# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-243b: Sec. 16-243b. Definitions. Jurisdiction > Connecticut · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T16_C283_S16-243b ## Section - **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-243b - **Heading:** Sec. 16-243b. Definitions. Jurisdiction - **Jurisdiction:** Connecticut - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Connecticut Code / Title 16 / Chapter 283 / Section 16-243b ## Text (1) “Private power production facility” means a facility which generates electricity in the state (A) solely through the use of cogeneration technology, provided the average useful thermal energy output of the facility is at least twenty per cent of the total energy output of the facility, (B) solely through the use of renewable energy sources, or (C) through both only; (2) “Useful thermal energy output” means the thermal energy made available for use in any industrial or commercial process, or used in any heating or cooling application; (3) “Private power producer” means (A) a subsidiary of a gas public service company which is not affiliated with an electric public service company, or a subsidiary of a holding company controlling, directly or indirectly, a gas public service company but not an electric public service company, which generates electricity solely through ownership of fifty per cent or less of a private power production facility or, with the approval of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, through ownership of one hundred per cent of a private power production facility which (i) uses a source of energy other than gas as the primary energy source of the facility, or (ii) uses gas as the primary energy source of the facility and uses an improved and innovative technology which furthers the state energy policy as set forth in section 16a-35k , (B) a subsidiary of any other public service company or a subsidiary of a holding company controlling, directly or indirectly, such a public service company, which generates electricity solely through ownership of fifty per cent or less of a private power production facility, (C) the state, a political subdivision of the state or any other person, firm or corporation other than a public service company or any corporation which was a public service company, prior to July 1, 1981, and which consents to be regulated as a public service company or a holding company for a public service company, which generates electricity solely through ownership of one hundred per cent or less of a private power production facility, or (D) any combination thereof; (4) “Private power provider” means any person, firm, corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, governmental entity, or other entity, including any public service company, holding company, or subsidiary, which provides energy conservation or demand management measures pursuant to section 16-243f and regulations and orders issued hereunder, which replace the need for electricity generating capacity that electric public service companies would otherwise require; (5) “Electricity conservation or demand management measures” means the provision pursuant to this section and section 16-243f and regulations and orders adopted hereunder by a private power provider to an electric public service company or its customers of equipment or services or both designed to conserve electricity or to manage electricity load; and (6) “Small renewable power project” means any private power production facility which has a capacity of five megawatts or less and is fueled by a renewable resource, as defined in section 16a-2 , other than wood. (b) No provision of this section shall limit the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority with regard to the effects on a public service company of a private power producer which is an affiliate or a subsidiary of the public service company. Cited. 210 C. 349. ## Nearby sections - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-228 Sec. 16-228. Telephone lines.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T16_C283_S16-228.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-232 Sec. 16-232. Rights of companies organized under general law.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T16_C283_S16-232.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-234 Sec. 16-234. Conducting vegetation management; notice to abutting and private property owners. Changing location of, erecting or placing wires, conductors, fixtures, structures or apparatus over, on or under any highway or public ground; rights of adjoining proprietors. Objections or requests for modifications. 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