Connecticut

The Connecticut Energy and Technology Committee (E&T) has posted the agenda for a public hearing the Committee will hold on February 21, beginning at noon, in Room 1B of the Legislative Office Building. The Meeting will also take place over Zoom, and be streamed on the E&T Youtube Page. The E&T Committee will take testimony …

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On August 18, 2022, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) issued a Request for Comments regarding the 2022 Comprehensive Energy Strategy (CES). Under Section 16a-3d of the Connecticut General Statutes, DEEP is tasked with preparing a CES every four years to examine future energy needs, identify opportunities for cost reduction for ratepayers, …

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On August 12, 2021, in Docket 11-12-06, Eversource Energy (Eversource) submitted a compliance filing regarding the LREC/ZREC program solicitations to the Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) reporting the number of LRECs and ZRECs that Connecticut Light and Power purchased and retired or banked in vintage year 2020, and thus far in 2021 to be retired in 2021. …

Continue reading “LREC/ZREC program compliance filing shows Eversource obtained 427,469 RECs in 2020, and 94,331 thus far in 2021”

On April 21, 2021, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) issued a Notice in Docket 20-07-01, announcing that it is reopening its February 10 Interim Decision (summarized in Digest 88), which established both a residential renewable energy “buy-all” tariff and a netting tariff (as required by Gen. Stat. § 16-244z(b)(2) , which is a successor to the current Residential Solar Investment Program …

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On February 4, 2021, the Joint Energy and Technology (E&T) Committee announced that it will hold a meeting on February 9 at 11:00 am. The meeting will be streamed both on YouTube Live and CT-N. The E&T Committee will discuss the following concepts that may be related to renewable energy to be drafted as Raised …

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On June 16, 2020, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) issued a Notice of Working Group Meeting in Docket 17-12-03RE06, PURA’s Grid Modernization Docket that focuses on Interconnection Standards and Practices. The Interconnection Standards working group will hold a meeting on June 25 at 3:00 pm, during which the working group will interview the Electric …

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On June 18, 2020, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and its consultant Levitan and Associates, Inc. (Levitan) held a technical meeting during which Levitan presented the preliminary model results for the Clean Energy Pathways Analysis, which is part of DEEP’s 2018 Integrated Resources Planning (IRP) proceeding. The slides from the technical meeting …

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As discussed in Digest 66, on February 1, 2018, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) issued their Final Determination and Final Resource Assessment, which recommended that DEEP should proceed with a procurement for energy from zero-carbon resource types. As discussed in Digest 68, DEEP and PURA …

Continue reading “DEEP issues draft RFP for up to 12 TWh per year of zero carbon energy from Class I, hydro, nuclear and/or energy storage; comments on draft RFP due July 20”

On May 26, 2017, in Docket 12-06-02RE03 (which was re-opened to amend the EDCs procurement plan – see Digest 60 for more information) Eversource Energy (Eversource) notified the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) that beginning January 1, 2018 the EDC would discontinue its self-supply procurement activities as authorized by PURA’s Procurement Manager. Eversource noted that “the inherent risks and …

Continue reading “In response to a settlement regarding 2015 RPS compliance, Eversource notifies PURA that the EDC will discontinue self-supply procurement activities beginning January 1, 2018”

On May 6, 2016, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) issued a Notice of Proceeding and Scoping Meeting for the state’s 2016 Comprehensive Energy Strategy (CES). According to the notice, DEEP will hold a scoping meeting for the 2016 CES on May 24, 2016 at 9:00 am in Hearing Room 1 at DEEP’s New Britain …

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On April 28, 2016, Eversource and UI issued a joint RFP for Low and Zero Emissions Renewable Energy Credit Program. The companies are seeking to purchase LRECs and ZRECs for the fifth year of the program, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 16-244(r), 16-244(s) and 16-244(t). Those interested in placing bids should consult the standard contract form. …

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