PA 07-228—sHB 7308

Energy and Technology Committee

Judiciary Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCE RECOVERY OUTPUT PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS AND INDIRECT COSTS AND REMEDIES FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES

SUMMARY: This act eliminates a requirement that electric companies enter into long-term contracts with resources recovery facilities in which the company pays the facility owner the company's retail rate for the power the facility produces. The act requires the companies to continue paying the rate set in existing contracts for the remainder of the contract. But for contracts entered into and approved in 1999, the company must pay the rate set by the Department of Public Utility Control.

By law, a utility can petition the courts to appoint a receiver of rents when the owner of a residential building who is directly billed for utility service fails to pay the bill. If appointed, the receiver receives the rents or other payments the occupants make, pays the current utility bill and certain other expenses, and remits the remainder to the owner. The act additionally allows the receiver to receive rents or payments made (1) on behalf of the building's occupants or (2) by people who are residents rather than occupants. It also expands the provisions to include occupants or residents of facilities, thus potentially subjecting more people to these provisions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage for the resources recovery provisions; July 1, 2007 for the receivership provisions.

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