In June 2005, Connecticut policy makers enacted Public Act 05-01, An Act Concerning Energy Independence (EIA), which authorized the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to launch a competitive procurement process geared toward motivating new supply-side and demand-side resources in order to reduce the impact of Federally Mandated Congestion Charges (FMCCs) on Connecticut ratepayers. The DPUC’s primary objective with this procurement process is to reduce the impact of FMCCs and other costs on Connecticut ratepayers by facilitating the development of new or incremental capacity.