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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7115
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4100
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT CONCERNING VI RTUAL NET METERING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 16-244u of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(e) (1) On or before October 1, 2013, the Public Utilities Regulatory 4
Authority shall conduct a proceeding to develop the administrative 5
processes and program specifications, including, but not limited to, a 6
cap of [ten] twenty million dollars per year apportioned to each electric 7
distribution company based on consumer load, for credits provided to 8
beneficial accounts pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and 9
payments made pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, provided the 10
municipal, state and agricultural customer hosts, each in the aggregate, 11
and the designated beneficial accounts of such customer hosts, shall 12
receive not more than forty per cent of the dollar amount established 13
pursuant to this subdivision. 14
(2) In addition to the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, 15
the authority shall authorize six million dollars per year for municipal 16 Raised Bill No. 7115
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customer hosts, apportioned to each electric distribution company 17
based on consumer load, for credits provided to beneficial accounts 18
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and payments made pursuant 19
to subsection (c) of this section where such municipal customer hosts 20
have: (A) Submitted an interconnection application to an electric 21
distribution company on or before April 13, 2016, and (B) submitted a 22
virtual net metering application to an electric distribution company on 23
or before April 13, 2016. 24
(3) In addition to the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this 25
subsection, the authority shall authorize, apportioned to each electric 26
distribution company based on consumer load for credits provided to 27
beneficial accounts pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and 28
payments made pursuant to subsection (c) of this section three million 29
dollars per year for agricultural customer hosts, provided each 30
agricultural customer host utilizes a virtual net metering facility that is 31
an anaerobic digestion Class I renewable energy source and not less 32
than fifty per cent of the dollar amount for such agricultural customer 33
hosts established under this subparagraph is utilized by anaerobic 34
digestion facilities located on dairy farms that complement such farms' 35
nutrient management plans, as certified by the Department of 36
Agriculture, and that have a goal of utilizing one hundred per cent of 37
the manure generated on such farm. 38
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 16-244u(e)
Statement of Purpose:
To change the cap for virtual net metering credits that can be provided
to beneficial accounts.
[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.]