Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16-47a-5 - Joint purchases. Centralized support services. Shared services and properties
(a)
Joint
Purchases. Except as otherwise prohibited by the Department, a gas
company and its affiliates may make joint purchases of goods and services.
Examples of permissible joint purchases shall include joint purchases of
general office supplies and telephone services. A gas company shall ensure that
all joint purchases are priced, reported, and conducted in a manner that
permits clear identification of the gas company and its affiliates' portion(s)
of such purchases, and in accordance with the Gas Code of Conduct as well as
other applicable Department pricing, allocation and reporting
requirements.
(b)
Centralized
Support Services. A gas company, its parent holding company, or any
other affiliate may share joint corporate oversight, governance, management and
administrative activities, support systems, personnel and shared corporate
support services. Any shared or joint corporate support services, management or
administrative activities shall be priced, reported and conducted in accordance
with the Gas Code of Conduct as well as other applicable Department pricing and
reporting requirements.
(c)
Shared Employees, Equipment and Properties.
(1) Except as otherwise prohibited by the
Department, a gas company and its affiliates may share employees. However, with
the exception of other Connecticut regulated public service companies, or in
connection with shared corporate support services, the use of shared employees
shall be minimized and shall be subject to all of the following limitations and
requirements:
(A) If a shared employee
acquires knowledge of any private market sensitive information, such employee
is prohibited from sharing such information or using such information to the
unfair competitive advantage of any company; and
(B) A gas company shall ensure that all
shared employees shall record time in a manner consistent with a master service
framework or service agreement, which shall be maintained routinely and
available for Department review upon request. A master service framework or
service agreement shall clearly indentify the job titles or positions, the
salary and benefits or each position and the portion or percentage of such
salary or benefits to be borne by the gas company and each affiliate.
(2) Except as otherwise prohibited
by the Department, a gas company and its affiliates may share the use of
vehicles, equipment and office space provided the provision of such services is
established in a master framework or service agreement that is available for
Department review and is not anticompetitive or discriminatory.
(d) A gas company shall not share
with an unregulated affiliate any market analysis report, survey, research or
any other type of report that is proprietary or not available to the public,
including, without limitation, a forecast, planning or strategic
report.
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