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PURA approves 2026 CAM charges for electric and gas utilities
Summary
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approved 2026 conservation adjustment mechanism (CAM) charges for two electric and three gas distribution companies to fund Connecticut’s energy efficiency programs, finalizing factors staff said will produce required revenues for the conservation and load management budget.
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approved final conservation adjustment mechanism (CAM) charges for two electric distribution companies and three local gas distributors at its June 17, 2026, remote meeting.
Authority staff member Jenna Viagras told commissioners the CAM charge, together with other revenue sources, funds the energy efficiency fund that supports Connecticut’s conservation and load management plan and that review of the companies’ applications and interrogatory responses showed the companies’ proposed 2026 CAM factors were appropriate to produce the budgeted revenues. "In this decision, the authority approves the conservation adjustment mechanism charge," Viagras said.
Staff recommended approval after noting the authority had provisionally approved the companies’ proposed factors earlier this year and revised factors for Connecticut Natural Gas and Southern Connecticut Gas. The authority adopted final factors described by staff: 0.6 cents per kilowatt-hour for Eversource and United Illuminating; 4.6 cents per 100 cubic feet (CCF) for Yankee Gas; 4.02 cents per CCF for Connecticut Natural Gas; and 4.05 cents per CCF for Southern Connecticut Gas.
A motion to consider the decision was moved and seconded, and a roll call vote was taken and recorded; the chair and the listed commissioners voted to adopt the decision. The authority’s action finalizes the charge levels for 2026 and directs collection consistent with the approved conservation and load management budget.
Background and context: CAM charges are a per-unit adjustment on customer bills that capture revenues to support energy-efficiency programs administered by distribution companies under the state plan. Staff said the factors were reviewed for consistency with the revenue requirement and statutory limits. No requests for further hearings were reported at the meeting.
The authority adopted the decision at the meeting; no follow-up action was announced other than routine implementation by staff and the distribution companies.
