The municipal cooperative is authorized to (1) interconnect the lines of its system with those of other electric systems within or without the state, and to enter into contracts for the sale of electric energy within or without the state to electric systems constructed, owned, controlled or operated by any electric utility, member or nonmember municipal electric utility or any other public or private electric power entity, or any person without the state; and (2) enter into contracts with other electric utilities, member or nonmember municipal electric utilities, or any other public or private electric power entities within or without the state for standby power upon suitable terms, and for the sale of any surplus power not required for its own operation for sale to any electric utility, member or nonmember municipal electric utility or any other public or private electric power entity within or without the state.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 7-233j

  • Electric utility: means any electric public service company, as defined in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
  • Member: means any municipal electric utility within the state which has been in continuous operation for at least five years and whose governing body authorizes membership in, and which becomes a member of, a municipal electric energy cooperative. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
  • municipal cooperative: means a separate legal entity hereafter created by concurrent resolutions of two or more municipal electric utilities to exercise any of the powers as provided in this chapter in connection with the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, repair, extension or improvement of electric power generation or transmission facilities, or the acquisition of any interest therein or of any capacity thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
  • Municipal electric utility: means an electric department, agency or other body of a municipality which provides for the production, supply and/or distribution of electric energy to the inhabitants or any portion thereof as well as others, which department, agency or other body has been established in accordance with applicable provisions of law. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
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