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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6523
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING VI RTUAL NET METERING C REDITS FOR
MANUFACTURERS IN DIS TRESSED MUNICIPALITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of section 16-244u of the 1
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 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 [twenty] thirty million dollars per year apportioned to each 7
electric distribution company based on consumer load, for credits 8
provided to beneficial accounts pursuant to subsection (b) of this section 9
and payments made pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, provided 10
the municipal, state and agricultural customer hosts, each in the 11
aggregate, and the designated beneficial accounts of such customer 12
hosts, shall receive not more than forty per cent of the dollar amount 13
established pursuant to this subdivision. At least ten million dollars per 14
year, of the thirty million dollars per year cap, shall be designated for 15 Raised Bill No. 6523
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manufacturers located in a distressed municipality, as defined in section 16
32-9p, provided that such manufacturers include, in its application to an 17
electric distribution company, an anticipated plan for the utilization of 18
any energy savings associated with the credits received under this 19
section. 20
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 16-244u(e)(1)
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the virtual net metering cap and extend the credits to
manufacturers in distressed municipalities.
[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.]