Connecticut 2010 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00181 Compare Versions

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1		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 181
2		-	February Session, 2010 _____SB00181ET____031710____
	1	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 181
	2	+	February Session, 2010 LCO No. 1009
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	4	+	Referred to Committee on Energy and Technology
	5	+	Introduced by:
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4	8		General Assembly
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6		-	~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 181
	10	+	Raised Bill No. 181
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8	12		February Session, 2010
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10		-	~~_____SB00181ET____031710____~~
	14	+	LCO No. 1009
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12		-	AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.
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	18	+	Referred to Committee on Energy and Technology
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	20	+	Introduced by:
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	22	+	(ET)
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	24	+	AN ACT REDEFINING CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.
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14	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16		-	Section 1. (~~Effective from passage)~~ (a) ~~There is established a task force to study renewable energy sources. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination~~ of ~~the state's renewable energy portfolio standards, the definitions of Class I, II, and III renewable energy sources, as defined in~~ section 16-1 of the general statutes, and ~~how, why and under what circumstances technologies should be added to any such class.~~
	28	+	Section 1. Subdivision (26) of subsection (a) of section 16-1 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
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18		-	(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
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20		-	(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
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22		-	(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;
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24		-	(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;
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26		-	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;
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28		-	(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
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30		-	(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and
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32		-	(7) The chairperson of the Public Utilities Control Authority, or the chairperson's designee.
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34		-	(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.
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36		-	(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
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38		-	(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
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40		-	(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.
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42		-	(g) Not later than January 1, 2011, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2011, whichever is later.
	30	+	(26) "Class I renewable energy source" means (A) energy derived from solar power, wind power, a fuel cell, methane gas from landfills, ocean thermal power, wave or tidal power, low emission advanced renewable energy conversion technologies, a run-of-the-river hydropower facility provided such facility has a generating capacity of not more than five megawatts, does not cause an appreciable change in the river flow, and began operation after July 1, 2003, or a sustainable biomass facility with an average emission rate of equal to or less than .075 pounds of nitrogen oxides per million BTU of heat input for the previous calendar quarter, except that energy derived from a sustainable biomass facility with a capacity of less than five hundred kilowatts that began construction before July 1, 2003, may be considered a Class I renewable energy source, [or] (B) any electrical generation, including distributed generation, generated from a Class I renewable energy source, or (C) incremental energy resulting from increased capacity of ten megawatts or less of efficiency improvements at hydropower facilities operational on or before the effective date of this section that meet the standards of the Low Impact Hydropower Institute;
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47	35		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
48		-	Section 1 from passage ~~New section~~
	36	+	Section 1 from passage 16-1(a)(26)
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50	38		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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52	40		Section 1
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54	42		from passage
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56		-	~~New section~~
	44	+	16-1(a)(26)
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	46	+	Statement of Purpose:
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	48	+	To include energy produced from upgrades at existing hydropower plants in the definition of Class I renewable energy sources.
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60		-	ET Joint Favorable Subst.
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64		-	Joint Favorable Subst.
	50	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]