Connecticut 2022 2022 Regular Session

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General Assembly  Governor's Bill No. 10  
February Session, 2022 
LCO No. 640 
 
 
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY 
 
 
Introduced by:  
Request of the Governor 
Pursuant to Joint Rule 9 
  
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION.  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 22a-200a of the general statutes is 1 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2 
2022): 3 
(a) The state shall reduce the level of emissions of greenhouse gas: 4 
(1) Not later than January 1, 2020, to a level at least ten per cent below 5 
the level emitted in 1990; 6 
(2) Not later than January 1, 2030, to a level at least forty-five per cent 7 
below the level emitted in 2001; [and] 8 
(3) Not later than January 1, 2040, to a level of zero per cent from 9 
electricity supplied to electric customers in the state; and 10 
[(3)] (4) Not later than January 1, 2050, to a level at least eighty per 11 
cent below the level emitted in 2001. 12  Bill No. 10 
 
 
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[(4)] (5) All of the levels referenced in this subsection shall be 13 
determined by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 14 
Protection. 15 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 July 1, 2022 22a-200a(a) 
 
ET Joint Favorable