LCO No. 1196 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 631 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 1196 Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY Introduced by: SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING BATTERY STORAGE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of 1 Energy and Environmental Protection to report to the General Assembly 2 regarding (1) the associated costs of battery-storage technology, and (2) 3 the impact on ratepayer bills from the associated costs of battery-storage 4 technology, including a detailed explanation of the battery-storage 5 technology used by each public service company and such technology's 6 impact on the environment due to the process of acquiring the 7 component materials of such technology and disposal of such 8 technology after its useful life. 9 Statement of Purpose: To review the effectiveness of battery-storage technology and its impact on ratepayer bills.