Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01049 Compare Versions

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1-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1049
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1+General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1049
2+January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4640
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4+Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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12-AN ACT CONCERNING VIRTUAL NET METERING.
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18+Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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24+AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND VIRTUAL NET METERING.
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1426 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16-Section 1. (Effective October 1, 2015) (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall conduct a study regarding virtual net metering.
28+Section 1. Subparagraph (A) of subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 16-244u of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
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18-(b) Not later than January 1, 2016, the commissioner, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, shall report the results of the study conducted, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy.
30+(7) (A) "Virtual net metering facility" means a Class I renewable energy source, [or] a Class III source, [that:] or a hydroelectric generating facility owned and operated by a municipal corporation responsible for providing potable water and wastewater control services, whereby the beneficial accounts are owned by a customer host, that: (i) Is served by an electric distribution company, owned, leased or subject to a long-term contract by a customer host and serves the electricity needs of the customer host and its beneficial accounts; (ii) is within the same electric distribution company service territory as the customer host and its beneficial accounts; and (iii) has a nameplate capacity rating of [three] four megawatts or less; and
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2335 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
24-Section 1 October 1, 2015 New section
36+Section 1 October 1, 2015 16-244u(a)(7)(A)
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2638 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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48+To authorize municipal corporation-owned hydroelectric generating facilities to utilize virtual net metering.
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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.]