2009 Connecticut Code
Title 16 Public Service Companies
Chapter 283 Department Of Public Utility Control: Telegraph, Telephone, Illuminating, Power And Water Companies
Sec. 16-258c. Dual-fuel capability requirements for electric generating facilities.

      Sec. 16-258c. Dual-fuel capability requirements for electric generating facilities. On and after January 1, 2008, the Department of Public Utility Control shall order and direct that any intermediate or base load electric generating unit owned by an electric distribution company or covered by a bilateral contract with an electric distribution company that is fueled by either oil or natural gas, with a rating of not less than sixty-five megawatts, shall have the actual ability to operate on demand for a forty-eight-hour period using either oil or natural gas, provided the department may determine that dual fuel capability is not required for a specific generating unit if imposing such requirement is not in the best interest of Connecticut consumers.

      (P.A. 07-242, S. 4.)

      History: P.A. 07-242 effective June 4, 2007.