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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 384
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 811
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A SUSPENSION OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS
CHARGE, LIMITS ON CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS,
THE ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN ZERO -CARBON INCENTIVES AND
AN INCREASE IN THE NATURAL GAS SUPPLY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) suspend the charges 1
collectively called the "Combined Public Benefits Charge", including, 2
but not limited to, charges related to the Electric Vehicle Charging 3
Program, from electric bills for end use customers of each electric 4
distribution company pending legislative review of such charges, (2) 5
prohibit the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or 6
any electric distribution company from entering into a power purchase 7
agreement that provides for the purchase of electricity at a price 8
exceeding one hundred fifty per cent of the wholesale price of electricity, 9
(3) remove incentives for the development of zero-carbon energy 10
sources unless such incentives are available for the development of any 11
energy generation, and (4) promote an increase in the natural gas supply 12
in the state. 13 Proposed Bill No. 384
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Statement of Purpose:
To (1) suspend the charges collectively called the "Combined Public
Benefits Charge" pending legislative review of such charges, (2) prohibit
any power purchase agreement that provides for the purchase of
electricity at a price exceeding one hundred fifty per cent of the
wholesale price of electricity, (3) remove incentives for the development
of zero-carbon energy sources unless such incentives are available for
the development of any energy generation, and (4) promote an increase
in the natural gas supply in the state.