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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6291
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3479
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
REP. DATHAN, 142nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPLOYMENT OF SOLAR ENERGY
SOURCES IN THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) set a goal of five hundred 1
megawatts of solar photovoltaic electricity generation in the state not 2
later than the year 2027, (2) remove the capacity limit on the Non-3
residential Renewable Energy Solutions Program, (3) extend the 4
duration of the Shared Clean Energy Facility Program, (4) impose a 5
uniform capacity tax for grid-scale solar photovoltaic installations, (5) 6
streamline the process by which solar photovoltaic facilities are 7
connected to the grid, and (6) create a solar advancement commission 8
for the purpose of making policy recommendations concerning solar 9
deployment in the state. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) set a goal of five hundred megawatts of solar photovoltaic
electricity generation in the state not later than the year 2027, (2) remove
the capacity limit on the Non-residential Renewable Energy Solutions
Program, (3) extend the duration of the Shared Clean Energy Facility
Program, (4) impose a uniform capacity tax for grid-scale solar Proposed Bill No. 6291
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photovoltaic installations, (5) streamline the process by which solar
photovoltaic facilities are connected to the grid, and (6) create a solar
advancement commission for the purpose of making policy
recommendations concerning solar deployment in the state.