Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1002
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12	10		Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING PH OSPHATE BYWASTES FROM ANAERO BIC
21	20		DIGESTERS.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. Section 16a-3h of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
27	26		On or after October 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Energy and 3
28	27		Environmental Protection, in consultation with the procurement 4
29	28		manager identified in subsection (l) of section 16-2, the Office of 5
30	29		Consumer Counsel and the Attorney General, may solicit proposals, in 6
31	30		one solicitation or multiple solicitations, from providers of the 7
32	31		following resources or any combination of the following resources: 8
33	32		Run-of-the-river hydropower, landfill methane gas, biomass, fuel cell, 9
34	33		offshore wind or anaerobic digestion, provided such source meets the 10
35	34		definition of a Class I renewable energy source pursuant to section 16-11
36	35		1, or energy storage systems. In making any selection of such 12
37	36		proposals, the commissioner shall consider factors, including, but not 13
38	37		limited to (1) whether the proposal is in the interest of ratepayers, 14
39		-	including, but not limited to, the delivered price of such sources, (2) 15
40		-	the emissions profile of a relevant facility, (3) any investments made by 16 Raised Bill No. 1002
	38	+	including, but not limited to, the delivered price of such sources, (2) 15 Raised Bill No. 1002
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	44	+	the emissions profile of a relevant facility, (3) any investments made by 16
47	45		a relevant facility to improve the emissions profile of such facility, (4) 17
48	46		the length of time a relevant facility has received renewable energy 18
49	47		credits, (5) any positive impacts on the state's economic development, 19
50	48		(6) whether the proposal is consistent with requirements to reduce 20
51	49		greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with section 22a-200a, 21
52	50		including, but not limited to, the development of combined heat and 22
53	51		power systems, (7) whether the proposal is consistent with the policy 23
54	52		goals outlined in the Comprehensive Energy Strategy adopted 24
55	53		pursuant to section 16a-3d, (8) whether the proposal promotes electric 25
56	54		distribution system reliability and other electric distribution system 26
57	55		benefits, including, but not limited to, microgrids, (9) whether the 27
58	56		proposal promotes the policy goals outlined in the state-wide solid 28
59	57		waste management plan developed pursuant to section 22a-241a, [and] 29
60	58		(10) the positive reuse of sites with limited development opportunities, 30
61	59		including, but not limited to, brownfields or landfills, as identified by 31
62	60		the commissioner in any solicitation issued pursuant to this section, 32
63	61		and (11) for solicitations involving such anaerobic digestion, whether 33
64	62		technology employed by the owner or operator of such digester 34
65	63		enables the conversion of bywastes that contain concentrated levels of 35
66	64		phosphates into a commercial end product for agricultural use in this 36
67	65		or another state. The commissioner may select proposals from such 37
68	66		resources to meet up to six per cent of the load distributed by the 38
69	67		state's electric distribution companies, provided the commissioner 39
70	68		shall not select proposals for more than three per cent of the load 40
71	69		distributed by the state's electric distribution companies from offshore 41
72	70		wind resources. The commissioner may direct the electric distribution 42
73	71		companies to enter into power purchase agreements for energy, 43
74	72		capacity and environmental attributes, or any combination thereof, for 44
75	73		periods of not more than twenty years on behalf of all customers of the 45
76	74		state's electric distribution companies. Certificates issued by the New 46
77	75		England Power Pool Generation Information System for any Class I 47
78	76		renewable energy sources procured under this section may be: (A) 48
79	77		Sold in the New England Power Pool Generation Information System 49
80		-	renewable energy credit market to be used by any electric supplier or 50
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	78	+	renewable energy credit market to be used by any electric supplier or 50 Raised Bill No. 1002
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	84	+	electric distribution company to meet the requirements of section 16-51
88	85		245a, provided the revenues from such sale are credited to all 52
89	86		customers of the contracting electric distribution company; or (B) 53
90	87		retained by the electric distribution company to meet the requirements 54
91	88		of section 16-245a. In considering whether to sell or retain such 55
92	89		certificates, the company shall select the option that is in the best 56
93	90		interest of such company's ratepayers. Any such agreement shall be 57
94	91		subject to review and approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory 58
95	92		Authority, which review shall be completed not later than sixty days 59
96	93		after the date on which such agreement is filed with the authority. The 60
97	94		net costs of any such agreement, including costs incurred by the 61
98	95		electric distribution companies under the agreement and reasonable 62
99	96		costs incurred by the electric distribution companies in connection 63
100	97		with the agreement, shall be recovered through a fully reconciling 64
101	98		component of electric rates for all customers of electric distribution 65
102	99		companies. All reasonable costs incurred by the Department of Energy 66
103	100		and Environmental Protection associated with the commissioner's 67
104	101		solicitation and review of proposals pursuant to this section shall be 68
105	102		recoverable through the nonbypassable federally mandated congestion 69
106	103		charges, as defined in section 16-1. 70
107	104		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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110	107		Section 1 October 1, 2019 16a-3h
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112		-	ENV Joint Favorable
	109	+	Statement of Purpose:
	110	+	To provide incentive for the use of technology by operators of
	111	+	anaerobic digesters that enables the conversion of phosphate rich
	112	+	bywastes into a useful commercial product.
	113	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	114	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	115	+	not underlined.]
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