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OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 993
AN ACT ASSESSING AN ANNUAL FEE AGAINST CERTAIN
CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE INSTALLATIONS.
SUMMARY
This bill requires developers of certain Class I renewable energy
source projects (e.g., wind or solar) to pay an annual assessment to the
municipality where the project is located. The assessment is $5 per
kilowatt of capacity. For solar projects, capacity is measured as “solar
energy plant capacity,” meaning the aggregate alternating current
nameplate capacity for all inverters used to convert the plant’s energy
output to alternating current. For all other projects, “plant capacity” is
the plant’s rated electrical nameplate capacity. (Generally, a system’s
rated nameplate capacity is its maximum output under optimal
conditions.)
The bill’s annual assessment requirement applies to facilities (1)
installed on or after July 1, 2021; (2) designed to generate more energy
annually than their location’s annual load; and (3) with a plant
capacity or solar energy plant capacity over 50 kilowatts.
Under the bill, anyone required to pay the assessment must file an
annual declaration with the municipality’s tax collector, in a form and
manner the collector prescribes, stating the (1) amount of plant
capacity or solar energy plant capacity in kilowatts and (2) calculated
fee amount. The bill provides that the fee is due, payable, and
collectible as municipal taxes, subject to the same liens and collection
processes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2021
COMMITTEE ACTION
Energy and Technology Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute 2021SB-00993-R000292-BA.DOCX
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Yea 26 Nay 0 (03/18/2021)