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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5400
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1872
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
REP. CANDELORA V., 86th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist.
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
REP. PERILLO J., 113th Dist.
REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.
REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
AND REQUIRING JOINT SOLICITATIONS FOR CERTAIN CLEAN
ENERGY PROJECTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit the 1
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or any electric 2
distribution company from entering into a power purchase agreement 3
that provides for the purchase of electricity at a rate exceeding one 4
hundred fifty per cent above the wholesale price of electricity calculated 5
over the preceding twelve-month average rate or the market rate for the 6
subsequent twelve-month period, and (2) require the Commissioner of 7
Energy and Environmental Protection to conduct a solicitation for any 8
clean energy project with a capacity that exceeds twenty megawatts 9
with two or more other states. 10 Proposed Bill No. 5400
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Statement of Purpose:
To (1) prohibit the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental
Protection or any electric distribution company from entering into a
power purchase agreement that provides for the purchase of electricity
at a rate exceeding one hundred fifty per cent above the wholesale price
of electricity, and (2) require the commissioner to solicit any clean
energy project with a capacity exceeding twenty megawatts with two or
more other states.