Connecticut HB 5245: AN ACT INCREASING THE PERMISSIBLE AMOUNT OF SECURITY DEPOSIT A LANDLORD MAY CHARGE.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5245
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AGGREGATION
PROGRAMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Authority" means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority; 2
(2) "Auto-enroll customer" means an eligible customer automatically 3
enrolled in a municipal aggregation program unless such customer opts 4
out of such enrollment. "Auto-enroll customer" does not include any 5
customer who (A) has informed the electric distribution company such 6
customer does not want such customer's account information shared 7
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 16-245o of the general statutes, (B) 8
receives electric supply service from an electric supplier and does not 9
receive standard service from an electric distribution company, (C) is a 10
hardship case for purposes of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 11
16-262c of the general statutes, (D) has arrearages deducted from the 12
customer's bills by an electric distribution company pursuant to 13
subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 16-262c of the general 14
statutes, (E) receives financial assistance from an electric distribution 15
company, or (F) is otherwise protected by law from the shutoff of 16
electric supply service; 17
(3) "Comma-separated value format" means an electronic file format 18
that separates data fields containing numeric or textual values using one 19

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or more specific characters such that the document may be easily 20
searched by electronic means; 21
(4) "Community demand response incentive" means an incentive 22
designed to promote changes in electricity usage by electric customers 23
in response to: (A) Changes in the price of electricity over time, 24
including, but not limited to, time-varying rates; or (B) times when the 25
wholesale price for electric supply is abnormally high or when the 26
reliability of the electric grid is jeopardized; 27
(5) "Consultant" means any person or entity retained by a 28
municipality, or two or more municipalities acting jointly, to assist with 29
the development of a municipal aggregation plan and the operations of 30
a public aggregator; 31
(6) "Customer communications" means any communication from a 32
public aggregator to any electric customer concerning the 33
implementation of a municipal aggregation plan or program; 34
(7) "Electric customer" means the customer of record for an account, 35
regardless of customer class, with an electric distribution company; 36
(8) "Electric distribution company" has the same meaning as 37
provided in section 16-1 of the general statutes; 38
(9) "Electric supplier" has the same meaning as provided in section 39
16-1 of the general statutes; 40
(10) "Eligible customer" means any electric customer within a 41
municipal aggregation service area who receives standard service from 42
an electric distribution company and who meets the participation 43
requirements of a municipal aggregation plan and program pursuant to 44
the provisions of this section; 45
(11) "Energy product" means an electric supply product, including 46
community distributed generation, or a community demand response 47
incentive offered by the public aggregator to a program participant; 48

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(12) "Municipal aggregation plan" or "plan" means the plan that a 49
municipality, or two or more municipalities acting jointly, that describes 50
the administration of the municipal aggregation program and is 51
submitted to the authority for review and comment; 52
(13) "Municipal aggregation program" or "program" means a 53
program established by a municipality, or two or more municipalities 54
acting jointly, pursuant to a municipal aggregation plan, under which 55
the municipality or municipalities procure electric supply, community 56
distributed generation or community demand response incentives on 57
behalf of program participants; 58
(14) "Municipal aggregation service area" means the geographic area 59
that receives, or is proposed to receive, services under a municipal 60
aggregation program; 61
(15) "Municipality" means any town, city or borough, whether 62
consolidated or unconsolidated; 63
(16) "Opt-out notice" means the notice sent to any auto-enroll 64
customer to inform such customer of such customer's right to opt out of 65
such enrollment; 66
(17) "Program participant" or "participant" means an eligible 67
customer who is participating in a municipal aggregation program; 68
(18) "Program supplier" means a licensed electric supplier that 69
provides energy products to participants of the municipal aggregation 70
program; 71
(19) "Public aggregator" means a municipality, or two or more 72
municipalities acting jointly, under a municipal aggregation program 73
established pursuant to this section for the p