The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall authorize any municipality or state or federal governmental entity that owns, operates or leases any Class I renewable energy source, as defined in § 16-1, Class III source, as defined in § 16-1, or generation source under five megawatts, to independently distribute electricity generated from any such source across a public highway or street, provided (1) any such source is connected to a municipal microgrid, as defined in subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of § 16-243y, and (2) to ensure the reliability and availability of the microgrid delivery system and the safety of the public, such municipality or state or federal governmental entity shall engage the applicable electric distribution company, as defined in § 16-1, to complete the interconnection of such microgrid to the electric grid in accordance with the authority’s interconnection standards. For purposes of this section, any such municipality or governmental entity shall not be considered an electric distribution company, as defined in § 16-1.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16-243aa

  • Authority: means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and "department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
  • Class I renewable energy source: means (A) electricity derived from (i) solar power, (ii) wind power, (iii) a fuel cell, (iv) geothermal, (v) landfill methane gas, anaerobic digestion or other biogas derived from biological sources, (vi) thermal electric direct energy conversion from a certified Class I renewable energy source, (vii) ocean thermal power, (viii) wave or tidal power, (ix) low emission advanced renewable energy conversion technologies, including, but not limited to, zero emission low grade heat power generation systems based on organic oil free rankine, kalina or other similar nonsteam cycles that use waste heat from an industrial or commercial process that does not generate electricity, (x) (I) a run-of-the-river hydropower facility that began operation after July 1, 2003, and has a generating capacity of not more than thirty megawatts, or (II) a run-of-the-river hydropower facility that received a new license after January 1, 2018, under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules pursuant to 18 C. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
  • Class III source: means the electricity output from combined heat and power systems with an operating efficiency level of no less than fifty per cent that are part of customer-side distributed resources developed at commercial and industrial facilities in this state on or after January 1, 2006, a waste heat recovery system installed on or after April 1, 2007, that produces electrical or thermal energy by capturing preexisting waste heat or pressure from industrial or commercial processes, or the electricity savings created in this state from conservation and load management programs begun on or after January 1, 2006, provided on and after January 1, 2014, no such programs supported by ratepayers, including programs overseen by the Energy Conservation Management Board or third-party programs pursuant to §. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
  • distribution company: means any person providing electric transmission or distribution services within the state, but does not include: (A) A private power producer, as defined in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
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