The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall operate a purchasing pool for the purchase of electricity for state operations. Said department shall provide the opportunity to participate in such purchasing pool to each household that includes an individual who receives means-tested assistance administered by the state or federal government. Any such household shall receive through such purchasing pool the same benefits and rate discounts available for state facilities. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall use federal and state energy assistance funds to leverage the lowest practicable electric rates for households participating in such pool, provided such funds shall not be used for administrative purposes. The provisions of section 16-245 shall not apply to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for purposes of this section.
(P.A. 98-28, S. 60, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 9; P.A. 16-173, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Office of Policy and Management” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-94 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding provisions re inclusion of operations of municipalities, solicitation of proposals and making grants available to municipalities to join purchasing pool, added Subsec. (b) re solicitations from retail electric suppliers for purchasing pool of 370,000 megawatt hours or less per year, added Subsec. (c) re when purchasing pool exceeds 370,000 megawatt hours per year, added Subsec. (d) re purchasing pool and energy improvement districts constituting electric power entities and added Subsec. (e) re municipal electric energy cooperative providing electric generation services to electric power entities, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 16-173 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, deleted provisions re municipalities participating in purchasing pool and deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (e), effective June 7, 2016.