Connecticut § 16-244l - l . Modification of fuel cell electricity purchase agreements.

§ 16-244l. l . Modification of fuel cell electricity purchase agreements.

Sec. 16-244l. Modification of fuel cell electricity purchase agreements. The administrator of any project utilizing fuel cells with an electricity purchase agreement entered into and approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority pursuant to subsection (h) of section 16-244c with a generating capacity of not greater than five megawatts, to be sited within fifty feet of a natural gas transmission facility that operates at pressures in excess of one hundred fifty pounds, may submit a request to said authority for a modification to such purchase agreement that would permit the project to move to an alternative location and allow for an equitable adjustment in contract pricing to account for any change in the project attributable to the change in location. Said authority shall open a docket to review such modification request not later than thirty days after receipt of such request. Said authority may approve such modification request not later than one hundred twenty days after receipt of such request. Factors affecting such modification shall be limited to location, contract pricing and schedule attributable to the change in location. No existing electricity purchase agreement shall be cancelled or deemed in noncompliance by an electric distribution company until such modification is approved.

(P.A. 10-152, S. 9; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 38.)

History: P.A. 10-152 effective June 8, 2010; 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 made a technical change, effective May 8, 2013.