(a) An electric supplier and an electric distribution company providing standard service or back-up electric generation service, pursuant to section 16-244c, shall submit information to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority that the authority determines will assist customers in making informed decisions when choosing an electric supplier, including, but not limited to, the information provided in subsection (b) of this section. Each supplier or electric distribution company providing standard service or back-up electric generation service, pursuant to section 16-244c, shall, at such times as the authority requires, but not less than annually, submit in a form prescribed by the authority, information that the authority must make available pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and any other information the authority considers relevant. After the authority has received the information required pursuant to this subsection, the supplier shall be eligible to receive customer marketing information from electric distribution companies, as provided in section 16-245o.

(b) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall maintain and make available to customers upon request, a list of electric aggregators and the following information about each electric supplier and each electric distribution company providing standard service or back-up electric generation service, pursuant to section 16-244c: (1) Rates and charges; (2) applicable terms and conditions of a contract for electric generation services; (3) the percentage of the total electric output derived from each of the categories of energy sources, the total emission rates of nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, particulates, heavy metals and other wastes the disposal of which is regulated under state or federal law at the facilities operated by or under long-term contract to the electric supplier or providing electric generation services to an electric distribution company providing standard service or back-up electric generation service, pursuant to section 16-244c, and the analysis of the environmental characteristics of each such category of energy source and to the extent such information is unknown, the estimated percentage of the total electric output for which such information is unknown, along with the word “unknown” for that percentage; (4) a record of customer complaints and the disposition of each complaint; and (5) any other information the authority determines will assist customers in making informed decisions when choosing an electric supplier. The authority shall make available to customers the information filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section not later than thirty days after its receipt. The authority shall put such information in a standard format so that a customer can readily understand and compare the services provided by each electric supplier.

(c) Each electric supplier and electric distribution company shall disclose to customers, in a manner prescribed by the authority and not less than annually, such information as the authority considers relevant. The authority may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(P.A. 98-28, S. 27, 117; P.A. 03-135, S. 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 28; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 45; 13-298, S. 63; P.A. 14-134, S. 92.)

History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 03-135 added language re applicability of section to electric distribution companies providing standard service or back-up electric generation services and made conforming and technical changes throughout and, in Subsec. (b), added “total emission”, effective July 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 amended Subsec. (a) to change submission deadline from quarterly to “at such times as the department requires, but not less than annually” and rephrase language re required information, amended Subsec. (b) to replace language re quarterly updates with language re making information available not later than 30 days after receipt, and added Subsec. (c) re disclosure of relevant information and adoption of regulations; 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; P.A. 13-5 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to delete provision re percentage of total electric output derived from categories of energy sources, effective May 8, 2013; P.A. 13-298 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision re consultation with Consumer Education Advisory Council and amended Subsec. (b)(3) to add provision re percentage of total electric output derived from categories of energy sources and to make a technical change, effective July 8, 2013; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to electric companies, effective June 6, 2014.