plannedor proposedbysuchperson,municipality LCOorauthoritywillbedeemedacolocatedelectricsupplierpursuanttothis 2300section. 23 of 26 Raised Bill No.

5469 orauthoritywillbedeemedacolocatedelectricsupplierpursuanttothis section.

(p) (1) Not later than April 1, 2027, each electric distribution company and municipal utility shall file with the authority a proposal for a tariff concerningHB5469 the/ provisionFile ofNo. electricity to large load electric customers that interconnect to the distribution or transmission system in the state after October 1, 2026.

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421 concerning the provision of electricity to large load electric customers that interconnect to the distribution or transmission system in the state after October 1, 2026.

(B) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the authority shall LCOrequire 2300each 24electric ofdistribution 26company Raisedor Billmunicipal No.utility to:

5469 require each electric distribution company or municipal utility to:

(iii) in additionHB5469 to/ anyFile otherNo. security required by the authority, provide for the posting of deposits or financial security, in a form approved by the authority, sufficient to protect ratepayers against a material increase in rates should the large electric load customer project cease operations or require less electric service than anticipated over the ten-year period beginning when service commences;

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421 addition to any other security required by the authority, provide for the posting of deposits or financial security, in a form approved by the authority, sufficient to protect ratepayers against a material increase in rates should the large electric load customer project cease operations or require less electric service than anticipated over the ten-year period beginning when service commences;

LCO(r) 2300Nothing 25in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of 26the RaisedConnecticut BillSiting No.Council to act with respect to the siting of any facility.

5469 (r) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Connecticut Siting Council to act with respect to the siting of any facility.

(a) As used in this section, "self-generation facility" means a facility that (1) generates electricity, (2) is owned or operated by an entity other thanHB5469 an/ electricFile distributionNo. company, [as defined in section 16-1, or] an electric supplier, or a colocated electric supplier, as those terms are defined in [said] section 16-1, as amended by this act, and (3) operates inparallelwithother generationonthedistributionsystemofanelectric distribution company and which reduces or eliminates the purchase of electricity through the distribution network.

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421 than an electric distribution company, [as defined in section 16-1, or] an electric supplier, or a colocated electric supplier, as those terms are defined in [said] section 16-1, as amended by this act, and (3) operates inparallelwithother generationonthedistributionsystemofanelectric distribution company and which reduces or eliminates the purchase of electricity through the distribution network.

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421 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill requires the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), by January 1, 2027, to open a proceeding on co-located supplier licenses and tariffs for grid-connected large load electric customers.

This is not expected to result in a fiscal impact as PURA has the staff and expertise necessary to do so.

The bill makes other changes to electric distribution companies and co-located electric suppliers, which has no fiscal impact on the state.

Rate Payer Impact The bill subjects co-located suppliers to the same licensing procedures and provisions as retail electric suppliers and establishes new tariffs for grid-connected large load electric customers that interconnect to the state’s distribution or transmission system after October 1, 2026 (grid-connected large load customers).

The changes implementedwithinthebillensurethatexistingutilitycustomersdonot pay the total costs related to interconnecting new large electric load customers, which could result in savings to rate payers.

Additionally, by controlling load growth rate payers are less likely to incur additional costs.

The net impact, which is anticipated to yield lower costs to rate payers, is indeterminate and would be dependent upon various decisions that are outside the immediate scope of the bill.

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421 The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None HB5469 / File No.

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421 OLR Bill Analysis HB 5469 AN ACT CONCERNING COLOCATED ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS AND LARGE ELECTRIC LOAD CUSTOMERS.

SUMMARY This bill generally establishes a framework for regulating the electric supply of certain large electric load customers (for example, large data centers).

Primarily, the bill (1) sets licensure requirements for co-located electricsupplierswho provideelectricity to large loadcustomersand (2) requires the electric distribution companies (EDCs;

Eversource and United Illuminating) to create new tariffs (rate schedules and related requirements) for providing electricity to other large electric load customers that interconnect to the state’s distribution or transmission system after October 1, 2026 (grid-connected large load customers).

Under the bill, a “large electric load customer” is any electric customer whose peak demand is at least 50 megawatts.

A “co-located electric supplier” is any person (including entities) that provides, or plans to provide, electric generation services to a large electric load customer (1) through a physical connection behind the customer’s point of interconnection with the electric distribution or transmission system (for example, behind-the-meter on-site generation) or (2) if both the supplierandthecustomerhavenoconnectiontotheelectricdistribution or transmission system (generation that connects only with the customer and not the grid).

The bill generally subjects co-located suppliers to the same licensing procedures and provisions as retail electric suppliers, including provisions that require licensees to annually submit certain information to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) and prohibit transferring a license without PURA’s approval.

However, the bill also allows PURA to waive certain provisions.

It also sets certain licensing HB5469 / File No.

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421 criteria specific to co-located suppliers, such as a requirement for them to supply all of their large electric load customer’s anticipated electric load, plus an additional amount to cover a specified reserve margin, with energy from new generation (that entered service after July 1, 2026), subject to certain exceptions.

Through the new tariffs for grid-connected large electric load customers, the bill generally requires, among other things:

1.

the customer to contract with new generation for all of the customer’s anticipated electric load, plus an additional amount to cover a specified reserve margin;

2.

PURA to consider, when deciding whether to approve the tariff, whether it reasonably protects other ratepayers against increased retail rates due to new or increased transmission, distribution, capacity, energy, or other costs;

and 3.

the EDCs to ensure that a new large electric load customer has adequate financial guarantees to pay for at least 85% of its requested electric service for at least 10 years.

The bill requires PURA, by January 1, 2027, to open a proceeding to implement the bill’s provisions on co-located supplier licenses and tariffs for grid-connected large electric load customers.

It also makes numerous minor, technical, and conforming changes.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2026 CO-LOCATED ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS The bill requires any person, municipality, or regional water authority that wants to sell, attempt to sell, or otherwise provide electric generation services to a large electric load customer in a co-located or behind-the-meter arrangement to first obtain a co-located electric supplier license from PURA.

Licensing Provisions Specific to Co-Located Suppliers The bill generally requires a co-located electric supplier licensee to HB5469 / File No.

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421 meet the same licensing process and requirements as a licensed retail electricsupplier,althoughitalsoallowsPURAtowaiveormodifymany of them (see below).

However, it also adds additional requirements specific to co-located electric supplier licenses.

More specifically, to qualify for a license a co-located electric supplier must file an application with PURA.

The bill sets licensure requirements on new generation, annual reporting, and renewable portfolio standard (RFS) compliance, as described below.

Supply From New Generation.

The co-locatedsupplier must supply at least 100% of its large electric load customer’s anticipated electric load, plus an additional amount to cover a specified reserve margin determined by PURA, from a generation source that enters service on or after July 1, 2026, or from an incremental increase to an existing generation resource’s nameplate capacity that PURA determines to be adequate.

However, PURA may waive this requirement if it is (1) in the best interest of all ratepayers in the state;

(2) consistent with the state’s Integrated Resources Plan (IRP), if applicable;

and (3) consistent with the state’s Comprehensive Energy Strategy, if applicable.

Annual Report.

The co-located supplier must file an annual report with PURA that describes the generation and load characteristics of the co-located supplier and large electric load customer to show PURA that the co-located supplier complies with the supply requirements described above.

Renewable Portfolio Standard.

The co-located supplier must comply with the state’s RFS requirements for retail electric suppliers.

However, for any generation source used by a co-located supplier that enters service on or after December 31, 2030, PURA may require the co- located supplier to retire a greater number of regional renewable energy certificates than the RPS requires if PURA finds that the IRP supports such a requirement.

Generally, the RPS law requires EDCs and retail suppliers to procure an increasing portion of their power from certain renewable and other HB5469 / File No.

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421 clean energy resources.

Applicable Retail Supplier Licensing Provisions As mentioned above, the bill also generally requires a co-located electric supplier to meet the same licensing process and requirements as a licensed retail electric supplier.

Among other things, these provisions generally:

1.

allow PURA to condition a license on proof that the applicant’s products are not overpriced or harmful to residential customers;

2.

require a license applicant to show that it has the technical, managerial, and financial capability to provide electric generation services and maintain a bond or other security to ensure its financial responsibility;

3.

specify the license application and approval process;

4.

require a licensed supplier to notify PURA at least 10 days in advance of a change in its corporate structure or scope of service;

5.

require PURA’s approval before a license or customer may be assigned or transferred;

and 6.

allow PURA to issue civil penalties for noncompliance with the supplier licensing laws.

Retail Supplier Requirements That PURA May Waive for Co- Located Suppliers The bill allows PURA, in its discretion, to waive or modify for a co- located electric supplier certain provisions that currently apply to licensed retail electric suppliers.

Among other things, these provisions generally require licensed suppliers to:

1.

comply with the National Labor Relations Act, if applicable, and the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act;

2.

have their generating facilities comply with state laws on siting electric generation facilities and emissions;

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comply with the state’s RPS law;

4.

join the New England Power Pool and comply with the regional independent system operator’s (ISO-NE) rules and guidelines;

5.

agree to cooperate with PURA if there is an emergency condition that may jeopardize the safety and reliability of electric service;

6.

comply with the code of conduct for EDCs;

7.

comply with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s applicable licensing requirements;

8.

offer a time-of-use price option to customers;

and 9.

acknowledge that it is subject to certain state taxes and pay all state taxes it is subject to.

The bill also allows PURA, in its discretion, to waive or modify for a co-located electric supplier current provisions that generally (1) subject licensed suppliersto PURA-imposedcivilpenaltiesfor failingto comply with their licensing conditions or violating the supplier licensing law and (2) require certain payments by and procedures for suppliers who fail to meet certain RPS requirements.

Declaratory Rulings The bill allows any person, municipality, or regional water authority to seek a declaratory ruling from PURA to determine whether any existing project or any project they planned or proposed will be deemed a co-located electric supplier.

The bill also allows PURA, on its own motion, to open a proceeding to investigate any person supplying electricity to a large electric load customer or a potential large electric load customer to determine whether the person is acting as an unlicensed co-located electric supplier.

GRID-CONNECTED LARGE ELECTRIC LOAD CUSTOMERS The bill requires each EDC and municipal utility, by April 1, 2027, to file with PURA a proposal for a tariff on providing electricity to large HB5469 / File No.

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421 electric load customers that interconnect to the distribution or transmission system in the state after October 1, 2026.

(The bill does not define “municipal utility,” but presumably, this would only include municipal electric companies.) Except for largeelectricloadcustomersservedby aco-located electric supplier, the tariff must at least require the large load customer to contract with or otherwise provide for a generation source that supplies at least 100% of the customer’s anticipated electric load, plus an additional amount to cover a specified reserve margin determined by PURA, from a generation source that enters service on or after July 1, 2026, and that has not previously cleared an ISO-NE capacity market auction.

The tariff must also account for any potential transmission or distribution impacts of any large electric load customer on all other ratepayers in the state, including any large electric load customers served by a co-located electric supplier.

Once an EDC or municipal utility files the tariff, the bill requires PURA to open a proceeding to review and seek public comment on the proposal.

In determining whether to approve or modify the proposal, PURA must consider whether it reasonably protects ratepayers who are not large electric load customers against increased retail rates due to new or increased transmission, distribution, capacity, energy, or other costs resulting solely or primarily from serving large electric load customers.

The bill requires PURA, in carrying out the bill’s provisions, to require each EDC or municipal utility to:

1.

ensure that any new large electric load customer has adequate financial guarantees that it will pay for at least 85% of the electric service it requests for at least 10 years after its electric service begins;

2.

require any new large electric load customer to (a) show, to PURA’s reasonable satisfaction, that its proposed project is unique and not duplicative of any other large electric load HB5469 / File No.

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421 customer project, whether located in the state or elsewhere, and (b) identify the project’s interdependencies;

3.

provide for the posting of deposits or financial security, in a PURA-approved form (and in addition to any other PURA- required security), sufficient to protect ratepayers against a material rate increase if the large electric load customer project ceases operations or requires less electric service than anticipated over the 10-year period after service begins;

and 4.

implement any other provisions that PURA deems necessary to protect ratepayers in the state.

The bill allows PURA, regardless of the bill’s tariff provisions, to waive the new generation requirement for a large electric load customer that does not have a co-located electric supplier (the requirement to be served by a generation source that enters service on or after July 1, 2026, andthat hasnot previously clearedanISO-NEcapacity market auction).

To do so, the customer must show PURA that it has sufficient electric demand flexibility to eliminate the need for the generation.

The bill gives PURA discretion to determine what constitutes an appropriate level of electric demand flexibility.

But in exercising this discretion, PURA must consider how ISO-NE treats electric demand or operational flexibility in transmission and resource adequacy planning.

OTHER PROVISIONS The bill specifies that it does not limit the Connecticut Siting Council’s authority to act on siting any facility.

It also specifies that a co- located electric supplier is not a “self-generation facility.” Generally, the law requires customers who have installed self-generation facilities to pay a PURA-determined fee to offset any revenue loss or potential loss to the competitive transition assessment, the systems benefits charge, the conservation adjustment mechanisms, and the Clean Energy Fund assessment charged on ratepayers’ electric bills.

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421 COMMITTEE ACTION Energy and Technology Committee Joint Favorable Yea 26 Nay 0 (03/19/2026) HB5469 / File No.

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