Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
(a) The Department, in its quarterly fossil fuel adjustment hearing under the provisions of section 16-19b of the general statutes for electric public service companies, shall review the nuclear generating capacity of each company, and, where fifty per cent or more of a company's nuclear generating capacity has been out of service for the calendar quarter being reviewed, shall make a determination as to whether or not the company has fulfilled its public service responsibilities under titles 16 and 16a of the General Statutes. This determination shall be in addition to any other reviews and determinations the Authority may make regarding nuclear outages.
(b) Upon a determination that the electric public service company has not fulfilled its public service responsibilities as a result of outages of its nuclear generating capacity and the cause of such outages was not beyond the control of the plant operator of the unit for which replacement power costs are sought, the Department may prohibit the electric public service company from recovering through its rates or charges, directly or indirectly, all or any portion of its additional replacement power costs associated with the purchase of electricity from other sources through its rates or charges. The Department shall utilize adjustments to base rates, and/or the fossil fuel adjustment clause and/or the generation utilization adjustment clause to adjust for the replacement power costs of outage(s).
(Effective May 17, 1989)