The SCEF program is a six-year effort that will broaden participation in clean energy in Connecticut by providing underserved customers with an opportunity to benefit from in-state clean energy projects. This webinar is specifically focused on topics related to verifying customer eligibility, qualifying and enrolling customers and fully subscribing the SCEF facility. Topics and questions related to the SCEF procurement process will be addressed through the SCEF solicitation process and bidder’s webinar which is currently scheduled for June 4, 2020.

If you were unable to attend the webinar on April 16, 2020, a copy of the slides is available on PURA’s website here, and a recording of the webinar is available via this link.

Register here for the CT Shared Clean Energy Facility Working Group Webinar #2 on May 14, 2020 9:00 AM EDT at:

Agenda for Working Group Webinar #2:

• Introductions
• SCEF Program Goals and Objectives
• Stakeholder Survey – Overview of Responses
• Discussion of Key Survey Insights
• Next Steps

What is the Shared Clean Energy Facilities Program? Passed by the legislature and signed into law by Gov. Lamont as Section 7(a)(1)(c) of Public Act 18-50 on May 24, 2018, the SCEF program is a six-year competitive procurement program that will support up to 150 MW of new clean power generation in Connecticut. Selected SCEF program generators will be provided with a 20-year tariff term from the EDC in which the SCEF project is located. SCEF projects will result in credits that will be applied to the bills of participating electric customers at no cost to those customers.

What types of customers may benefit from the SCEF program?  The legislation that created the SCEF program provided that the program should serve the following types of electric customers:

• Low-income Customers,
• Moderate-income Customers,
• Small Business Customers,
• State or municipal Customers,
• Commercial Customers, and;
• Residential Customers, other than Low to Moderate income (“LMI”) Customers, who either: (1) reside in a rental or leased property, or a property where the Customer does not control the property’s roof, such as a multi-unit condominium; or (2) reside in their own property, but have written documentation from a rooftop solar installer that they are unable to install solar panels on their roof

What is the purpose of the working group process?
The working group process will help define three key program design elements:

• The process for verifying customer eligibility for receiving the credit created by the SCEF projects,
• The process for identifying and enrolling potential participating customers for receiving the credit created by the SCEF projects, and;
• The processes for marketing and promoting the opportunity to receive the credits created by the SCEF projects to potential eligible customers to ensure that the program is fully subscribed.

What is the expected timeline for the SCEF program?    Eversource and UI issued the Year 1 RFP on April 30, 2020 to solicit bids for projects that will result in on-bill credits to qualified customers. The first projects are expected to be constructed and operational sometime after July 2021, meaning customers will begin to see benefits from the SCEF program around this time.

4/17/2020: PURA Letter to the Congressional Delegation
4/9/2020: PURA Letter to the Industry
4/8/2020: PURA Extends Bid Deadline for Clean Energy Programs
3/23/2020: Third-Party Electric Supplier Targeting Low-Income Households Amid COVID-19 Crisis
3/18/2020: PURA Calls for Third-Party Electric Suppliers to Cease Door-to-Door Sales during COVID-19 Crisis
3/18/2020: PURA to Expand Scope of its Investigation to Address Issues Arising from the COVID-19 State of Emergency
3/13/2020: PURA Directs Utilities to Cease Residential Shut-offs During COVID-19 Outbreak

2020 Legislative Session:
On April 21st Legislative Leaders announced that the regular 2020 legislative session will not reconvene before the May 6 constitutional adjournment date. The regular session has effectively ended for the year, however leaders have agreed to convene a special session as early as June. The agenda for the special session has yet to be determined but will likely include items considered essential to the running of state government. They may also consider legislation that was introduced during the 2020 session and have asked committee chairs to determine priority issues. No date has been set yet for a special session and we will update you as we learn more about their proposed agenda.

PURA Press Release 100319

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February 25, 2020 – 8:00am to 10:00am
VIVO Seasonal Trattoria

REEBA will host a discussion with Chairman Marissa P. Gillett of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) to discuss PURA’s ambitious efforts to equitably modernize Connecticut’s electric grid and the important role the renewable energy industry plays at PURA. The Chairman will explore topics such as: renewable energy, distributed generation, grid modernization, and energy storage.

REGISTER HERE

$60 Members / $75 Nonmembers
Hot breakfast included

DEEP’s Notice of Revised IRP Scope, Updated schedule, and Opportunity for Public Comment

Draft report of the Commission on Environmental Standards

Technical Meeting Agenda: September 20, 2019

Notice of Proceeding

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