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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6298
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3264
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
REP. FOSTER, 57th Dist.
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
REP. HALL C., 59th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING TESTIMONY SUBMITTED TO THE
CONNECTICUT SITING COUNCIL AND DECISIONS OF MUNICIPAL
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS CONCERNING CERTAIN SOLAR
PROJECTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 16-50p of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
Connecticut Siting Council to (1) consider the testimony of any witness 2
and of the chief executive officer of the municipality in which a 3
proposed facility is to be developed, (2) be bound by the approval, 4
disapproval or imposition of conditions by the chief executive officer of 5
the municipality in which a solar photovoltaic system with a generating 6
capacity greater than one megawatt is proposed if such proposed 7
system is located within a five-mile radius of any solar photovoltaic 8
system with a generating capacity greater than one hundred megawatts, 9
and (3) maintain distribution capacity for local projects that benefit 10
schools, municipal, agricultural or local industry. 11 Proposed Bill No. 6298
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Statement of Purpose:
To require the Connecticut Siting Council to (1) consider the testimony
of any witness and of the chief executive officer of the municipality in
which a proposed facility is to be developed, (2) be bound by the
approval, disapproval or imposition of conditions by the chief executive
officer of the municipality in which a solar photovoltaic system with a
generating capacity greater than one megawatt is proposed if such
proposed system is located within a five-mile radius of any solar
photovoltaic system with a generating capacity greater than one
hundred megawatts, and (3) maintain distribution capacity for local
projects that benefit schools, municipal, agricultural or local industry.