Connecticut 2022 2022 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00010 Chaptered / Bill

Filed 05/04/2022

                     
 
 
Senate Bill No. 10 
 
Public Act No. 22-5 
 
 
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 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 
2022): 
(a) The state shall reduce the level of emissions of greenhouse gas: 
(1) Not later than January 1, 2020, to a level at least ten per cent below 
the level emitted in 1990; 
(2) Not later than January 1, 2030, to a level at least forty-five per cent 
below the level emitted in 2001; [and] 
(3) Not later than January 1, 2040, to a level of zero per cent from 
electricity supplied to electric customers in the state; 
[(3)] (4) Not later than January 1, 2050, to a level at least eighty per 
cent below the level emitted in 2001; [.] and 
[(4)] (5) All of the levels referenced in this subsection shall be 
determined by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 
Protection.  Senate Bill No. 10 
 
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