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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6306
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2011
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
REP. ACKERT, 8
th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING SMALL HYDROPOWER FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to establish a small hydro tariff 1
program for hydropower facilities in the state with nameplate capacity 2
ratings of three and one-half megawatts or less, and to require electric 3
distribution companies to pay such facilities monthly for every kilowatt 4
hour of electricity received from such facilities that month multiplied by 5
the small hydro tariff. The "small hydro tariff" means the local 6
distribution company's Rate 1 Standard Service price in cents per 7
kilowatt hour. The small hydro tariff program shall be capped at an 8
aggregate total generating capacity of not more than sixty megawatts. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To require electric distribution companies to purchase electricity
supplied by small hydropower facilities.