Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06839 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/29/2019

                             
 
LCO No. 2440   	1 of 1 
  
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6839  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 2440 
 
 
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85
th Dist. 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT REQUIRING THE COMMISSIONER OF ENERGY AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO SET A GOAL TO PROCURE AT 
LEAST TWO THOUSAND MEGAWATTS OF ELECTRICITY DERIVED 
FROM WIND POWER GENERATED OFFSHORE OF THE STATE. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner 1 
of Energy and Environmental Protection to set a goal to procure at 2 
least two thousand megawatts of electricity derived from wind power 3 
generated offshore of the state on or before January 1, 2023. 4 
Statement of Purpose:   
To set a goal to procure at least two thousand megawatts of electricity 
derived from offshore wind power.