On or before October first of each even-numbered year, a gas company, as defined in section 16-1, shall furnish a report to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority containing a five-year forecast of loads and resources. The report shall describe the facilities and supply sources that, in the judgment of such gas company, will be required to meet gas demands during the forecast period. The report shall be made available to the public and shall be furnished to the chief executive officer of each municipality in the service area of such gas company, the regional council of governments which encompasses each such municipality, the Attorney General, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public utilities, any other member of the General Assembly making a request to the authority for the report and such other state and municipal entities as the authority may designate by regulation. The report shall include: (1) A tabulation of estimated peak loads and resources for each year; (2) data on gas use and peak loads for the five preceding calendar years; (3) a list of present and projected gas supply sources; (4) specific measures to control load growth and promote conservation; and (5) such other information as the authority may require by regulation. A full description of the methodology used to arrive at the forecast of loads and resources shall also be furnished to the authority. The authority shall hold a public hearing on such reports upon the request of any person. On or before August first of each odd-numbered year, the authority may request a gas company to furnish to the authority an updated report. A gas company shall furnish any such updated report not later than sixty days following the request of the authority.

(P.A. 87-32; P.A. 89-50; 89-291, S. 5, 8; P.A. 94-1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 6, 121; P.A. 02-16, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 22; P.A. 06-196, S. 230; P.A. 07-242, S. 115; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 130; P.A. 11-6, S. 125; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 312; 13-298, S. 15.)

History: P.A. 89-50 added new Subsec. (b) re submission of gas conservation plans; P.A. 89-291 changed submission date of 10-year forecast report; P.A. 94-1 changed annual reports to biennial reports and added provisions re updated reports and plans and supply and load management; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 02-16 changed the forecast period from 10 years to 5 years throughout, amended Subsec. (a) to add “upon the request of any person” and made a technical change in Subsec. (b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes, to delete provisions re the content of the plan and substitute broader language re compliance with section, to delete language re public hearings and submission of updated plans and substitute language re an uncontested proceeding, added Subsec. (c) re assistance from and review by the Energy Conservation Management Board, cost-effectiveness testing, contents of the programs included in the plan, source of funding, and authority for expenditures, and added Subsec. (d) re the lack of requirement for conservation charge, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (c)(2), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-242 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that tax imposed by Sec. 12-264 shall fund the plan, that services shall be available to all gas company customers, and that each company shall apply to board for expense reimbursement, made a technical change in Subsec. (c)(1) and deleted former Subsec. (d) re conservation charge, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 amended Subsec. (b) to specify that Comptroller shall deposit excess revenue before accounts for the General Fund have been closed for each fiscal year, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-6 amended Subsec. (b) to remove provision re funding of plan by revenue from tax imposed by Sec. 12-264, effective May 4, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “regional planning agency” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “regional council of governments”, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 13-298 deleted Subsec. (a) designator and former Subsecs. (b) and (c) re gas conservation plan and programs contained in the plan, effective July 8, 2013.