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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2504 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5931 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2504 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT REMOVING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFIT CHARGE |
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| 19 | 19 | | FROM UTILITY BILLS, AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF CLASS I |
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| 20 | 20 | | RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, LIMITING RATES ALLOWED |
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| 21 | 21 | | UNDER CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND |
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| 22 | 22 | | REMOVING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY |
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| 23 | 23 | | FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL |
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| 24 | 24 | | PROTECTION. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 26 | 26 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | That the general statutes be amended to (1) remove charges 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | collectively called the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" from electric 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | bills for end use customers of each electric distribution company, (2) 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | redefine "Class I renewable energy source" to include any electricity 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | generated from a hydropower or nuclear power generating facility, (3) 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | prohibit the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | any electric distribution company from entering into a power purchase 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | agreement that provides for the purchase of electricity at a rate 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | exceeding one hundred fifty per cent above the wholesale price of 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | electricity, and (4) remove the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. 11 Proposed Bill No. 5931 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 2504 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 44 | 44 | | To (1) remove the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" from consumer |
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| 45 | 45 | | electric bills, (2) redefine "Class I renewable energy source" to include |
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| 46 | 46 | | electricity generated from any hydropower or nuclear power generating |
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| 47 | 47 | | facility, (3) prohibit the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental |
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| 48 | 48 | | Protection or electric distribution companies from entering into a power |
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| 49 | 49 | | purchase agreement if the price for electricity under such agreement |
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| 50 | 50 | | exceeds one hundred fifty per cent above the wholesale price of |
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| 51 | 51 | | electricity, and (4) remove the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority |
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| 52 | 52 | | from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. |
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