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■ Week in Review: PG. 5
■ Reporter's Notebook: PG. 6
■ Deal Watch: PG. 7
■ Editorial: PG 8
■ Other Voices: PG. 8
Turf Wars
Some municipalities are raising concerns about
the state's effort to increase its role in transit-
oriented development. PG. 3
Fantasy Sports
A state lawmaker says a proposal to legalize and
regulate fantasy sports betting in Connecticut
could bring the state millions in new revenue.
PG. 6
Electric submetering
rolls out in CT
By Matt Pilon
mpilon@HartfordBusiness.com
A
fter years of dispute and regulatory
wrangling, electricity "submetering" is
gaining traction in Connecticut, with
more than 1,800 Connecticut apartment units
now authorized to use the practice, which
allows landlords to measure and bill tenants
for their individual monthly electricity use.
Since drafting submetering regulations in
2014 and 2015, the Public Utilities Regulatory
Authority (PURA) has approved its use at
eight major apartment buildings in Hartford,
Hamden and New Haven.
The goal is to reduce electricity consumption
by making consumers in multi-family residences
bear responsibility for their personal energy use.
The new regulations also allow landlords of sub-
metered buildings to invest in renewable ener-
gy and sell that power back to tenants, which
wasn't allowed under previous state law.
Submetering regulations have made it possible for
Hartford's 777 Main to sell fuel cell electricity to tenants.
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