Conn. PURA Holding Working Group Meeting on Incorporating Statute in Customer Protection Rules

July 12, 2011
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The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (formerly the DPUC) is holding a working group meeting today on Docket No. 10-06-24, regarding electric consumer protection measures, and incorporation of recent legislation into the standards.

Among other things, the following issues will be discussed:

1. Section 113 of Public Act 11-80 (SB 1243): Whether independent contractors who are contracted with or otherwise compensated by electric suppliers under "Broker" or "independent contractor" agreements to perform sales, marketing or solicitation would be considered "third-party agents" under subsection (f) of the statute. As previously reported (6/7), P.A. 11-80 requires that any third-party agent who contracts with or is otherwise compensated by an electric supplier to sell electric generation services shall be a legal agent of the electric supplier.

2. Supplier-Aggregator Relationship: Whether P.A. 11-80 affects the Authority's rulings in the March 16, 2011 Decision in Docket No. 10-06-24;

3. Compliance Regarding Order No. 5 in the March 16, 2011 Decision in Docket No. 10-06-24, which directed suppliers to report on any agency relationship with aggregators; and

4. Status of the Order Imposing Stay issued by the Authority on March 30, 2011, in Docket No. 10-06-24. The stay related to the DPUC's prior order that aggregators shall cease relying on power of attorney agreements to enroll customers with suppliers

Additionally, TransCanada Power Marketing sought clarification from PURA regarding Public Act 11-80 on several issues, including:

- Section 113(f)(6), Limit on Early Termination Fees Assessed on Residential Customers: TransCanada sought confirmation that the limit on termination fees does not apply to residential meters where the contractual counterparty is a non-residential customer that may happen to have one or more accounts that are classified by the electric distribution company as a residential service class (e.g. a university).

- Section 121, Virtual Net Metering: The act establishes virtual net metering for certain municipal customers. TransCanada sought clarification on various administrative issues, and whether or not it is necessary for a virtual net metered account served by an electric supplier to be billed by the electric distribution company in order for a host municipal customer to receive virtual net metering credits

- Section 104(g), Required Time-of-Use Pricing by Suppliers: TransCanada sought guidance or any details regarding the new requirement for electric suppliers to file time of use rates with the Authority for suppliers who do not generate general or standard rate offerings. For example, all of TransCanada's price offerings are created specifically for each customer and/or account.

- Section 113(f)(3), Disclosure of Electric Distribution Company's Charges by Suppliers: TransCanada requested that the exact distribution service cost information required to be disclosed by suppliers be posted and maintained on a website either by the Authority or by the electric distribution companies. Any updates or revisions to the information should be made at specific and regular time intervals, or otherwise electronic notice should be provided to all suppliers, TransCanada said.

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