OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sSB-999
AN ACT CONCERNING A JUST TRANSITION TO CLIMATE-
PROTECTIVE ENERGY PRODUCTION AND COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT.
Primary Analyst: AN 4/11/21
Contributing Analyst(s): DD, CW
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Resources of the General Fund GF - Potential
Revenue Gain
Minimal Minimal
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Various Municipalities Potential
Cost
See Below See Below
Explanation
The bill requires certain renewable energy and efficiency
construction projects to meet prevailing wage standards and requires
developers to enter into community host agreements.
There is a potential cost to municipalities resulting from the bill,
which may increase the costs of certain covered projects that are
funded by towns. To the extent that the bill increases the total cost of
covered projects by requiring that workers be paid the prevailing
wage, there is a cost equal to the differential in labor-related costs
between such wages and those that would otherwise apply. This does
not impact projects that currently must comply with prevailing wage
laws or are covered by a project labor agreement.
There is also a potential General Fund revenue gain from penalties 2021SB-00999-R000404-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
for noncompliance with the bill’s provisions. The bill specifies that
violations result in penalties and sanctions but does not specify further
details. As such, any potential revenue is anticipated to be minimal,
and enforcement by the Department of Labor is not anticipated to
result in any costs to the agency.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to amount in penalties assessed by the
Department of Labor and the number of such covered projects funded
by municipalities.