LCO No. 3154 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 865 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 3154 Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY Introduced by: (ET) AN ACT REQUIRING THE STUDY OF ENERGY SOU RCES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2021) The Commissioner of Energy and 1 Environmental Protection shall conduct a study to determine whether 2 policy and procedural changes within the Department of Energy and 3 Environmental Protection may increase the effectiveness of energy 4 sources utilized by the state. The commissioner shall report, in 5 accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 6 the findings of such study to the joint standing committee of the General 7 Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy on or before 8 January 1, 2022. 9 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section Raised Bill No. 865 LCO No. 3154 2 of 2 Statement of Purpose: To require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to conduct a study to determine whether policy and procedural changes within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may increase the effectiveness of energy sources utilized by the state. [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.]