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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6527
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3842
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
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AN ACT INCREASING THE TOTAL OUTPUT OF CLASS III SOURCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 16-243q of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2021): 3
(a) On and after January 1, 2007, each electric distribution company 4
providing standard service pursuant to section 16-244c and each electric 5
supplier as defined in section 16-1 shall demonstrate to the satisfaction 6
of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority that not less than one per 7
cent of the total output of such supplier or such standard service of an 8
electric distribution company shall be obtained from Class III sources. 9
On and after January 1, 2008, not less than two per cent of the total 10
output of any such supplier or such standard service of an electric 11
distribution company shall, on demonstration satisfactory to the Public 12
Utilities Regulatory Authority, be obtained from Class III sources. On or 13
after January 1, 2009, not less than three per cent of the total output of 14
any such supplier or such standard service of an electric distribution 15
company shall, on demonstration satisfactory to the Public Utilities 16 Raised Bill No. 6527
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Regulatory Authority, be obtained from Class III sources. On and after 17
January 1, 2010, not less than four per cent of the total output of any such 18
supplier or such standard service of an electric distribution company 19
shall, on demonstration satisfactory to the Public Utilities Regulatory 20
Authority, be obtained from Class III sources. On and after January 1, 21
2022, until January 1, 2025, not less than five per cent of the total output 22
of any such supplier or such standard service of an electric distribution 23
company shall, on demonstration satisfactory to the Public Utilities 24
Regulatory Authority, be obtained from Class III sources. Electric power 25
obtained from customer-side distributed resources that does not meet 26
air and water quality standards of the Department of Energy and 27
Environmental Protection is not eligible for purposes of meeting the 28
percentage standards in this section. 29
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 16-243q(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the total output of Class III sources to five per cent between
January 1, 2022, and January 1, 2025.
[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.]