Section 94 of Public Act 07-242, An Act Concerning Electricity and Energy Efficiency required the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to establish guidelines for administration of the Connecticut Electric Efficiency Partners Program.
The Partners Program offers funding for the deployment of demand-side management technologies that conserve energy and reduce Connecticut's peak electric demand. The DPUC can allocate up to $60 million annually to fund projects under this Program.
The guidelines and application process for the Partners Program were established under Docket No. 07-06-59.
The Department approves Electric Partners, the companies that implement the program, and Partner Technologies, energy efficient technologies that generally do not qualify for incentives under the programs funded by the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund.
Section 94 of Public Act 07-242:
The Connecticut Electric Efficiency Partner Program means the coordinated effort among the Department of Public Utility Control, persons and entities providing enhanced demand-side management technologies, and electric consumers to conserve electricity and reduce demand in Connecticut through the purchase and deployment of energy efficient technologies.
Enhanced demand-side management technologies means demand-side management solutions, customer-side emergency dispatchable generation resources, customer-side renewable energy generation, load shifting technologies and conservation and load management technologies that reduce electric distribution company customers' electric demand, and high efficiency natural gas and oil boilers and furnaces.
Connecticut Electric Efficiency Partner means an electric distribution company customer who acquires an enhanced demand-side management technology or a person, other than an electric distribution company, that provides enhanced demand-side management technologies to electric distribution company customers.
Access to Public Act 07-242 An Act Concerning Electricity and Energy Efficiency.