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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5925
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2353
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE CLEARING OF FOREST LAND FOR GRID -
SCALE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC 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 clearing of 1
existing forest land for the purpose of developing grid-scale solar 2
photovoltaic projects, and (2) encourage the siting of such projects on 3
canopies, roofs, brownfields or on existing developed land uses. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) prohibit the clearing of such land for the purpose of developing
grid-scale solar photovoltaic projects, and (2) encourage the siting of
such projects on canopies, roofs, brownfields or on existing developed
land uses.