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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 993
January Session, 2021
AN ACT ASSESSING AN ANNUAL FEE AGAINST C ERTAIN CLASS I
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOU RCE INSTALLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Class I renewable energy source" has the same meaning as 2
provided in section 16-1 of the general statutes; 3
(2) "Person" has the same meaning as provided in section 16-1 of the 4
general statutes; 5
(3) "Plant capacity" means a non-solar plant's rated electrical 6
nameplate capacity; and 7
(4) "Solar energy plant capacity" means a solar energy plant's 8
aggregate alternating current nameplate capacity for all inverters used 9
to convert said plant's energy output to alternating current. 10
(b) (1) Any person who installs a Class I renewable energy source for 11
generation or displacement of energy shall pay an annual assessment 12
fee of five dollars per kilowatt of plant capacity or solar energy plant 13
capacity to the municipality where such installation is located, provided 14
(A) such installation is completed on or after July 1, 2021, (B) the annual 15
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exceed the annual load for the location where such generation or 17
displacement is located, and (C) such source or facility has a plant 18
capacity or solar energy plant capacity greater than fifty kilowatts. 19
(2) Any person subject to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this 20
section shall file with the tax collector of such municipality where such 21
installation is located, in such form and manner as the tax collector 22
prescribes, an annual declaration stating the amount of kilowatt plant 23
capacity or solar energy plant capacity and the fee amount calculated 24
thereon. Such fee shall be due and payable and collectible as municipal 25
taxes and subject to the same liens and processes of collection. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
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