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12	11		Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E INSTALLATION OF CLASS I
21	20		RENEWABLE ENERGY SOU RCES ON STATE LAND N EAR PUBLIC
22	21		HIGHWAYS.
23	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	23		Assembly convened:
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26	25		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, 1
27	26		"Class I renewable energy source" has the same meaning as provided 2
28	27		in section 16-1 of the general statutes. 3
29	28		(b) On or before January 1, 2020, the Commissioners of Energy and 4
30	29		Environmental Protection and Transportation, in consultation with the 5
31	30		Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall: 6
32	31		(1) Develop an inventory of all land owned by the state in proximity 7
33	32		to public highways that such commissioners determine is suitable for 8
34	33		the siting and installation of Class I renewable energy sources that are 9
35	34		derived from solar power, provided such inventory may also indicate 10
36	35		any such land the commissioners determine is suitable for the siting 11
37	36		and installation of Class I renewable energy sources that are not 12
38	37		derived from solar power. In developing such inventory, the 13
39		-	commissioners shall consider related practices, standards and 14 Committee Bill No. 468
	38	+	commissioners shall consider related practices, standards and 14
	39	+	Committee Bill No. 468
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46	44		inventories or surveys developed in other states. 15
47	45		(2) Establish a setback distance from roadways that provides for 16
48	46		motorist safety for Class I renewable energy sources that are derived 17
49	47		from solar power, provided if the inventory developed pursuant to 18
50	48		subdivision (1) of this subsection includes any land the commissioners 19
51	49		determine is suitable for the siting and installation of Class I renewable 20
52	50		energy sources that are not derived from solar power, the 21
53	51		commissioners shall establish a setback distance from roadways that 22
54	52		provides for motorist safety for such Class I renewable energy sources 23
55	53		that are not derived from solar power. 24
56	54		(3) Develop standards and procedures for the siting of Class I 25
57	55		renewable energy sources that are derived from solar power on lands 26
58	56		owned by the state in proximity to public highways, provided if the 27
59	57		inventory developed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection 28
60	58		includes any land the commissioners determine is suitable for the 29
61	59		siting and installation of Class I renewable energy sources that are not 30
62	60		derived from solar power, the commissioners shall develop standards 31
63	61		and procedures for the siting of such Class I renewable energy sources 32
64	62		that are not derived from solar power. 33
65	63		(4) Develop and implement a plan to simultaneously (A) provide 34
66	64		any necessary financing to ensure the installation of Class I renewable 35
67	65		energy sources on land owned by the state in proximity to public 36
68	66		highways, and (B) maximize revenues to the state related to such 37
69	67		installation. Such plan shall indicate which financing model or models 38
70	68		the state will pursue to ensure the installation of Class I renewable 39
71	69		energy sources with a nameplate capacity rating of ten megawatts, in 40
72	70		the aggregate, on land owned by the state in proximity to public 41
73	71		highways each year for a total of ten years. In developing and 42
74	72		implementing such plan, the commissioners shall consider options that 43
75	73		include, but are not limited to, (i) the leasing of land owned by the 44
76	74		state in proximity to public highways to persons for the purpose of 45
77	75		installing and operating Class I renewable energy sources, and (ii) the 46
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85	82		land owned by the state in proximity to public highways. 48
86	83		(c) After January 1, 2020, the commissioners may, at their discretion, 49
87	84		from time to time revise or update the inventory developed pursuant 50
88	85		to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section. 51
89	86		(d) On or before January 1, 2020, and once every two years 52
90	87		thereafter, the commissioners shall report, in accordance with the 53
91	88		provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, the status of each of 54
92	89		the items in subsection (b) of this section to the joint standing 55
93	90		committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 56
94	91		relating to energy and transportation. 57
95	92		(e) On or before January 1, 2020, the Commissioners of Energy and 58
96	93		Environmental Protection and Transportation shall each adopt 59
97	94		regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to 60
98	95		implement the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. 61
99	96		(f) On or before January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter for a total 62
100	97		of ten years, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 63
101	98		Protection shall issue a request for proposals pursuant to the financing 64
102	99		model or models indicated in the plan developed pursuant to 65
103	100		subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of this section. Such request for 66
104	101		proposals shall be in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and 67
105	102		any regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. 68
106	103		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
107	104		sections:
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109	106		Section 1 from passage New section
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	108	+	Statement of Purpose:
	109	+	To require the Commissioners of Energy and Environmental
	110	+	Protection and Transportation to (1) develop an inventory of land
	111	+	owned by the state near highways that they determine is suitable for
	112	+	the installation of certain Class I renewable energy sources, (2)
	113	+	establish appropriate setback distances for such sources, (3) develop
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	119	+	and implement a plan concerning the financing and revenues related
	120	+	to such sources, and (4) adopt regulations, and require the
	121	+	Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to issue a
	122	+	request for proposals for such sources.
	123	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	124	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	125	+	not underlined.]
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	127	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.; REP. GRESKO, 121st Dist.
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