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August 8, 2024

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ll/ LAMONT AND DEMOCRATS NEED TO FIX CONNECTICUT’S ELECTRIC BILL

Lamont should issue an Executive Order Putting Moratorium on Collecting
Public Benefit Charges and Call Legislature into Special Session



MIDDLETOWN — Today, the Senate and House Republicans held a press
conference on the ever-rising electric bills Connecticut homeowners and
businesses have been receiving. Leaders Harding and Candelora, together
with the entire Senate and House Republican Caucuses, called for an
immediate

Special Session of the General Assembly to address the outrageous
electric bills Connecticut homeowners and businesses received this
month. (A copy of the
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“Unfortunately, Governor Lamont and the Democrat leadership in Hartford
are standing with their hands in our pockets disguised as so-called
“public benefit” charges on our electric bills,” said Connecticut
Republican Chairman Ben Proto. “This month, homeowners and businesses
saw record high electric bills, with the public benefit charges
exceeding 20-25% of the overall bill. What exactly is the benefit that
the public is getting from these charges” asked Proto.

“The Democrat majority recently doubled the “public benefit” charge for
the conservation and load management program, adding additional costs to
struggling Connecticut families. In addition, various other funds (also
known as a tax in some languages) are added to our bills to fund
legislators’ pet projects. It is time to end these funds.”



“Governor Lamont can, with a stroke of his pen, issue an Executive
Order, placing an immediate moratorium on the collection of many, if not
all these, charges, and call the legislature into Special

Session, to implement permanent changes to these charges, including
reducing, if not eliminating, many of these overly burdensome taxes
imposed on the people of Connecticut,” Proto said. “The Republicans in
the Connecticut General Assembly are, once again, leading the way on
trying to make Connecticut

more affordable, while the Democrats sit on their hands and hope the
public will forget come November.”

There are more than 15 “public benefit” charges listed on an electric
bill. Below is a list of all the charges on a UI bill this month:

Energy Assistance Costs 1,062 kWh x $0.009053

Energy Assistance Costs 827 kWh x $0.027419

Energy Efficiency Programs 1,889 kWh x $0.006000

Renewable Energy Investment 1,889 kWh x $0.001000

New England Grid Operator Cost Peak 350 kWh x $0.001023

New England Grid Operator Cost Peak 273 kWh x $0.006600

New England Grid Operator Cost Off-Peak 1,266 kWh x $0.000000

State Mandated Energy Purchases Peak 350 kWh x $0.006393

State Mandated Energy Purchases Peak 273 kWh x $0.056933



State Mandated Energy Purchases Off-Peak 1,266 kWh x $0.000000

Customer Produced Energy Peak 350 kWh x $0.003415

Customer Produced Energy Peak 273 kWh x$0.014048

Customer Produced Energy Off-Peak 1,266 kWh x $0.000000

Misc. & Other Mandates Peak 350 kWh x $0.001870

Misc. & Other Mandates Peak 273 kWh x $0.010924

Misc. & Other Mandates Off-Peak 1,266 kWh x $0.000000



Does anyone know what these charges are for or why we need them?

“It is time for Governor Lamont and the Democrats to back up their word
that Connecticut’s economy is great, that we are doing well, and
implement policies, not words, that will improve the average family's
ability to pay their bills. They can start with reducing our electric
bills with a simple stroke of the pen.”

“Governor Lamont, please issue an Executive Order that actually helps
the people of Connecticut, and please, Speaker Ritter and Senator
Looney, call the legislature back into session and fix this

problem. It’s the least you can do to help struggling Connecticut
families pay their bills,” concluded Proto.



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