38 | | - | as a qualified data center; 18 |
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39 | | - | (3) "Enterprise information technology equipment" means: 19 |
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40 | | - | (A) Hardware that support computing, networking or data storage 20 |
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41 | | - | functions, including servers and routers; 21 |
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42 | | - | (B) Networking systems equipment that support computing, 22 |
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43 | | - | networking or data storage functions and have an industry designation 23 |
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44 | | - | as equipment within the enterprise class or data center class of 24 |
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45 | | - | networking systems; and 25 |
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46 | | - | (C) Generators and other equipment used to ensure an uninterrupted 26 |
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47 | | - | power supply for the hardware and networking systems equipment 27 |
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48 | | - | under subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision; 28 |
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49 | | - | (4) "Facility" means one or more contiguous tracts of land in the state 29 |
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50 | | - | and any structure and personal property contained on such land; 30 |
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51 | | - | (5) "Operator" means a person that contracts with the owner of a 31 |
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52 | | - | qualified data center to operate such qualified data center; 32 |
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53 | | - | (6) "Owner" means a person that holds a leasehold estate in excess of 33 |
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54 | | - | fifty years or a fee title to a facility; 34 |
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55 | | - | (7) "Person" means an individual, an estate, a trust, a receiver, a 35 |
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56 | | - | cooperative association, a corporation, a company, a firm, a partnership, 36 |
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57 | | - | a limited partnership, a limited liability company, a limited liability 37 |
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58 | | - | partnership or a joint venture; 38 |
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59 | | - | (8) "Qualified data center" means a facility that is developed, 39 |
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60 | | - | acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, renovated, repaired or operated, to 40 |
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61 | | - | house a group of networked computer servers in one physical location 41 |
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62 | | - | or multiple contiguous locations to centralize the storage, management 42 |
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63 | | - | and dissemination of data and information pertaining to a particular 43 |
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64 | | - | business or classification or body of knowledge. "Qualified data center" 44 |
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65 | | - | does not include any such facility that receives electricity from an 45 |
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66 | | - | electric supplier located on the customer-side of such facility's electric 46 Substitute Bill No. 1353 |
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| 43 | + | LCO No. 5140 2 of 11 |
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| 44 | + | |
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| 45 | + | regulate its public service companies, to increase the powers of the 16 |
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| 46 | + | Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and to promote local control of the 17 |
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| 47 | + | public service companies of this state, and said sections shall be so 18 |
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| 48 | + | construed as to effectuate these purposes. 19 |
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| 49 | + | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or section 16-244i, 20 |
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| 50 | + | the authority shall not establish any program that requires, or provides 21 |
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| 51 | + | incentives for, the installation of any electric vehicle charging station. 22 |
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| 52 | + | Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 10-291 of the general statutes is 23 |
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| 53 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 24 |
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| 54 | + | 1, 2025): 25 |
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| 55 | + | (b) The Department of Administrative Services shall not approve a 26 |
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| 56 | + | school building project plan or site, as applicable, if: 27 |
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| 57 | + | (1) The site is in an area of moderate or high radon potential, as 28 |
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| 58 | + | indicated in the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's 29 |
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| 59 | + | Radon Potential Map, or similar subsequent publications, except where 30 |
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| 60 | + | the school building project plan incorporates construction techniques to 31 |
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| 61 | + | mitigate radon levels in the air of the facility; 32 |
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| 62 | + | (2) The plans incorporate new roof construction or total replacement 33 |
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| 63 | + | of an existing roof and do not provide for the following: (A) A minimum 34 |
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| 64 | + | roof pitch that conforms with the requirements of the State Building 35 |
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| 65 | + | Code, (B) a minimum twenty-year unlimited manufacturer's guarantee 36 |
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| 66 | + | for water tightness covering material and workmanship on the entire 37 |
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| 67 | + | roofing system, (C) the inclusion of vapor retarders, insulation, bitumen, 38 |
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| 68 | + | felts, membranes, flashings, metals, decks and any other feature 39 |
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| 69 | + | required by the roof design, and (D) that all manufacturer's materials to 40 |
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| 70 | + | be used in the roofing system are specified to meet the latest standards 41 |
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| 71 | + | for individual components of the roofing systems of the American 42 |
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| 72 | + | Society for Testing and Materials; 43 |
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| 73 | + | (3) In the case of a major alteration, renovation or extension of a 44 |
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| 74 | + | building to be used for public school purposes, the plans do not 45 |
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| 75 | + | Raised Bill No. 1353 |
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71 | | - | meter unless such supplier increases its generation capacity in an 47 |
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72 | | - | amount that offsets all of such facility's electric usage; 48 |
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73 | | - | (9) "Qualified data center equipment" means computer equipment, 49 |
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74 | | - | software and hardware purchased or leased for the processing, storage, 50 |
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75 | | - | retrieval or communication of data, including: 51 |
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76 | | - | (A) Computer servers, routers, connections, chassis, networking 52 |
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77 | | - | equipment, switches, racks, fiber optic and copper cables, trays, 53 |
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78 | | - | conduits and other enabling machinery, equipment and hardware, 54 |
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79 | | - | regardless of whether such personal property is affixed to or 55 |
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80 | | - | incorporated into real property; 56 |
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81 | | - | (B) Equipment used in the operation of computer equipment or 57 |
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82 | | - | software for the benefit of a qualified data center, including component 58 |
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83 | | - | parts, replacement parts and upgrades, regardless of whether the 59 |
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84 | | - | personal property is affixed to or incorporated into real property; 60 |
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85 | | - | (C) Equipment necessary for the transformation, generation, 61 |
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86 | | - | distribution or management of electricity that is required to operate 62 |
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87 | | - | computer servers and related equipment, including substations, 63 |
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88 | | - | generators, uninterruptible energy equipment, supplies, conduits, fuel 64 |
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89 | | - | piping and storage, cabling, duct banks, switches, switchboards, 65 |
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90 | | - | batteries and testing equipment; 66 |
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91 | | - | (D) Equipment necessary to cool and maintain a controlled 67 |
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92 | | - | environment for the operation of computer servers and other equipment 68 |
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93 | | - | of a qualified data center, including chillers, mechanical equipment, 69 |
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94 | | - | refrigerant piping, fuel piping and storage, adiabatic and free cooling 70 |
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95 | | - | systems, cooling towers, water softeners, air handling units, indoor 71 |
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96 | | - | direct exchange units, fans, ducting and filters; 72 |
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97 | | - | (E) Water conservation systems, including equipment designed to 73 |
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98 | | - | collect, conserve and reuse water; 74 |
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99 | | - | (F) Conduit, ducting and fiber optic and copper cables located 75 |
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100 | | - | outside the qualified data center, that are directly related to connecting 76 Substitute Bill No. 1353 |
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| 79 | + | LCO No. 5140 3 of 11 |
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| 80 | + | |
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| 81 | + | incorporate the guidelines set forth in the Sheet Metal and Air 46 |
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| 82 | + | Conditioning Contractors National Association's publication entitled 47 |
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| 83 | + | "Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for Occupied Buildings Under 48 |
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| 84 | + | Construction" or similar subsequent publications; 49 |
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| 85 | + | (4) In the case of a new construction, extension, renovation or 50 |
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| 86 | + | replacement, the plans do not provide that the building maintenance 51 |
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| 87 | + | staff responsible for such facility are trained in or are receiving training 52 |
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| 88 | + | in, or that the applicant plans to provide training in, the appropriate 53 |
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| 89 | + | areas of plant operations including, but not limited to, heating, 54 |
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| 90 | + | ventilation and air conditioning systems pursuant to section 10-231e, 55 |
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| 91 | + | with specific training relative to indoor air quality; 56 |
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| 92 | + | (5) In the case of a project for new construction, extension, major 57 |
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| 93 | + | alteration, renovation or replacement involving a school entrance for 58 |
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| 94 | + | inclusion on any listing submitted to the General Assembly in 59 |
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| 95 | + | accordance with section 10-283 on or after July 1, 2008, the plans do not 60 |
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| 96 | + | provide for a security infrastructure for such entrance; 61 |
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| 97 | + | (6) In the case of a project for new construction, extension, major 62 |
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| 98 | + | alteration, renovation or replacement on any listing submitted to the 63 |
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| 99 | + | General Assembly in accordance with section 10-283 on or after July 1, 64 |
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| 100 | + | 2022, the plans do not provide for the installation of at least one water 65 |
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| 101 | + | bottle filling station (A) per one hundred students of the projected 66 |
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| 102 | + | enrollment for the school building, (B) on each new floor or wing of the 67 |
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| 103 | + | school building, and (C) in any food service area of the school building; 68 |
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| 104 | + | or 69 |
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| 105 | + | [(7) In the case of a project for new construction of a school building 70 |
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| 106 | + | on any listing submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with 71 |
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| 107 | + | section 10-283 on or after July 1, 2023, the plans do not provide for the 72 |
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| 108 | + | installation of level two electric vehicle charging stations, as defined in 73 |
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| 109 | + | section 4b-77, in at least twenty per cent of the designated parking 74 |
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| 110 | + | spaces for cars or light duty trucks at the school building; or] 75 |
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| 111 | + | [(8)] (7) In the case of a project for new construction of a school 76 |
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| 112 | + | Raised Bill No. 1353 |
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105 | | - | one or more qualified data center locations; 77 |
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106 | | - | (G) Monitoring equipment and security systems; 78 |
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107 | | - | (H) Modular data centers and preassembled components of any item 79 |
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108 | | - | described in this subsection, including components used in the 80 |
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109 | | - | manufacturing of modular data centers; and 81 |
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110 | | - | (I) Any other personal property, exclusive of motor vehicles, that is 82 |
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111 | | - | essential to the operations of a qualified data center or that is acquired 83 |
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112 | | - | for incorporation into or used or consumed in the operation of the 84 |
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113 | | - | qualified data center; and 85 |
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114 | | - | (10) "Qualified investment" means the aggregate, nonduplicative 86 |
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115 | | - | eligible qualified data center costs expended by an owner, operator and 87 |
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116 | | - | colocation tenant of a qualified data center. 88 |
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| 116 | + | LCO No. 5140 4 of 11 |
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| 117 | + | |
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| 118 | + | building on any listing submitted to the General Assembly in 77 |
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| 119 | + | accordance with section 10-283, on or after July 1, 2025, the plans do not 78 |
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| 120 | + | provide for single-user toilet and bathing rooms that are identified as 79 |
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| 121 | + | being available for use by all students and school personnel. 80 |
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| 122 | + | Sec. 3. Subdivision (80) of section 12-81 of the general statutes is 81 |
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| 123 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 82 |
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| 124 | + | 1, 2025, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after October 83 |
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| 125 | + | 1, 2025): 84 |
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| 126 | + | (80) [Level two electric vehicle charging stations, as defined in section 85 |
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| 127 | + | 4b-77, that are located on commercial or industrial properties, electric 86 |
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| 128 | + | vehicle charging stations, as defined in section 16-19f, that are located 87 |
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| 129 | + | on residential properties, and any refueling] Refueling equipment for 88 |
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| 130 | + | fuel cell electric vehicles, as defined in section 16-19eee; 89 |
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| 131 | + | Sec. 4. Subdivision (3) of subsection (k) of section 16-243v of the 90 |
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| 132 | + | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 91 |
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| 133 | + | thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 92 |
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| 134 | + | (3) The third-party administrator shall be responsible for extending 93 |
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| 135 | + | loans and administering the residential furnace or boiler replacement 94 |
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| 136 | + | and propane fuel tank purchase program to assist residential retail end 95 |
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| 137 | + | use customers in funding heating furnace or boiler equipment 96 |
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| 138 | + | replacements and propane fuel tank purchases that meet all of the 97 |
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| 139 | + | program requirements. (A) For heating furnace or boiler equipment 98 |
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| 140 | + | replacements, the program requirements shall include, but not be 99 |
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| 141 | + | limited to, (i) the total projected direct cost savings to the eligible 100 |
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| 142 | + | residential retail end use customer resulting from the heating furnace or 101 |
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| 143 | + | boiler replacement, calculated on an annual basis commencing from the 102 |
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| 144 | + | month that the replacement furnace or boiler is projected to be in 103 |
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| 145 | + | service, shall be greater than the total cost of the replacement funds over 104 |
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| 146 | + | the term of the program in order to qualify for the program, (ii) the 105 |
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| 147 | + | eligible customer shall pay a contribution of not less than ten per cent of 106 |
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| 148 | + | the total cost of the replacement or conversion of the heating furnace or 107 |
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| 149 | + | Raised Bill No. 1353 |
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| 150 | + | |
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| 151 | + | |
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| 152 | + | |
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| 153 | + | LCO No. 5140 5 of 11 |
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| 154 | + | |
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| 155 | + | boiler and any additional amounts that are required in order to meet the 108 |
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| 156 | + | program requirements, (iii) eligible customers shall have six consecutive 109 |
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| 157 | + | months of timely utility payments and shall not have any past due 110 |
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| 158 | + | balance owed to any electric distribution company or gas company, (iv) 111 |
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| 159 | + | the term of the repayment of the replacement funds shall be the lesser 112 |
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| 160 | + | of (I) the simple payback period of the replacement funds plus two 113 |
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| 161 | + | years, or (II) ten years, and (v) the replacement furnace or boiler shall 114 |
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| 162 | + | meet or exceed federal Energy Star standards, provided such 115 |
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| 163 | + | replacement is not a heat pump. (B) For propane fuel tank purchases, 116 |
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| 164 | + | the program requirements shall include, but not be limited to, (i) eligible 117 |
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| 165 | + | customers shall have six consecutive months of timely utility payments 118 |
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| 166 | + | and shall not have any past due balance owed to any electric 119 |
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| 167 | + | distribution company, propane seller or gas company, (ii) the term of 120 |
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| 168 | + | the repayment of the replacement funds shall be not longer than ten 121 |
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| 169 | + | years, and (iii) the loan recipient shall have such propane tank inspected 122 |
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| 170 | + | on an annual basis and forward a certificate of inspection to the third-123 |
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| 171 | + | party administrator. In the event that such propane tank is found to 124 |
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| 172 | + | need repair as a result of such inspection, any person performing such 125 |
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| 173 | + | inspection shall inform the homeowner and the applicable local fire 126 |
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| 174 | + | marshal. If the requisite repair is not made in a timely fashion or as 127 |
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| 175 | + | otherwise recommended or ordered by the local fire marshal, said fire 128 |
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| 176 | + | marshal shall render such propane tank inoperable. Eligible residential 129 |
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| 177 | + | retail end use customers may apply to the third-party administrator for 130 |
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| 178 | + | participation in the program. The third-party administrator shall screen 131 |
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| 179 | + | each applicant to ensure that the applicant meets the eligibility 132 |
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| 180 | + | requirements and such program requirements prior to accepting the 133 |
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| 181 | + | customer into the program. The third-party administrator shall create 134 |
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| 182 | + | awareness of the propane fuel tank purchase provisions of the program 135 |
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| 183 | + | by the general public and, in particular, by residential propane 136 |
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| 184 | + | purchasers. 137 |
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| 185 | + | Sec. 5. Section 16-244dd of the general statutes is repealed and the 138 |
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| 186 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 139 |
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| 187 | + | Notwithstanding the provisions of this title and title 16a, the Public 140 |
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| 188 | + | Raised Bill No. 1353 |
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| 189 | + | |
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| 190 | + | |
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| 191 | + | |
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| 192 | + | LCO No. 5140 6 of 11 |
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| 193 | + | |
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| 194 | + | Utilities Regulatory Authority may select the Connecticut Green Bank, 141 |
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| 195 | + | the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the electric 142 |
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| 196 | + | distribution companies, as defined in section 16-1, a third party that the 143 |
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| 197 | + | authority deems appropriate or any combination thereof to implement 144 |
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| 198 | + | the non-residential renewable energy program established pursuant to 145 |
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| 199 | + | section 16-244z, the residential renewable energy program established 146 |
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| 200 | + | pursuant to said section [,] or the shared clean energy facility program 147 |
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| 201 | + | established pursuant to said section. [, the light-duty electric vehicle 148 |
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| 202 | + | charging program established by the authority in a proceeding or a 149 |
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| 203 | + | medium-duty to heavy-duty electric vehicle charging program 150 |
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| 204 | + | established by the authority in a proceeding.] 151 |
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| 205 | + | Sec. 6. Subsection (a) of section 16a-46m of the general statutes is 152 |
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| 206 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 153 |
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| 207 | + | 1, 2025): 154 |
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| 208 | + | (a) Not later than September 1, 2021, the Department of Energy and 155 |
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| 209 | + | Environmental Protection shall, using available federal or other funds, 156 |
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| 210 | + | establish an energy efficiency retrofit grant program. The Commissioner 157 |
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| 211 | + | of Energy and Environmental Protection may receive funds from the 158 |
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| 212 | + | federal government, corporations, associations or individuals to fund 159 |
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| 213 | + | the grant program. Such program shall award grants to fund the 160 |
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| 214 | + | installation of energy efficient upgrades to (1) affordable housing, as 161 |
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| 215 | + | defined in section 8-39a, including, but not limited to, property of a 162 |
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| 216 | + | housing authority, as defined in section 8-39, or (2) other dwelling units 163 |
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| 217 | + | owned by a landlord, as defined in section 47a-1, at the discretion of the 164 |
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| 218 | + | commissioner. Such upgrades shall include energy efficiency and 165 |
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| 219 | + | weatherization measures and may include, but need not be limited to, 166 |
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| 220 | + | the installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic panels, energy storage 167 |
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| 221 | + | systems located on the customer's premises [, electric vehicle charging 168 |
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| 222 | + | infrastructure, heat pumps] and balanced ventilation, and the 169 |
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| 223 | + | mitigation of health and safety hazards including, but not limited to, gas 170 |
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| 224 | + | leaks, mold, vermiculite and asbestos, lead and radon, to the extent such 171 |
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| 225 | + | hazards impede the installation of energy efficiency upgrades and 172 |
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| 226 | + | weatherization measures. 173 |
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| 227 | + | Raised Bill No. 1353 |
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| 228 | + | |
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| 229 | + | |
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| 230 | + | |
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| 231 | + | LCO No. 5140 7 of 11 |
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| 232 | + | |
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| 233 | + | Sec. 7. Subsection (c) of section 22a-20a of the general statutes is 174 |
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| 234 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 175 |
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| 235 | + | 1, 2025): 176 |
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| 236 | + | (c) Any municipality, owner or developer may enter into a 177 |
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| 237 | + | community environmental benefit agreement in connection with an 178 |
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| 238 | + | affecting facility. For any application filed on or after November 1, 2020, 179 |
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| 239 | + | for such an affecting facility that: (1) Requires a certificate under chapter 180 |
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| 240 | + | 277a, or (2) constitutes a new or expanded permit, except for a minor 181 |
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| 241 | + | modification or improvement of an existing permit for such facility, or 182 |
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| 242 | + | siting approval from the Department of Energy and Environmental 183 |
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| 243 | + | Protection or the Connecticut Siting Council involving an affecting 184 |
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| 244 | + | facility, and that is proposed to be located in an environmental justice 185 |
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| 245 | + | community or the proposed expansion of an affecting facility to be 186 |
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| 246 | + | located in such a community, the applicant shall enter into such an 187 |
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| 247 | + | agreement with the municipality if there are five or more affecting 188 |
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| 248 | + | facilities in such municipality at the time such application is filed. The 189 |
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| 249 | + | Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall not issue 190 |
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| 250 | + | a notice of tentative determination regarding a new or modified permit 191 |
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| 251 | + | unless the applicant has submitted a copy of the executed agreement 192 |
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| 252 | + | with the municipality. Mitigation may include both on-site and off-site 193 |
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| 253 | + | improvements, activities and programs, including, but not limited to: 194 |
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| 254 | + | Funding for activities such as environmental education, diesel pollution 195 |
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| 255 | + | reduction, [electric vehicle charging infrastructure construction,] 196 |
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| 256 | + | establishment of a wellness clinic, ongoing asthma screening, provision 197 |
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| 257 | + | of air monitoring performed by a credentialed environmental 198 |
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| 258 | + | professional, performance of an ongoing traffic study, watercourse 199 |
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| 259 | + | monitoring, construction of biking facilities and multi-use trails, staffing 200 |
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| 260 | + | for parks, urban forestry, support for community gardens or any other 201 |
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| 261 | + | negotiated benefit to the environment in the environmental justice 202 |
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| 262 | + | community. Prior to negotiating the terms of a community 203 |
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| 263 | + | environmental benefit agreement, the municipality shall provide a 204 |
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| 264 | + | reasonable and public opportunity for residents of the potentially 205 |
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| 265 | + | affected environmental justice community to be heard concerning the 206 |
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| 266 | + | Raised Bill No. 1353 |
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| 267 | + | |
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| 268 | + | |
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| 269 | + | |
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| 270 | + | LCO No. 5140 8 of 11 |
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| 271 | + | |
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| 272 | + | requirements of or need for, and terms of, such agreement. Any 207 |
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| 273 | + | mitigation contained in such an agreement shall have a nexus to the 208 |
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| 274 | + | impacts caused by the proposed facility and shall be proportional to 209 |
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| 275 | + | such impacts. 210 |
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| 276 | + | Sec. 8. Subsection (d) of section 22a-201d of the general statutes is 211 |
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| 277 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 212 |
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| 278 | + | 1, 2025): 213 |
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| 279 | + | (d) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 214 |
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| 280 | + | establish and administer a grant program for the purpose of providing 215 |
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| 281 | + | matching funds necessary for municipalities, school districts and school 216 |
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| 282 | + | bus operators to submit federal grant applications in order to maximize 217 |
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| 283 | + | federal funding for the purchase or lease of zero-emission school buses. 218 |
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| 284 | + | [and electric vehicle charging or fueling infrastructure.] Applications for 219 |
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| 285 | + | such grants shall be filed with the commissioner at such time and in such 220 |
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| 286 | + | manner as the commissioner prescribes. The commissioner shall give 221 |
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| 287 | + | preference to applications concerning the purchase or lease of a zero-222 |
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| 288 | + | emission school bus that will be operated primarily in an environmental 223 |
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| 289 | + | justice community. The commissioner shall determine the amount a 224 |
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| 290 | + | municipality, school district or school bus operator shall be required to 225 |
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| 291 | + | provide to match such grant. 226 |
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| 292 | + | Sec. 9. Subsection (a) of section 16a-40l of the general statutes is 227 |
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| 293 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 228 |
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| 294 | + | 1, 2025): 229 |
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| 295 | + | (a) On or before October 1, 2011, the Department of Energy and 230 |
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| 296 | + | Environmental Protection shall establish a residential heating 231 |
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| 297 | + | equipment financing program. Such program shall allow residential 232 |
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| 298 | + | customers to finance, through on-bill financing or other mechanism, the 233 |
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| 299 | + | installation of energy efficient natural gas or heating oil burners, boilers 234 |
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| 300 | + | and furnaces [or ductless heat pumps] to replace (1) burners, boilers and 235 |
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| 301 | + | furnaces that are not less than seven years old with an efficiency rating 236 |
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| 302 | + | of not more than seventy-five per cent, or (2) electric heating systems. 237 |
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| 303 | + | Raised Bill No. 1353 |
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| 304 | + | |
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| 305 | + | |
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| 306 | + | |
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| 307 | + | LCO No. 5140 9 of 11 |
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| 308 | + | |
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| 309 | + | Eligible fuel oil furnaces shall have an efficiency rating of not less than 238 |
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| 310 | + | eighty-six per cent. An eligible fuel oil burner shall have an efficiency 239 |
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| 311 | + | rating of not less than eighty-six per cent with temperature reset 240 |
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| 312 | + | controls. An eligible natural gas boiler shall have an annual fuel 241 |
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| 313 | + | utilization efficiency rating of not less than ninety per cent and an 242 |
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| 314 | + | eligible natural gas furnace shall have an annual fuel utilization 243 |
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| 315 | + | efficiency rating of not less than ninety-five per cent. To participate in 244 |
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| 316 | + | the program established pursuant to this subsection, a customer shall 245 |
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| 317 | + | first have a home energy audit, the cost of which may be financed 246 |
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| 318 | + | pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 247 |
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| 319 | + | Sec. 10. Subsection (e) of section 22a-200c of the general statutes is 248 |
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| 320 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 249 |
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| 321 | + | 1, 2025): 250 |
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| 322 | + | (e) Beginning with the first auction occurring on or after January 1, 251 |
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| 323 | + | 2023, and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this 252 |
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| 324 | + | section and subdivision (6) of subsection (f) of section 22a-174-31 of the 253 |
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| 325 | + | regulations of Connecticut state agencies, auction proceeds annually 254 |
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| 326 | + | calculated and allocated in accordance with subdivision (6) of 255 |
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| 327 | + | subsection (f) of section 22a-174-31 of the regulations of Connecticut 256 |
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| 328 | + | state agencies to the Connecticut Green Bank may be utilized by the 257 |
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| 329 | + | Connecticut Green Bank, in consultation with the Department of Energy 258 |
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| 330 | + | and Environmental Protection, for clean energy resources that do not 259 |
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| 331 | + | emit greenhouse gas emissions, provided that any proceeds calculated 260 |
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| 332 | + | and allocated to the Connecticut Green Bank in excess of five million 261 |
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| 333 | + | two hundred thousand dollars in any fiscal year shall be diverted for the 262 |
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| 334 | + | fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, to the 263 |
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| 335 | + | department to provide funding for [the Connecticut Hydrogen and 264 |
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| 336 | + | Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate program established pursuant to 265 |
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| 337 | + | section 22a-202 and other] programs established to support the 266 |
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| 338 | + | department's engagement with environmental justice communities. For 267 |
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| 339 | + | the purposes of this subsection, "clean energy" has the same meaning as 268 |
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| 340 | + | provided in section 16-245n and "environmental justice community" has 269 |
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| 341 | + | the same meaning as provided in section 22a-20a, as amended by this 270 |
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| 342 | + | Raised Bill No. 1353 |
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| 346 | + | LCO No. 5140 10 of 11 |
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| 348 | + | act. 271 |
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| 349 | + | Sec. 11. Section 22a-201e of the general statutes is repealed and the 272 |
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| 350 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 273 |
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| 351 | + | On and after January 1, 2024, the Commissioner of Energy and 274 |
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| 352 | + | Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioners of 275 |
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| 353 | + | Motor Vehicles, Transportation and Education, may establish, within 276 |
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| 354 | + | available funding, a voucher program to support the [(1)] deployment 277 |
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| 355 | + | of any vehicle that is equipped with zero-emission technology, 278 |
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| 356 | + | including, but not limited to, battery electric and fuel cell systems, and 279 |
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| 357 | + | classified as a Class 2b vehicle or Class 3 through Class 8 vehicles, as 280 |
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| 358 | + | such terms are defined in 49 CFR 523.2, as amended from time to time, 281 |
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| 359 | + | or a medium duty passenger vehicle, as defined in 49 CFR 523.2, as 282 |
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| 360 | + | amended from time to time, when sold for use by a commercial or 283 |
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| 361 | + | institutional fleet. [, and (2) installation of electric vehicle charging 284 |
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| 362 | + | infrastructure.] Applications for the voucher program shall be filed with 285 |
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| 363 | + | the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection at such time 286 |
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| 364 | + | and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes. In awarding any 287 |
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| 365 | + | such voucher, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 288 |
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| 366 | + | Protection shall consider the amount of funding available and set aside 289 |
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| 367 | + | forty per cent of such funding to be used toward maximizing air 290 |
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| 368 | + | pollution reductions in environmental justice communities, as defined 291 |
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| 369 | + | in subsection (a) of section 22a-20a. Such vouchers shall not be awarded 292 |
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| 370 | + | for vehicle classes where there is no commercially available zero-293 |
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| 371 | + | emission technology. [or for vehicles that are eligible for a rebate or 294 |
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| 372 | + | voucher under the Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile 295 |
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| 373 | + | Purchase Rebate program established pursuant to section 22a-202.] 296 |
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| 374 | + | Sec. 12. Section 4b-77 of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 297 |
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| 375 | + | October 1, 2025) 298 |
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