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Energy and Technology Committee votes to refer bill expanding Office of Consumer Counsel role in siting council proceedings
Summary
The Connecticut Energy and Technology Committee voted to refer House Bill 7206 (file copy 687) to JF after debate over increasing the Office of Consumer Counsel’s role in siting council proceedings and the bill’s fiscal impact on ratepayers.
The Energy and Technology Committee voted to refer House Bill 7206 (file copy 687) — a measure that would increase the Office of Consumer Counsel’s participation in siting council proceedings and tighten reporting on certain utility expenditures — to JF to the floor.
The bill, described at the hearing as aiming to “strengthen the hand” of the siting council and to give the Office of Consumer Counsel (OCC) a larger role in analysis and deliberations, drew debate over its fiscal note and the short-term cost to ratepayers. Committee leaders said the changes are intended to help the siting council make more informed decisions and to limit the types of costs utilities may seek to recover before the council.
Representative Jonathan Steinberg, cochair of the Energy and Technology Committee, said the measure would “give [OCC] not…
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