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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5944
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3017
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
REP. SANTANELLA, 58th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS AND LOCAL
ZONING AUTHORITY PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN DECISIONS OF
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 (1) require the Connecticut 1
Siting Council to consider the plan of conservation and development 2
adopted by a municipality in which a commercial grid-scale solar 3
photovoltaic system is proposed for development prior to approving 4
any such development, (2) limit the land area in any municipality that 5
may be used for commercial grid-scale solar photovoltaic system 6
development to one-half of one per cent, (3) allow a local zoning 7
authority to adopt minimum setback requirements for any commercial 8
grid-scale solar photovoltaic system, (4) expand the jurisdiction of the 9
Connecticut Siting Council to any commercial grid-scale solar 10
photovoltaic system regardless of such system's generation capacity, 11
and (5) require said council to work in collaboration with local zoning 12
authorities prior to approving the development of any commercial grid-13
scale solar photovoltaic system in a municipality. 14 Proposed Bill No. 5944
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Statement of Purpose:
To (1) require the Connecticut Siting Council to consider the plan of
conservation and development adopted by a municipality in which a
commercial grid-scale solar photovoltaic system is proposed for
development prior to approving any such development, (2) limit the
land area in any municipality that may be used for commercial grid-
scale solar photovoltaic system development to one-half of one per cent,
(3) allow a local zoning authority to adopt minimum setback
requirements for any commercial grid-scale solar photovoltaic system,
(4) expand the jurisdiction of the Connecticut Siting Council to any
commercial grid-scale solar photovoltaic system regardless of such
system's generation capacity, and (5) require said council to work in
collaboration with local zoning authorities prior to approving the
development of any commercial grid-scale solar photovoltaic system in
a municipality.