Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05957 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 1323 1 of 2
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5	5	General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5957
6	6	January Session, 2025
7	7	LCO No. 1323
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10	10	Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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13	13	Introduced by:
14	14	REP. WOOD K., 29
15	15	th Dist.
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21	21	AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS
22	22	CHARGE, THE RESTORATION OF ELECTRICITY SERVICE AFTER
23	23	SYSTEM SERVICE OUTAGES, PROMOTING THE USAGE OF SMART
24	24	METERS AND PROHIBITING TAX ASSESSMENT INCREASES BASED
25	25	ON RESIDENTIAL SOLAR INSTALLATIONS.
26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
27	27	Assembly convened:
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29	29	That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the Public Utilities 1
30	30	Regulatory Authority to conduct a ratepayer impact review concerning 2
31	31	the charges collectively called the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" 3
32	32	on electric bills for end use customers of each electric distribution 4
33	33	company, (2) require said authority to review whether the ninety-six-5
34	34	consecutive-hour standard in subsection (b) of section 16-32l of the 6
35	35	general statutes imposes undue costs and whether such standard should 7
36	36	be revised, (3) promote an increase in electricity generation through 8
37	37	shared subscription solar or battery storage projects, (4) encourage the 9
38	38	adoption of smart meter systems for ratepayers, (5) create a tax credit 10
39	39	for ratepayers who have paid the Combined Public Benefits Charge, (6) 11
40	40	prohibit municipal tax assessors from increasing the assessed value of 12 Proposed Bill No. 5957
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43	43	LCO No. 1323 2 of 2
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45	45	any residential property based on the installation or use of a solar 13
46	46	photovoltaic system at such property, (7) require the Public Utilities 14
47	47	Regulatory Authority to conduct more frequent reviews of costs to 15
48	48	ratepayers for storm damage remediation, and (8) require the 16
49	49	reinvestment of certain funds paid to a nuclear power plant operation 17
50	50	pursuant to power purchase agreements entered into or approved by 18
51	51	the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. 19
52	52	Statement of Purpose:
53	53	To (1) require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to conduct a
54	54	ratepayer impact review concerning the charges collectively called the
55	55	"Combined Public Benefits Charge" on electric bills for end use
56	56	customers of each electric distribution company, (2) require said
57	57	authority to review whether the ninety-six-consecutive-hour standard
58	58	in subsection (b) of section 16-32l of the general statutes imposes undue
59	59	costs and whether such standard should be revised, (3) promote an
60	60	increase in electricity generation through shared subscription solar or
61	61	battery storage projects, (4) encourage the adoption of smart meter
62	62	systems for ratepayers, (5) create a tax credit for ratepayers who have
63	63	paid the Combined Public Benefits Charge, (6) prohibit municipal tax
64	64	assessors from increasing the assessed value of any residential property
65	65	based on the installation or use of a solar photovoltaic system at such
66	66	property, (7) require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to
67	67	conduct more frequent reviews of costs to ratepayers for storm damage
68	68	remediation, and (8) require the reinvestment of certain funds paid to a
69	69	nuclear power plant operation pursuant to power purchase agreements
70	70	entered into or approved by the Commissioner of Energy and
71	71	Environmental Protection.