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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5401
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1718
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
REP. DOUCETTE, 13th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PLANS FOR DECOMMISSIONING SOLAR
PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS APPROVED BY THE CONNECTICUT
SITING COUNCIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require that the owner or 1
operator of any solar photovoltaic system that is subject to approval by 2
the Connecticut Siting Council (1) be required to provide said council 3
with a plan for the decommissioning, removal and disposal of such 4
system at the end of such system's use, and (2) be financially responsible 5
for any such decommissioning, removal and disposal. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that owner or operator of any solar photovoltaic project be
responsible for the decommissioning, removal and disposal of said
project at the end of its useful life.