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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 5440
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6	8		February Session, 2024
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	12	+	Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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10	20		AN ACT CONCERNING LIFECYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
11	21		OF BIOFUELS.
12	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
13	23		Assembly convened:
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15	25		Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 22a-200b of the general statutes is 1
16	26		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
17	27		1, 2024): 3
18	28		(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, 4
19	29		with the advice and assistance of a nonprofit association organized to 5
20	30		provide scientific, technical, analytical and policy support to the air 6
21	31		quality and climate programs of northeastern states: (1) Not later than 7
22	32		December 1, 2009, publish an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions to 8
23	33		establish a baseline for such emissions for the state and publish a 9
24	34		summary of greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies on the 10
25	35		Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Internet web 11
26	36		site, (2) not later than July 1, 2010, publish results of various modeling 12
27	37		scenarios concerning greenhouse gas emissions, including, but not 13
28	38		limited to, an evaluation of the potential economic and environmental 14
29		-	benefits and opportunities for economic growth based on such 15
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30	46		scenarios, (3) not later than July 1, 2011, analyze greenhouse gas 16
31	47		emission reduction strategies and, after an opportunity for public 17
32	48		comment, make recommendations on which such strategies will achieve 18
33	49		the greenhouse gas emission levels specified in section 22a-200a, and (4) 19
34		-	not later than July 1, 2012, and every three years thereafter, develop, 20 Substitute Bill No. 5440
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	50	+	not later than July 1, 2012, and every three years thereafter, develop, 20
39	51		with an opportunity for public comment, a schedule of recommended 21
40	52		regulatory actions by relevant agencies, policies and other actions 22
41	53		necessary to show reasonable further progress towards achieving the 23
42	54		greenhouse gas emission levels specified in section 22a-200a. On and 24
43	55		after October 1, 2024, any report or inventory that the commissioner 25
44	56		publishes pursuant to this section that analyzes or models greenhouse 26
45	57		gas emissions shall measure lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions using 27
46	58		the Argonne National Laboratory's greenhouse gases, regulated 28
47	59		emissions, and energy use in technologies model, or a successor model. 29
48	60		Sec. 2. Section 22a-200d of the general statutes is repealed and the 30
49	61		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024): 31
50	62		In order to achieve the emission reduction requirements established 32
51	63		in section 22a-200a, the state shall implement the following: 33
52	64		(1) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 34
53	65		monitor the development of low-carbon fuel standards in other states or 35
54	66		jurisdictions, evaluate the potential of any such standard to achieve net 36
55	67		carbon reductions, and [assess whether the analytical framework used 37
56	68		to determine the carbon benefit measures] analyze the full lifecycle of 38
57	69		greenhouse gas emissions, including direct and indirect emissions of 39
58	70		greenhouse gas caused by changes in land use or other factors. [Such 40
59	71		assessment] The department shall [include, but not be limited to, the 41
60	72		modeling tools developed by the California Air Resources Board and 42
61	73		the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The analytical 43
62	74		framework used to measure actual lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions 44
63	75		for fuel shall include all stages of fuel and feedstock production, 45
64	76		delivery and use of the finished fuel to the ultimate consumer, and shall 46
65	77		adjust the mass values for all greenhouse gas emissions relative to such 47
66		-	emissions' relative global warming potential] perform such analysis 48
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67	85		using the Argonne National Laboratory's greenhouse gases, regulated 49
68	86		emissions, and energy use in technologies model, or a successor model. 50
69	87		(2) The Department of Transportation shall, within available 51
70		-	appropriations, continue to investigate the potential for improvements 52 Substitute Bill No. 5440
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	88	+	appropriations, continue to investigate the potential for improvements 52
75	89		to the state's transportation system that will reduce greenhouse gas 53
76	90		emissions and coordinate with the northeastern states on regional 54
77	91		strategies to incorporate greenhouse gas emission reductions into 55
78	92		regional transportation planning, including, but not limited to, high 56
79	93		speed rail, light-rail passenger service and freight rail service within the 57
80	94		northeast region. 58
81	95		(3) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may 59
82	96		work with interested states and Canadian provinces to develop and 60
83	97		implement market-based compliance mechanisms to achieve the 61
84	98		greenhouse gas levels and limits established by section 22a-200a, 62
85	99		including, but not limited to, cap and trade programs. 63
86	100		Sec. 3. Subsection (e) of section 16a-3d of the general statutes is 64
87	101		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 65
88	102		1, 2024): 66
89	103		(e) For the Comprehensive Energy Strategy next approved after 67
90		-	October 1, [2021] ~~2024~~, and every Comprehensive Energy Strategy 68
	104	+	October 1, [2021] 2023, and every Comprehensive Energy Strategy 68
91	105		prepared thereafter, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 69
92	106		Protection shall consider: (1) [the] The reductions in greenhouse gas 70
93	107		emissions resulting from the use of low-carbon fuel blends [used] in 71
94	108		home heating oil, as measured on a [life-cycle] lifecycle basis [,] using 72
95	109		the Argonne National Laboratory's greenhouse gases, regulated 73
96	110		emissions, and energy use in technologies model, or a successor model; 74
97	111		(2) possible contributions to the state's greenhouse gas emissions 75
98	112		mandated levels, pursuant to section 22a-200a, in connection with the 76
99	113		reduction of greenhouse gas emissions on a [life-cycle] lifecycle basis; [,] 77
100	114		(3) the ability of a thermal portfolio standard to further reductions in 78
101		-	greenhouse gas emissions, as measured on a [life-cycle] lifecycle basis [, 79
102		-	and (4)] using the Argonne National Laboratory's greenhouse gases, 80
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103	123		regulated emissions, and energy use in technologies model, or a 81
104	124		successor model; and (4) five-year, ten-year and twenty-year projections 82
105	125		that compare the relative value of [the] (A) reductions in greenhouse gas 83
106	126		emissions [on a life-cycle basis] achieved by biodiesel and other low-84
107		-	carbon fuel blends currently used [currently] in the state, [compared 85 Substitute Bill No. 5440
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112		-	with the value of future projected] as measured on a lifecycle basis using 86
113		-	the Argonne National Laboratory's greenhouse gases, regulated 87
114		-	emissions, and energy use in technologies model, or a successor model, 88
115		-	and (B) reductions in greenhouse gas emissions [reductions] achieved 89
116		-	by the retail heating oil industry, as measured on a [life-cycle] lifecycle 90
117		-	basis [five, ten, and twenty years into the future using the Department 91
118		-	of Energy and Environmental Protections' contemporaneous projection 92
119		-	of renewable energy utilized] using the Argonne National Laboratory's 93
	127	+	carbon fuel blends currently used [currently] in the state, as measured 85
	128	+	on a lifecycle basis using the Argonne National Laboratory's greenhouse 86
	129	+	gases, regulated emissions, and energy use in technologies model, or a 87
	130	+	successor model, [compared with] and (B) [the value of future projected] 88
	131	+	reductions in greenhouse gas emissions [reductions] achieved by the 89
	132	+	retail heating oil industry, as measured on a [life-cycle] lifecycle basis 90
	133	+	[five, ten, and twenty years into the future using the Department of 91
	134	+	Energy and Environmental Protections' contemporaneous projection of 92
	135	+	renewable energy utilized] using the Argonne National Laboratory's 93
120	136		greenhouse gases, regulated emissions, and energy use in technologies 94
121	137		model, or a successor model. 95
122	138		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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125	141		Section 1 October 1, 2024 22a-200b(a)
126	142		Sec. 2 October 1, 2024 22a-200d
127	143		Sec. 3 October 1, 2024 16a-3d(e)
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129		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
130		-	In Section 3, "2023" was changed to "2024" for accuracy and consistency
131		-	with standard drafting conventions.
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133	145		ET Joint Favorable C/R ENV
134		-	ENV Joint Favorable Subst.-LCO
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