Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16-245d-2 - Billing relationship between electric distribution company and electric suppliers
(a) For purposes of
this section, an electric distribution company shall classify current charges
and past due charges in accordance with its rules and regulations filed with
the department.
(b) Except as
provided in subsection (c), an electric distribution company that bills
customers for both electric distribution services and electric generation
services shall apply any partial bill payments or late bill payments as
follows:
(1) Total past due balances for the
competitive transition assessment, the systems benefits charge, applicable end
user taxes, the conservation and load management charge, the renewable energy
investment charge, electric transmission service, and electric distribution
service; then
(2) Total past due
balances for electric generation services from present electric suppliers;
then
(3) Total past due balances
for alternative transitional standard offer or alternative standard service;
then
(4) Current charges for the
competitive transition assessment, the systems benefits charge, applicable end
user taxes, the conservation and load management charge, the renewable energy
investment charge, electric transmission service, and electric distribution
service; then
(5) Current charges
for electric generation services; then
(6) Current charges for alternative
transitional standard offer or alternative standard service; then
(7) Total charges for electric generation
services from former electric suppliers, in which case the most recent electric
suppliers shall be paid first.
(c) Subsection (b) shall not apply to an
electric distribution company that assumes all generation services charges by
paying electric suppliers at the time the bill is rendered, as approved by the
Department of Public Utility Control. In such case, the electric distribution
company shall apply partial bill payments or late bill payments first to all
past due balances, then to all current charges.
(d) An electric supplier that bills customers
for electric generation services shall apply partial bill payments or late bill
payments first to all past due balances, then to all current charges.
(e) The Department of Public Utility Control
may waive compliance with subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section
upon a showing of a conflict between said subsections and federal or state law
regarding the allocation of energy assistance bill payments. Any request for
such a waiver shall demonstrate the conflict between said subsections and
federal or state law and shall state which customers or payments to which the
waiver would apply and a proposed methodology for allocating such
payments.
(f) Unless otherwise
provided by contract between the electric distribution company and the electric
supplier, the electric distribution company shall, no later than thirty (30)
days after full or partial receipt of customer payments for the electric
generation services component of the bill, send such full or partial payments
to the electric supplier.
(g)
Following the termination of the relationship between a customer and an
electric supplier, unless otherwise provided by contract between the electric
distribution company and the electric supplier, an electric distribution
company that bills the customer for both electric distribution services and
electric generation services may cause the electric supplier to be solely
responsible for collecting its balances associated with such customer after the
issuance of the second customer bill following the termination of the
relationship.
(h) The amount and
rate of recovery of reasonable transaction costs that an electric distribution
company may recover from electric suppliers for the provision of customer
billing services shall be determined by the department, upon application by an
electric distribution company, either in a rate proceeding held pursuant to
section
16-19
of the Connecticut General Statutes or in another proceeding. An electric
distribution company shall, consistent with the provisions of Section
16-19
of the Connecticut General Statutes notify each electric supplier to which it
supplies customer billing services of any proposed rate amendment.
Notes
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