General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5118
February Session, 2012 LCO No. 855
*00855_______ENV*
Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
(ENV)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5118
February Session, 2012
LCO No. 855
*00855_______ENV*
Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECLASSIFICATION OF TRASH-TO-ENERGY FACILITIES AS CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivisions (26) and (27) of subsection (a) of section 16-1 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):
(26) "Class I renewable energy source" means (A) energy derived from solar power, wind power, a fuel cell, methane gas from landfills, any trash-to-energy facility located in the state, 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;
(27) "Class II renewable energy source" means energy derived from [a trash-to-energy facility,] a biomass facility that began operation before July 1, 1998, provided the average emission rate for such facility is equal to or less than .2 pounds of nitrogen oxides per million BTU of heat input for the previous calendar quarter, or 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 riverflow, and began operation prior to July 1, 2003;
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any revenue derived from the Class I renewable energy certificates for a trash-to-energy facility located in the state shall be dedicated to benefit those municipalities that utilize such trash-to-energy facility.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2012 16-1(a)(26) and (27)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2012 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2012
16-1(a)(26) and (27)
Sec. 2
October 1, 2012
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To reclassify the electricity generated by trash-to-energy facilities in the state as a Class I renewable energy source to reflect the value of such electricity and facilities in competitive energy and waste markets and to dedicate revenues derived from such Class I renewable energy certificates for such facilities to the benefit of member towns.
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