ConnecticutHB 062982025 Regular SessionHouse

AN ACT CONCERNING TESTIMONY SUBMITTED TO THE CONNECTICUT SITING COUNCIL AND DECISIONS OF MUNICIPAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS CONCERNING CERTAIN SOLAR PROJECTS.

Sponsored By: Jaime S. Foster (Democratic)

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Summary

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.

energy and technology

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jaime S. Foster

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 0 • No: 0

House vote • 1/30/2025

ET Vote Tally Sheet (Change of Reference)

Yes: 0 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Government Administration and Elections

    2/14/2025legislature
  2. Change of Reference, House to Committee on Government Administration and Elections

    2/14/2025legislature
  3. Change of Reference to Government Administration and Elections

    1/30/2025legislature
  4. Referred to Joint Committee on Energy and Technology

    1/23/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Proposed Bill

    1/23/2025

  • ET Vote Tally Sheet (Change of Reference)

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