General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 463
February Session, 2010 *_____SB00463APP___042610____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 463
February Session, 2010
*_____SB00463APP___042610____*
AN ACT CONCERNING FINANCING OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Eligible entities" means (A) any residential, commercial, institutional or industrial customer of an electric distribution company or natural gas company, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, who employs or installs an eligible in-state energy savings technology, (B) an energy service company certified as a Connecticut electric efficiency partner by the Department of Public Utility Control, or (C) an installer certified by the Renewable Energy Investments Fund;
(2) "Energy savings infrastructure" means tangible equipment, installation, labor, cost of engineering, permits, application fees and other reasonable costs incurred by eligible entities for operating eligible in-state energy savings technologies designed to reduce electricity consumption, natural gas consumption, heating oil consumption or to promote renewable energy technologies or combined heat and power systems; and
(3) "Eligible in-state energy savings technologies" means Class I renewable energy sources, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, solar hot water technologies for domestic hot water only, combined heat and power systems with an engineered efficiency rating of not less than sixty per cent, and energy conservation and load management technologies that reduce energy consumption, including, but not limited to, heating oil, natural gas and electricity consumption. Such technologies may include, but not be limited to, high efficiency insulation and windows, boilers and furnaces, commercial burners, high efficiency heating, ventilating and cooling systems and electric energy savings investments and shall be installed and operated within Connecticut.
(b) Each electric distribution company shall establish an energy savings infrastructure loan program to provide ____ interest loans to eligible entities for investments in energy savings infrastructure through the purchase of eligible in-state energy savings technologies. Each such company shall establish such program for its service territory. Such company shall establish an entity to administer such program within the division or department of each company having cognizance of financial management. Each such division or department shall work with in-state banks and investment organizations to establish private sector funding opportunities.
(c) To qualify for a loan, eligible entities shall meet the following requirements:
(1) For boilers and furnaces, the existing boiler or furnace shall be not less than seven years old with an efficiency rating of not more than seventy-five per cent and the new boiler or furnace shall have an efficiency rating of not less than eighty-four per cent if oil-fired and not less than ninety per cent if gas-fired;
(2) For combined heat and power systems, that the system optimizes fossil fuel consumption for generating electricity and simultaneous thermal energy for space heating, space cooling or process manufacturing requirements;
(3) For Class I renewable energy resources, that such technologies will reduce demand on the grid or fossil fuel consumption; and
(4) For energy conservation and load management technologies, that energy saving measures were reviewed and certified by a licensed contractor with a state license held in good standing.
(d) Eligible entities seeking a loan under the loan program established in this section shall (1) contract with Connecticut-based licensed contractors, installers or tradesmen for the installation of an eligible in-state energy savings technology; (2) provide evidence of the cost of purchase and installation of the eligible in-state energy savings technology; and (3) periodically provide evidence of the operation and functionality of the eligible in-state energy savings technology to ensure that such technology is operating as intended during the term of the loan. If the electric distribution company determines pursuant to this subsection that an eligible in-state energy savings technology has not functioned as intended or designed for more than sixty days, such loan shall be immediately due in full at the discretion of such electric distribution company.
(e) At the request of an eligible entity, electric distribution companies and natural gas companies shall provide for repayment of loans made pursuant to this section as part of the loan recipient's monthly electric or gas bill. An eligible entity participating in the loan program established pursuant to this section may transfer their loan to a subsequent property owner if (1) the loan is current, (2) the eligible in-state energy savings technology is functioning as intended or designed, and (3) the new owner agrees to continue to adhere to the operational parameters of the technology. An eligible entity that participates in the loan program may pay back the loan principal with no prepayment penalties. The term of the loan shall be for a period that shall not exceed the lesser of (A) the estimated period needed to pay for one hundred twenty-five per cent of the investment through savings, or (B) the manufacturer's rated useful life of the eligible in-state energy savings technology.
(f) Each electric distribution company shall develop a prescriptive one-page loan application. Such application shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Detailed information, specifications and documentation of the eligible in-state energy technology's installed costs and projected energy savings, and (2) for requests for loans in excess of one hundred thousand dollars, certification by a licensed professional engineer with a state license held in good standing.
(g) No single project shall receive a loan for more than one million dollars and investments in any one eligible in-state energy savings technology shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the energy savings infrastructure loan account, as established in section 2 of this act. Not less than ____ per cent of each company's loan program shall be reserved for residential projects and not less than ____ per cent shall be approved for projects in any one county. Class I renewable energy resources, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, shall receive not less than ____ per cent of available funds for such loan program, with the following commitments: (1) ____ per cent for solar photovoltaic installations, and (2) ____ per cent for fuel cell installations. Combined heat and power technologies shall receive not less than ____ per cent of available funds for such loan program. Conservation and load management projects shall receive not less than ____ per cent of available funds for such loan program.
(h) Each electric distribution company may examine additional funding resources for the energy savings infrastructure loan program, including, but not limited to, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, federally mandated congestion charges, the Renewable Energy Investments Fund, regional greenhouse gas initiative auction revenue and forward capacity market revenue.
(i) On or before October 1, 2010, each electric distribution company shall establish a plan that includes procedures and parameters for its energy savings infrastructure loan program established pursuant to this section and submit such plan to ____ for approval or modification. The ____ shall approve or modify such plan within thirty days. If the ___ does not respond within thirty days, the plan shall be deemed to be approved.
(j) On or before January 15, 2011, and annually thereafter, each electric distribution company shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy with regard to the energy savings infrastructure loan program established pursuant to this section and the loans provided pursuant to such program.
Sec. 2. Section 16-245a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) An electric supplier and an electric distribution company providing standard service or supplier of last resort service, pursuant to section 16-244c, shall demonstrate:
(1) On and after January 1, 2006, that not less than two per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(2) On and after January 1, 2007, not less than three and one-half per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(3) On and after January 1, 2008, not less than five per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(4) On and after January 1, 2009, not less than six per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(5) On and after January 1, 2010, not less than seven per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(6) On and after January 1, 2011, not less than [eight] seven per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(7) On and after January 1, 2012, not less than [nine] seven and one-half per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(8) On and after January 1, 2013, not less than [ten] eight per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(9) On and after January 1, 2014, not less than [eleven] eight and one-half per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(10) On and after January 1, 2015, not less than [twelve and one-half] nine per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(11) On and after January 1, 2016, not less than [fourteen] nine and one-half per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(12) On and after January 1, 2017, not less than [fifteen and one-half] ten per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(13) On and after January 1, 2018, not less than [seventeen] ten and one-half per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(14) On and after January 1, 2019, not less than [nineteen and one-half] eleven per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources;
(15) On and after January 1, 2020, not less than [twenty] eleven and one-half per cent of the total output or services of any such supplier or distribution company shall be generated from Class I renewable energy sources and an additional three per cent of the total output or services shall be from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources.
(b) An electric supplier or electric distribution company may satisfy the requirements of this section (1) by purchasing certificates issued by the New England Power Pool Generation Information System, provided the certificates are for (A) energy produced by a generating unit using Class I or Class II renewable energy sources and the generating unit is located in the jurisdiction of the regional independent system operator, or (B) energy imported into the control area of the regional independent system operator pursuant to New England Power Pool Generation Information System Rule 2.7(c), as in effect on January 1, 2006; (2) for those renewable energy certificates under contract to serve end-use customers in the state on or before October 1, 2006, by participating in a renewable energy trading program within said jurisdictions as approved by the Department of Public Utility Control; or (3) by purchasing eligible renewable electricity and associated attributes from residential customers who are net producers.
(c) Any supplier who provides electric generation services solely from a Class II renewable energy source shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this section.
(d) An electric supplier or an electric distribution company shall base its demonstration of generation sources, as required under subsection (a) of this section on historical data, which may consist of data filed with the regional independent system operator.
(e) (1) A supplier or an electric distribution company may make up any deficiency within its renewable energy portfolio within the first three months of the succeeding calendar year or as otherwise provided by generation information system operating rules approved by New England Power Pool or its successor to meet the generation source requirements of subsection (a) of this section for the previous year.
(2) No such supplier or electric distribution company shall receive credit for the current calendar year for generation from Class I or Class II renewable energy sources pursuant to this section where such supplier or distribution company receives credit for the preceding calendar year pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(f) The department shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(g) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and section 16-244c, for periods beginning on and after January 1, 2008, each electric distribution company may procure renewable energy certificates from Class I, Class II and Class III renewable energy sources through long-term contracting mechanisms. The electric distribution companies may enter into long-term contracts for not more than fifteen years to procure such renewable energy certificates. The electric distribution companies shall use any renewable energy certificates obtained pursuant to this section to meet their standard service and supplier of last resort renewable portfolio standard requirements.
(2) On or before July 1, 2007, the department shall initiate a contested case proceeding to examine whether long-term contracts should be used to procure Class I, Class II and Class III certificates. In such examination, the department shall determine (A) the impact of such contracts on price stability, fuel diversity and cost; (B) the method and timing of crediting of the procurement of renewable energy certificates against the renewable portfolio standard purchase obligations of electric suppliers and the electric distribution companies pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; (C) the terms and conditions, including reasonable performance assurance commitments, that may be imposed on entities seeking to supply renewable energy certificates; (D) the level of one-time compensation, not to exceed one mill per kilowatt hour of output and services associated with the renewable energy certificates purchased pursuant to this subsection, which may be payable to the electric distribution companies for administering the procurement provided for under this subsection and recovered as part of the generation services charge or through an appropriate nonbypassable rate component on customers' bills; (E) the manner in which costs for such program may be recovered from electric distribution company customers; and (F) any other issues the department deems appropriate. Revenues from such compensation shall not be included in calculating the electric distribution companies' earnings to determine if rates are just and reasonable, for earnings sharing mechanisms or for purposes of sections 16-19, 16-19a and 16-19e.
(3) On or before October 1, 2010, each electric distribution company shall determine (A) the cost of a certain percentage of each electric supplier and electric distribution company's total output or services of any such supplier or company from Class I renewable energy sources, (B) the manner in which such supplier or company shall recover such cost from customers, and (C) the manner in which such supplier or company will deposit such amount into an energy savings infrastructure account, which shall be a separately held account. The costs determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision shall be the present day value pursuant to subdivision (4) of this subsection for the following percentages: (i) In 2011, one per cent; (ii) in 2012, one and one-half per cent; (iii) in 2013, two per cent; (iv) in 2014, two and one-half per cent; (v) in 2015, three and one-half per cent; (vi) in 2016, four and one-half per cent; (vii) in 2017, five and one-half per cent; (viii) in 2018, six and one-half per cent; (ix) in 2019, seven and one-half per cent; and (x) in 2020, eight and one-half per cent.
(4) Each electric distribution company shall determine the present day value of the costs determined pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection shall be no less than ___ dollars per megawatt hour and shall not exceed the noncompliance penalty value and submit such determination to the Department of Public Utility Control for approval. Once approved, such mount shall be transferred into a separately held account pursuant to said subdivision (3).
Sec. 3. Section 16-243i of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Department of Public Utility Control shall, not later than January 1, 2006, establish a program to grant awards to retail end use customers of electric distribution companies to fund the capital costs of obtaining projects of customer-side distributed resources, as defined in section 16-1, as amended by this act. Any project shall receive a one-time, nonrecurring award in an amount of [not less than] two hundred dollars [and not more than five hundred dollars] per kilowatt of capacity for such customer-side distributed resources, recoverable from federally mandated congestion charges, as defined in section 16-1, as amended by this act. [No such award may be made unless the projected reduction in federally mandated congestion charges attributed to the project for such distributed resources is greater than the amount of the award. The amount of an award shall depend on the impact that the customer-side distributed resources project has on reducing federally mandated congestion charges, as defined in section 16-1. Not later than October 1, 2005, the department shall conduct a contested case proceeding, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish additional standards for the amount of such awards and additional criteria and the process for making such awards.]
(b) The Department of Public Utility Control shall, not later than January 1, 2006, establish a program to grant to an electric distribution company a one-time, nonrecurring award to educate, assist and promote investments in customer-side distributed resources developed in such company's service territory: [, which resources the department determines will reduce federally mandated congestion charges, in accordance with the following:] (1) On or before January 1, [2008] 2011, two hundred fifty dollars per kilowatt of such resources, (2) on or before January 1, [2009] 2012, one hundred [fifty] forty dollars per kilowatt of such resources, (3) on or before January 1, [2010, one hundred] 2013, thirty dollars per kilowatt of such resources, and (4) [fifty] twenty-five dollars per kilowatt of such resources thereafter. Payment of the award shall be made at the time each such resource becomes operational. The cost of the award shall be recoverable from federally mandated congestion charges. Revenues from such awards shall not be included in calculating the electric distribution company's earnings for the purpose of determining whether its rates are just and reasonable under sections 16-19, 16-19a and 16-19e.
Sec. 4. Subdivision (44) 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):
(44) "Class III source" means the electricity output from combined heat and power systems with an operating efficiency level of no less than fifty per cent, determined quarterly on a rolling annual average basis, that are part of customer-side distributed resources developed at commercial and industrial facilities in this state on or after January 1, 2006, a waste heat recovery system installed on or after April 1, 2007, that produces electrical or thermal energy by capturing preexisting waste heat or pressure from industrial or commercial processes, or the electricity savings created in this state from conservation and load management programs begun on or after January 1, 2006;
Sec. 5. Subsection (a) of section 16-243q of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) On and after January 1, 2007, each electric distribution company providing standard service pursuant to section 16-244c and each electric supplier as defined in section 16-1 shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of Public Utility Control that not less than one per cent of the total output of such supplier or such standard service of an electric distribution company shall be obtained from Class III sources. On and after January 1, 2008, not less than two per cent of the total output of any such supplier or such standard service of an electric distribution company shall, on demonstration satisfactory to the Department of Public Utility Control, be obtained from Class III sources. On or after January 1, 2009, not less than three per cent of the total output of any such supplier or such standard service of an electric distribution company shall, on demonstration satisfactory to the Department of Public Utility Control, be obtained from Class III sources. On and after January 1, 2010, not less than four per cent of the total output of any such supplier or such standard service of an electric distribution company shall, on demonstration satisfactory to the Department of Public Utility Control, be obtained from Class III sources. Electric power obtained from customer-side distributed resources that does not meet air and water quality standards of the Department of Environmental Protection is not eligible for purposes of meeting the percentage standards in this section. Notwithstanding section 16-243t, the number of Class III credits supplied by programs supported by the Energy Conservation and Load Management Fund shall not constitute more than twenty-five per cent of the requirements for any calendar year, as set forth in this section, for any electric supplier or electric distribution company providing standard service based on the prior calendar year's load in megawatt hours.
Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Energy improvements" means any renovation or retrofitting of qualifying real property to reduce energy consumption or installation of a renewable energy system to service qualifying real property, and
(2) "Qualifying real property" means single-family or multifamily residential dwellings or commercial or industrial buildings that a municipality has determined can benefit from energy improvements.
(b) Any municipality may establish a sustainable energy loan program for the purpose of financing energy improvements to qualifying real property located within the municipality.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-374 of the general statutes or any other public or special act that limits or imposes conditions on municipal bond issues, any municipality that establishes a sustainable energy loan program under this section may issue bonds, as necessary, for the purpose of (1) offering loans to the owners of qualifying real property within the municipality to finance energy improvements, (2) related energy audits, and (3) renewable energy system feasibility studies and the verification of the installation of such improvements. Such funds may also be used in a guarantee or loan loss reserve to support loans from other sources, including, but not limited to, private sources.
(d) Before establishing a program under this section, the municipality shall provide notice to the electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, that services the municipality.
(e) If the owner of record of qualifying real property requests a loan under this section, the municipality implementing the sustainable energy loan program shall:
(1) Require performance of an energy audit or renewable energy system feasibility analysis on the qualifying real property before approving a loan;
(2) Enter into a loan agreement with the owner and any other person benefited by the loan in a principal amount sufficient to pay the costs of energy improvements the municipality determines will benefit the qualifying real property and the borrowers, the costs of the energy audit and any associated costs;
(3) Impose requirements to ensure that the loan is consistent with the purpose of the program; and
(4) Impose requirements and conditions on loans to ensure timely repayment.
(f) Any loan made under the sustainable energy loan program shall be repaid over a term not to exceed the calculated payback period for the installed energy improvements, as determined by the municipality, and shall have no prepayment penalty. The municipality shall set a fixed rate of interest for the repayment of the principal amount of each loan at the time the loan is made. Such interest rate shall be sufficient to pay the financing costs of the program, including loan delinquencies.
(g) Any municipality implementing a sustainable energy loan program may:
(1) Secure the loan with a lien on the benefited qualifying real property;
(2) Assess the benefited qualifying real property for the amounts due under a loan agreement;
(3) Collect loan payments through a charge on the real property benefitted by such loan. Such charge shall be on the real property and shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as municipal taxes, provided such charge shall be separately listed on the tax bill; and
(4) Secure a loan in any other manner that the municipality determines reasonable subject to the criteria established pursuant to this section.
Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section, "municipal and state energy efficiency and improvement program" means the coordinated effort between an electric distribution company and customers operating municipal and state facilities that provides for the development, installation and recovery of energy efficiency equipment and systems at such facilities as approved by the Department of Public Utility Control.
(b) Notwithstanding section 16-245m of the general statutes, to facilitate the promotion of energy efficiency and other improved energy end uses and to lower annual energy costs at municipal and state facilities, an electric distribution company, upon application to the department, may offer a municipal and state energy efficiency and improvement program to its municipal and state customers to improve the energy usage profile of such facilities to maximize potential conservation and energy efficiency opportunities. Such program shall establish arrangements between the electric distribution company and such customers that provides for savings for such facilities in energy costs and repayment of the entire cost of the program through a customer-specific facilities charge, provided any such arrangement shall be funded up to one hundred per cent by the electric distribution company. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, customers operating municipal or state facilities may negotiate and enter into arrangements with an electric distribution company in which service territory such facility resides if such arrangements are pursuant to a municipal and state energy efficiency and improvement program developed pursuant to this section. The department shall approve an application for a program not later than sixty days after its submittal. The provisions of section 16-43 of the general statutes shall not apply to this program.
(c) The municipal and state energy efficiency and improvement program shall include, but not be limited to, development and installation of energy efficiency measures and equipment, fuel cells, thermal storage, high efficiency boilers and burners, controls and monitoring equipment, renewable or emergency generation, and combined heat and power systems. An electric distribution company shall use local contractors, service companies and installers to assist in the development and installation of technologies at such facilities to the extent practical and economic.
(d) An arrangement between an electric distribution company and a customer operating a municipal or state facility shall provide for payments from such customer for such facility based on a formula to calculate monthly charges that provides for full recovery of any incurred costs, including a return on investment, based on cost-of-service principles pursuant to section 16-19e of the general statutes. Such formula shall be subject to approval by the department after a hearing held in a proceeding or proceedings separate from other distribution rate proceedings. Once approved, such formula and facility-specific charges may be adopted and included in each arrangement. Monthly charges may be designed in a manner that provide for levelized repayment. Energy efficiency and improvement projects shall be eligible for any state or federal incentives, grants or credits, including, but not limited to, those available under programs administered by the Renewable Energy Investment Board, and any proceeds realized from such sources shall be used to offset costs for such facility. Monthly charges may be included in the customer's electric bills for such facility or charged separately.
(e) Arrangements between an electric distribution company and a customer operating a municipal or state facility may not exceed ten years, provided, if approved by the department or if the arrangement includes the installation of renewable, emergency or combined heat and power generation, such arrangement may be for up to twenty years.
(f) An electric distribution company may fund the municipal and state energy efficiency and improvement program annually at a level up to one per cent of its total annual revenues for the last calendar year as reported to the department. An electric distribution company shall determine the level of annual funding for such program.
(g) Commencing in June 2012, and annually thereafter, an electric distribution company providing services under a municipal and state facility energy efficiency and improvement program shall provide a report to the department and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the costs and savings associated with such program. Any incremental costs associated with such monitoring and reports shall be recovered through the systems benefits charge.
(h) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, a state agency responsible for the energy costs of a facility participating in the program may retain twenty-five per cent of the net savings over the first three years of the project for such agency's operating budget and such retention shall not be factored into the state budgeting process for such agency.
Sec. 8. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Any residential solar photovoltaic direct incentive program administered by the Renewable Energy Investment Fund shall be structured and implemented pursuant to this section and shall result in a minimum of thirty megawatts of new residential solar photovoltaic installations on or before December 31, 2021. For the purposes of this section and section 10 of this act, "residential" means dwellings with one to four units.
(b) The Renewable Energy Investments Board, through the Renewable Energy Investment Fund, shall offer direct financial incentives, in the form of performance-based incentives or expected performance-based buydowns, for the purchase or lease of qualifying residential solar photovoltaic systems. For the purposes of this section, "performance-based incentives" means incentives paid out on a per kilowatt-hour basis, and "expected performance-based buydowns" means incentives paid out as a one-time upfront incentive based on expected system performance. The Renewable Energy Investments Board shall consider willingness to pay studies and verified solar photovoltaic system characteristics, such as operational efficiency, size, location, shading and orientation, when determining the type and amount of incentive.
(c) Beginning with the comprehensive plan covering the period from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2012, the Renewable Energy Investments Board shall develop and publish in each such plan a proposed schedule for the offering of performance-based incentives or expected performance-based buydowns over the duration of any such solar incentive program. Such schedule shall: (1) Provide for a series of solar capacity blocks the combined total of which shall be a minimum of thirty megawatts and projected incentive levels for each such block; (2) provide incentives that decline over time and will foster the sustained, orderly development of a state-based solar industry; (3) automatically adjust to the next block once the board has issued reservations for financial incentives provided pursuant to this section from the Renewable Energy Investment Fund fully committing the target solar capacity and available incentives in that block; and (4) provide comparable economic incentives for the purchase or lease of qualifying residential solar photovoltaic systems. The Renewable Energy Investments Board may retain the services of a third-party entity with expertise in the area of solar energy program design to assist in the development of the incentive schedule or schedules. The Department of Public Utility Control shall review and approve such schedule. Nothing in this subsection shall restrict the board from modifying the approved incentive schedule before the issuance of its next comprehensive plan to account for changes in federal or state law or regulation or developments in the solar market when such changes would affect the expected return on investment for a typical residential solar photovoltaic system by twenty per cent or more.
(d) The Renewable Energy Investments Board shall establish and periodically update program guidelines, including, but not limited to, requirements for systems and program participants related to: (1) Eligibility criteria, (2) standards for deployment of energy efficient equipment or building practices as a condition for receiving incentive funding, and (3) procedures to provide reasonable assurance that such reservations are made and incentives are paid out only to qualifying residential solar photovoltaic systems demonstrating a high likelihood of being installed and operated as indicated in application materials.
(e) The Renewable Energy Investment Fund shall maintain on its web site the schedule of incentives, solar capacity remaining in the current block and available funding and incentive estimators.
(f) Funding for the residential performance-based incentive program and expected performance-based buydowns shall be apportioned from the moneys collected under the surcharge specified in section 16-245n of the general statutes, as amended by this act, provided such apportionment shall not exceed one-third of the total surcharge collected annually, and supplemented by federal funding as may become available.
(g) The Renewable Energy Investments Board shall identify barriers to the development of a permanent Connecticut-based solar workforce and shall make provision for comprehensive training, accreditation and certification programs through institutions and individuals accredited and certified to national standards.
(h) On or before January 1, 2013, and every two years thereafter for the duration of the program, the Renewable Energy Investments Board shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy on progress toward the goals identified in subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 9. Section 16-245n of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (i) as follows (Effective from passage):
(NEW) (i) The Renewable Energy Investments Board, through the Renewable Energy Investment Fund, shall establish funding for performance-based incentives to qualifying residential solar energy systems pursuant to section 8 of this act by: (1) Including in its comprehensive plan for the period July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2012, inclusive, an estimate of the total funding needed to support the performance-based incentives to qualifying residential solar energy systems in its entirety and allocating up to one-third for such purpose, (2) including in its comprehensive plan for the period July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014, inclusive, an estimate of remaining funding needed to support the outstanding capacity blocks for performance-based incentives to qualifying residential solar energy systems and allocating up to one-half of all such funding, (3) carrying forward any funding allocated to support performance-based incentives pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection disbursed during the two-year period covered by the comprehensive plan for the same purpose until all capacity blocks have been filled, (4) allocating the balance of the funding as necessary, and (5) monitoring the status of available funds and expected demand and including such assessment in its annual report to the Department of Public Utility Control pursuant to subsection (f) of section 8 of this act.
Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Commencing on January 1, 2011, and within the period established in subsection (a) of section 11 of this act, each electric distribution company shall solicit and file with the Department of Public Utility Control for its approval, one or more long-term power purchase contracts with owners or developers of customer-sited, nonresidential solar photovoltaic generation projects located in this state that are less than two thousand kilowatts in size, located on the customer side of the revenue meter and connected to the distribution system of the electric distribution company. For purposes of this subsection, "nonresidential" shall include all utility retail rate classes with the exception of residential, as defined in subsection (a) of section 8 of this act.
(b) Solicitations conducted by the electric distribution company shall be for the purchase of solar renewable energy credits produced by eligible nonresidential, customer-sited solar photovoltaic generating projects over the duration of the long-term contract. For purposes of this section, a long-term contract is a contract for a minimum of fifteen years. The electric distribution company may solicit proposals for a combination of renewable energy and associated solar renewable energy credits.
(c) The aggregate procurement of solar renewable energy credits by electric distribution companies pursuant to this section shall be no less than four million three hundred fifty thousand. The production of a megawatt hour of electricity from a nonresidential Class I solar renewable energy source first placed in service on or after the effective date of this section shall create one solar renewable energy credit. The obligation to purchase solar renewable energy credits shall be apportioned to electric distribution companies based on their respective distribution system loads at the commencement of the procurement period, as determined by the department.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of subsection (j) of section 16-244c of the general statutes, an electric distribution company may retire the solar renewable energy credits it procures through long-term contracting to satisfy its obligation pursuant to section 16-245a of the general statutes, as amended by this act.
(e) Nothing in this section shall preclude the resale or other disposition of energy or associated solar renewable energy credits purchased by the electric distribution company, provided the distribution company shall net the cost of payments made to projects under the long-term contracts against the proceeds of the sale of energy or solar renewable energy credits and the difference shall be credited or charged to distribution customers through a reconciling component of electric rates as determined by the department.
Sec. 11. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Each electric distribution company shall, not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, propose a ten-year solar solicitation plan that shall include a timetable and methodology for soliciting proposals for long-term solar renewable energy credits or energy contracts from in-state generators. The electric distribution company's solar solicitation plan shall be subject to the review and approval of the Department of Public Utility Control, provided contracts comprising no less than twenty-five per cent of the electric distribution company's obligation shall be submitted for department approval on or before January 1, 2012, no less than fifty per cent of such obligation shall be submitted for such approval on or before July 1, 2014, and no less than seventy-five per cent of such obligation shall be submitted for such approval on or before July 1, 2016.
(b) The electric distribution company's approved solar solicitation plan shall be designed to foster a diversity of solar project sizes and participation among all eligible customer classes subject to cost-effectiveness considerations. Separate procurement processes shall be conducted for (1) nonresidential systems between ten kilowatts and fifty kilowatts, and (2) nonresidential systems greater than fifty kilowatts but less than two thousand kilowatts. The department shall give preference to competitive bidding for resources of more than fifty kilowatts, unless the department determines that an alternative methodology is in the best interests of the electric distribution company's customers and the development of a competitive and self-sustaining solar market. Systems up to fifty kilowatts in size shall be eligible to receive a solar renewable energy credit price equivalent to the highest accepted bid price in the most recent solicitation for systems greater than fifty kilowatts but less than two thousand kilowatts, plus an additional incentive of ten per cent.
(c) Each electric distribution company shall execute its approved ten-year solicitation plan and submit for department review and approval its preferred solar procurement plan comprised of any proposed contract or contracts with independent solar developers.
(d) The department shall hold a hearing that shall be conducted as an uncontested case, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to approve, reject or modify an application for approval of the electric distribution company's solar procurement plan. The department shall only approve such proposed plan if the department finds that (1) the solicitation and evaluation conducted by the electric distribution company was the result of a fair, open, competitive and transparent process; (2) approval of the solar procurement plan would result in the greatest expected ratepayer value from solar energy or solar renewable energy credits at the lowest reasonable cost; and (3) such procurement plan satisfies other criteria established in the approved solicitation plan. The department shall not approve any proposal made under such plan unless it determines that the plan and proposals encompass all foreseeable sources of revenue or benefits and that such proposals, together with such revenue or benefits, would result in the greatest expected ratepayer value from solar energy or solar renewable energy credits. The department may, in its discretion, retain the services of an independent consultant with expertise in the area of energy procurement. The independent consultant shall be unaffiliated with the electric distribution company or its affiliates and shall not, directly or indirectly, have benefited from employment or contracts with the electric distribution company or its affiliates in the preceding five years, except as an independent consultant. For purposes of such audit, the electric distribution company shall provide the independent consultant immediate and continuing access to all documents and data reviewed, used or produced by the electric distribution company in its bid solicitation and evaluation process. The electric distribution company shall make all its personnel, agents and contractors used in the bid solicitation and evaluation available for interview by the consultant. The electric distribution company shall conduct any additional modeling requested by the independent auditor to test the assumptions and results of the bid evaluation process. The independent consultant shall not participate in or advise the electric distribution company with respect to any decisions in the bid solicitation or bid evaluation process. The department's administrative costs in reviewing the electric distribution company's solar procurement plan and the costs of the consultant shall be recovered through a reconciling component of electric rates as determined by the department.
(e) The electric distribution company shall be entitled to recover its reasonable costs of complying with its approved solar procurement plan through a reconciling component of electric rates as determined by the department.
(f) If, by January 1, 2012, the department has not received proposed long-term solar renewable energy credit contracts consisting of at least twenty-five per cent of each electric distribution company's procurement obligation or by July 1, 2014, has not received proposed long-term solar renewable energy contracts consisting of at least fifty per cent of each electric distribution company's procurement obligation, or by July 1, 2016, has not proposed long-term solar renewable energy contracts consisting of at least seventy-five per cent of each electric distribution company's procurement obligation, respectively, the department shall notify the electric distribution company and the Renewable Energy Investments Board of the shortfall. Unless, upon petition by the electric distribution company, the department grants the distribution company an extension not to exceed ninety days to correct this deficiency, the Renewable Energy Investments Board shall issue one or more requests for proposals to address the shortfall. The board shall perform an initial review of each proposal, examine the financial and technical viability of each proposal and analyze project costs and benefits for the purpose of selecting projects that will promote the provision of long-term solar renewable energy contracts. Upon selection of the projects, the board shall forward such projects to each electric distribution company for review. For each project, each electric distribution company shall analyze the interconnection point and costs related thereto, reliability and other impacts of such project to determine whether the project will promote the provision of additional long-term solar renewable energy contracts. Each electric distribution company shall provide the results of its analysis to the department, which shall conduct a proceeding to determine whether to approve or reject each project. The reasonable administrative costs associated with the procurement of long-term solar renewable energy contracts shall be collected by the distribution company, maintained in a separate interest-bearing account and disbursed to the Renewable Energy Investment Fund on a quarterly basis.
(g) Not later than sixty days after its approval of the distribution company procurement plans submitted on or before January 1, 2012, the department shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy. The report shall document for each distribution company procurement plan: (1) The total number of solar renewable energy credits bid relative to the number of solar renewable energy credits requested by the distribution company; (2) the total number of bidders in each market segment; (3) the number of contracts awarded; and (4) the total weighted average price of the solar renewable energy credits or energy so purchased. The department shall not report individual bid information or other proprietary information.
Sec. 12. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) On or before July 1, 2011, the Renewable Energy Investment Fund, in consultation with the Office of Policy and Management and the Department of Public Works, shall, within available funding, complete, or cause to be completed by private vendors, a comprehensive solar feasibility survey of facilities owned or operated by the state with a load of fifty kilowatts or more. The survey shall rank state-owned or operated facilities based on their technical feasibility to accommodate solar photovoltaic generating systems by considering such factors as: (1) On-site energy consumption; (2) building orientation; (3) roof age and condition; (4) shading and the potential for obstruction to sunlight over the life of the solar system; (5) structural load capacity; (6) availability of ancillary facilities, such as parking lots, walkways or maintenance areas; (7) nonenergy related amenities; and (8) other factors that the Renewable Energy Investment Fund deems may bear on the technical feasibility of such solar deployment.
(b) The Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Renewable Energy Investment Fund, shall, within available funding, issue one or more requests for proposals for the deployment of solar photovoltaic generating systems at state-owned or operated facilities. Any such request for proposals shall be structured to maximize the state's ability to secure incentives available from the federal government or other sources. The Office of Policy and Management may seek in any request for proposals the services of an entity to finance, design, construct, own or maintain such solar photovoltaic system under a long-term solar services agreement. Any such entity chosen to provide such services shall not be considered a public service company under section 16-1 of the general statutes.
Sec. 13. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Each electric distribution company shall, not later than July 1, 2011, file with the Department of Public Utility Control for its approval a tariff for production-based payments to owners or operators of Class I solar renewable energy source projects located in this state that are not less than one megawatt and connected directly to the distribution system of an electric distribution company.
(b) Such tariffs shall provide production-based payments for a period not less than fifteen years from the in-service date of the Class I solar renewable energy source project at a price that is, at the determination of the Department of Public Utility Control, a cost-based payment consisting of the fully allocated cost of constructing and operating a Class I solar renewable energy source of from one megawatt to seven and one-half megawatts were such construction and operation to be undertaken or procured by the electric distribution company itself. In calculating the cost-based tariff, the department shall consider actual cost data for Class I solar energy sources constructed and operated by the electric distribution company pursuant to subsection (e) of this section taking into consideration all available state and federal incentives.
(c) Such tariffs shall include a per project eligibility cap of seven and one-half megawatts and an aggregate eligibility cap of fifty megawatts, apportioned among each electric distribution company in proportion to distribution load.
(d) The cost of such tariff payments shall be eligible for inclusion in any subsequent rates, provided such payments are for projects operational on or after the effective date of this section, and recovered through a reconciling component of electric rates as determined by the department.
(e) On and after July 1, 2011, electric distribution companies may construct, own and operate solar electric generating facilities up to one-third of their proportional share of the total cap amounts specified under subsection (c) of this section, provided any such development shall be phased in over a period of no less than three years. Such projects shall be located on company-owned properties, brownfields or other locations identified by the Department of Public Utility Control for strategic placement of distributed generation. The department, in a contested case, shall authorize the electric distribution company to recover in rates its costs to construct, own and operate solar electric generating facilities, including a reasonable return on its investment, if such approval would result in a reasonable cost of meeting the solar energy requirements pursuant to said subsection (c) of this section and that such investment will not restrict competition or restrict growth in the state's solar energy industry or unfairly employ in a manner which would restrict competition in the market for solar energy systems any financial, marketing, distributing or generating advantage that the electric distribution company may exercise as a result of its authority to operate as a public service company.
(f) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of subsection (j) of section 16-244c of the general statutes, the amount of renewable energy produced from Class I renewable energy sources receiving tariff payments or included in utility rates under this section shall be applied to reduce the electric distribution company's Class I renewable energy source portfolio standard.
(g) On or before September 1, 2012, the Department of Public Utility Control, in consultation with the Office of Consumer Counsel and the Renewable Energy Investments Board, shall study the operation of solar renewable energy tariffs and shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy.
(h) The department shall suspend the tariff established pursuant to this section upon the earlier of (1) an electric distribution company reaching its aggregate cap pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, or (2) three years from the effective date of the tariff.
Sec. 14. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Renewable Energy Investment Fund and the Conservation and Load Management Fund shall develop coordinated programs to create a self-sustaining market for solar thermal systems for electricity, natural gas and fuel oil customers.
Sec. 15. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Renewable Energy Investment Fund shall provide an additional incentive of up to five per cent of the then-applicable incentive provided pursuant to sections 8 and 14 of this act for the use of major system components manufactured or assembled in Connecticut, and another additional incentive of up to five per cent of the then applicable incentive provided pursuant to sections 8 and 14 of this act for the use of major system components manufactured or assembled in a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p of the general statutes, or a targeted investment community, as defined in section 32-222 of the general statutes.
Sec. 16. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For the two-year period starting January 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2013, the aggregate net annual cost recovered for electric ratepayers pursuant to section 8 and sections 10 to 15, inclusive, of this act and subsection (i) of section 16-245n of the general statutes, as amended by this act, shall not exceed one-half of one per cent of total retail electricity sales revenues of each electric distribution company. For the two-year period starting July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015, the aggregate net annual cost recovered for electric ratepayers pursuant to section 8 and sections 10 to 15, inclusive, of this act and subsection (i) of section 16-245n of the general statutes, as amended by this act, shall not exceed three-fourths of one per cent of total retail electricity sales revenues of each electric distribution company. For each twelve-month period starting July 1, 2015, and every July first thereafter for the duration of the solar programs established pursuant to section 8 and sections 10 to 15, inclusive, of this act and subsection (i) of section 16-245n of the general statutes, as amended by this act, the aggregate net cost of such programs recovered for electric ratepayers shall not exceed one per cent of total retail electricity sales revenues of each electric distribution company.
(b) The Department of Public Utility Control shall net out the incentives paid by the Renewable Energy Investment Fund pursuant to section 16-245n of the general statutes, as amended by this act, for solar deployment programs against the aggregate annual costs identified in this section.
(c) The Department shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy when the annual cost cap is within twenty per cent of being exceeded. If the department projects that the annual cost cap will be exceeded, the department may take the following cost mitigation measures: (1) Delay or modify the development of solar electric generating facilities by electric distribution companies pursuant to subsection (e) of section 13 of this act; (2) temporarily suspend the availability of production-based incentives to customers not already eligible to receive such incentives under section 13 of this act; and (3) extend the scheduled electric distribution company solar renewable energy credit procurement plans under section 11 of this act. If the department determines that cost mitigation measures are required, it shall reduce proportionally the annual funding for the programs identified in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this subsection and only to the extent required to bring projected annual costs below the cost cap.
(d) On or before January 1, 2014, the department shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy on the cost and charges involved in the implementation of this program, including a cost-benefit analysis.
Sec. 17. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2010) For the purposes of this section, section 16-243h of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and sections 19 to 22, inclusive, of this act, "eligible combined heat and power system" means a combined heat and power system installed on or after the effective date of this section that (1) has a rated electric generating capacity of no more than one and one-half megawatts, (2) produces heat to reduce customer fossil fuel usage, including natural gas or heating oil or both, for space heating or for industrial process heat requirement, (3) has minimum operating efficiency, combining operating electrical conversion efficiency plus operating thermal conversion efficiency, of no less than fifty-five per cent, (4) is designed to operate at an eighty-five per cent load factor or greater during the months of November through February, and (5) begins installation no later than December 31, 2016, and is fully operational by December 31, 2018. If the system is not intended to be used as a base load resource from June to September, inclusive, it must be made available as a resource for the purpose of lowering locational marginal prices and related system generation charges during such months.
Sec. 18. Section 16-243h of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010):
(a) On and after January 1, 2000, each electric supplier or any electric distribution company providing standard offer, transitional standard offer, standard service or back-up electric generation service, pursuant to section 16-244c, shall give a credit for any electricity generated by a customer from a Class I renewable energy source or a hydropower facility that has a nameplate capacity rating of two megawatts or less or an eligible combined heat and power system. The electric distribution company providing electric distribution services to such a customer shall make such interconnections necessary to accomplish such purpose. An electric distribution company, at the request of any residential customer served by such company and if necessary to implement the provisions of this section, shall provide for the installation of metering equipment that (1) measures electricity consumed by such customer from the facilities of the electric distribution company, (2) deducts from the measurement the amount of electricity produced by the customer and not consumed by the customer, and (3) registers, for each billing period, the net amount of electricity either (A) consumed and produced by the customer, or (B) the net amount of electricity produced by the customer. [If] Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in a given monthly billing period, a customer-generator supplies more electricity to the electric distribution system than the electric distribution company or electric supplier delivers to the customer-generator, the electric distribution company or electric supplier shall credit the customer-generator for the excess by reducing the customer-generator's bill for the next monthly billing period to compensate for the excess electricity from the customer-generator in the previous billing period at a rate of one kilowatt-hour for one kilowatt-hour produced. The electric distribution company or electric supplier shall carry over the credits earned from monthly billing period to monthly billing period, and the credits shall accumulate until the end of the annualized period. At the end of each annualized period, the electric distribution company or electric supplier shall compensate the customer-generator for any excess kilowatt-hours generated, at the avoided cost of wholesale power. A customer who generates electricity from a generating unit with a nameplate capacity of more than ten kilowatts of electricity pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be assessed for the competitive transition assessment, pursuant to section 16-245g and the systems benefits charge, pursuant to section 16-245l, based on the amount of electricity consumed by the customer from the facilities of the electric distribution company without netting any electricity produced by the customer. For purposes of this section, "residential customer" means a customer of a single-family dwelling or multifamily dwelling consisting of two to four units.
(b) In the case of a customer operating an eligible combined heat and power system, any excess kWh generated at the end of an annual period shall be paid at the average hourly real-time locational marginal price for electric generation for all hours during the annual period. Net energy billing shall be performed monthly and payments for excess sales to the electric distribution company shall be made annually for the period from April of each year to March of the following year.
Sec. 19. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2010) The Department of Public Utility Control shall develop a program to coordinate the dispatch of eligible combined heat and power systems. The department may use a third-party entity that has the managerial, technical and financial capabilities to operate distributed energy resources for purposes of coordinating and managing the ongoing dispatch of these systems for market participation. An owner of an eligible combined heat and power system who elects to participate in such program who are called to dispatch during the months of June through September, shall be compensated based on their marginal cost of electricity produced during the months of June through September based on the actual system input fuel prices paid plus allocated costs of operation and maintenance and a return on equity not to exceed that of the electric distribution company serving the franchise territory where the system is located. All system benefits, including, but not limited to, (1) ISO New England load response or price response programs, (2) forward capacity market payments, (3) reductions in locational marginal price, and (4) reductions in congestion costs for the use of these resources, shall be accrued to the ratepayers of the electric distribution system.
Sec. 20. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2010) The Department of Public Utility Control shall, not later than January 1, 2011, establish a program to grant awards to retail end use customers of electric distribution companies to fund the capital costs of obtaining projects of eligible combined heat and power systems, as defined in section 17 of this act. Any project shall receive a one-time, nonrecurring award in an amount of two hundred dollars per kilowatt of capacity for such system, recoverable from federally mandated congestion charges.
Sec. 21. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2010) On or before January 1, 2011, each electric distribution company shall institute a program to rebate to its customers with projects that use natural gas, which projects are eligible combined heat and power systems, as defined in section 17 of this act, an amount equivalent to the customer's retail delivery charge for transporting natural gas from the customer's local gas company to such customer's project. Costs of such a rebate shall be recoverable by the electric distribution company from the federally mandated congestion charges, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, as amended by this act.
Sec. 22. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2010) The owner of an eligible combined heat and power system, as defined in section 17 of this act, shall (1) be exempt from electric distribution companies for standby and backup service and from that part of the demand charge that reflect prior peak demand, and (2) retain any renewable energy credits generated by the system.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage 16-245a
Sec. 3 from passage 16-243i
Sec. 4 from passage 16-1(a)(44)
Sec. 5 from passage 16-243q(a)
Sec. 6 from passage New section
Sec. 7 from passage New section
Sec. 8 from passage New section
Sec. 9 from passage 16-245n
Sec. 10 from passage New section
Sec. 11 from passage New section
Sec. 12 from passage New section
Sec. 13 from passage New section
Sec. 14 from passage New section
Sec. 15 from passage New section
Sec. 16 from passage New section
Sec. 17 July 1, 2010 New section
Sec. 18 July 1, 2010 16-243h
Sec. 19 July 1, 2010 New section
Sec. 20 July 1, 2010 New section
Sec. 21 July 1, 2010 New section
Sec. 22 July 1, 2010 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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