Sec.16-244h-2. Applicability

(a) Sections 16-244h-1 to 16-244h-7, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall apply to electric distribution companies subject to regulation by the department, their generation entities or affiliates, and all electric distribution company interactions with generation entities or affiliates. Sections 16-244h-1 to 16-244h-7, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall not apply to any department-regulated subsidiary of an electric distribution company, the revenues and expenses of which are subject to regulation by the department and are included by the department in establishing rates for the electric distribution company. However, sections 16-244h-1 to 16-244h-7, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall apply to all interactions any regulated subsidiary has with other generation entities or affiliates covered by those sections.

(b) Nothing in sections 16-244h-1 to 16-244h-7, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall prohibit communications between an electric distribution company and its generation entities or affiliates necessary to:

(1) Provide standard offer service pursuant to section 16-244c of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(2) Restore service or to prevent or respond to emergency conditions;

(3) Provide electric generation services to any customer who does not or is unable to arrange for or maintain electric generation services with an electric supplier; or

(4) Provide electric generation services to any customer who has entered into a service contract with an electric supplier that fails to provide electric generation services for reasons other than the customer's failure to pay for such services.

(c) An electric distribution company shall not utilize communications necessary under subsection (b) of this section to circumvent sections 16-244h-1 to 16-244h-7, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(Adopted effective July 1, 1999)