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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 811 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 384 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 811 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING A SUSPENSION OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS |
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| 19 | 19 | | CHARGE, LIMITS ON CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, |
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| 20 | 20 | | THE ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN ZERO -CARBON INCENTIVES AND |
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| 21 | 21 | | AN INCREASE IN THE NATURAL GAS SUPPLY. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | That the general statutes be amended to (1) suspend the charges 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | collectively called the "Combined Public Benefits Charge", including, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | but not limited to, charges related to the Electric Vehicle Charging 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Program, from electric bills for end use customers of each electric 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | distribution company pending legislative review of such charges, (2) 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | prohibit the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | any electric distribution company from entering into a power purchase 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | agreement that provides for the purchase of electricity at a price 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | exceeding one hundred fifty per cent of the wholesale price of electricity, 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) remove incentives for the development of zero-carbon energy 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | sources unless such incentives are available for the development of any 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | energy generation, and (4) promote an increase in the natural gas supply 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | in the state. 13 Proposed Bill No. 384 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LCO No. 811 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 43 | 43 | | To (1) suspend the charges collectively called the "Combined Public |
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| 44 | 44 | | Benefits Charge" pending legislative review of such charges, (2) prohibit |
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| 45 | 45 | | any power purchase agreement that provides for the purchase of |
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| 46 | 46 | | electricity at a price exceeding one hundred fifty per cent of the |
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| 47 | 47 | | wholesale price of electricity, (3) remove incentives for the development |
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| 48 | 48 | | of zero-carbon energy sources unless such incentives are available for |
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| 49 | 49 | | the development of any energy generation, and (4) promote an increase |
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| 50 | 50 | | in the natural gas supply in the state. |
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