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CT Gen Stat § 16a-25 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297 - Connecticut's Development and Future|Section 16a-25 - Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:(1) “Process” means the procedure for adopting, amending, revising and implementing a state plan of conservation and development;(2) “Existing plan” means the plan promulgated by Executive Order No. 28, September 27, 1974;(3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management;(4) “Committee” means the continuing legislative committee on state planning and development established pursuant to section 4-60d;(5) “Adoption year” means the calendar year which is no later than five years subsequent to the year in which the plan was last adopted in accordance with the process established in this chapter;(6) “Revision year” means the calendar year immediately preceding the adoption year;(7) “Prerevision year” means the calendar year immediately preceding the revision year;(8) “State agency” means any state department, institution, board, commission or official; and(9) “Plan”, when referring to the state plan for conservation and development, means the text of such plan and any accompanying locational guide map.(P.A. 76-130, S. 2, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 44, 610; P.A. 79-402, S. 2; P.A. 83-203, S. 1.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced definition of “commissioner” as commissioner of planning and energy policy with definition of “secretary” as secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 79-402 defined “plan” in new Subdiv. (9); P.A. 83-203 redefined “adoption year” to provide for revision of the plan every five years rather than every three.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-26 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297 - Connecticut's Development and Future|Section 16a-26 - Process for adoption, amendment, revision and implementation of plan.

 There is established a process for adoption, amendment, revision and implementation of the state plan of conservation and development. The Office of Policy and Management shall have overall supervision of the process.(P.A. 76-130, S. 3, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of planning and energy policy with secretary of the office of policy and management.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-28 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297 - Connecticut's Development and Future|Section 16a-28 - Draft revisions; preparation; legislative review; public hearings.

 (a) The secretary shall present a draft of the revised plan of conservation and development for preliminary review to the continuing legislative committee on state planning and development prior to September first in 2011 and prior to September first in each prerevision year thereafter.(b) After December first in 2011 and after December first in each prerevision year thereafter the secretary shall proceed with such further revisions of the draft of the revised plan of conservation and development as he deems appropriate. The secretary shall, by whatever means he deems advisable, publish said plan and disseminate it to the public on or before March first in revision years. The secretary shall post the plan on the Internet web site of the state.(c) Not later than five months after publication of said revised plan the secretary shall hold public hearings, in cooperation with regional councils of governments, to solicit comments on said plan.(P.A. 76-130, S. 5, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 46, 610; P.A. 83-203, S. 3; P.A. 95-307, S. 12, 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 4, 131; P.A. 05-205, S. 4, 14; P.A. 09-230, S. 4; P.A. 10-138, S. 3; P.A. 13-247, S. 312.)History: P.A. 77-614 substituted “secretary”, i.e. secretary of the office of policy and management, for “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 83-203 provided for the revision of the plan every five years instead of every three, updating obsolete reference to 1977; P.A. 95-307 amended Subsec. (a) to extend the time for submittal of a draft of the revised plan to the committee from September 1, 1985, to September 1, 1996, effective July 6, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 amended Subsec. (a) to extend the time for submittal of a draft of the revised plan to the committee from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 2002, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 05-205 amended Subsec. (a) to extend the time for submittal of a draft of the revised plan to the committee from September 1, 2002, to September 1, 2008, effective July 6, 2005, and amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions re posting plan on Internet web site of the state, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 09-230 amended Subsec. (a) to extend time for submittal of revised plan draft to committee from September 1, 2008, to September 1, 2010, and made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective July 8, 2009; P.A. 10-138 amended Subsec. (a) to extend time for submittal of revised plan draft from September 1, 2010, to September 1, 2011, and made a conforming year change in Subsec. (b), effective June 8, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “regional planning agencies” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “regional councils of governments” in Subsec. (c), effective January 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-29 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297 - Connecticut's Development and Future|Section 16a-29 - Submission of plan to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; submission to legislative committee.

 The secretary shall consider the comments received at the public hearings and shall make any necessary or desirable revisions to said plan and within three months of completion of the public hearings submit the plan to the continuing legislative committee on state planning and development for its approval, revision or disapproval, in whole or in part. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the secretary shall submit the state Conservation and Development Policies Plan, 2013-2018, to said committee on or before December 1, 2012.(P.A. 76-130, S. 6, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 47, 610; P.A. 04-248, S. 2; P.A. 05-288, S. 66; P.A. 09-230, S. 5; P.A. 10-138, S. 4; 10-152, S. 3.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of planning and energy policy, with “secretary”, i.e. secretary of the office of policy and management, and required submission of plan directly to committee on planning and development, rather than to committee via intermediary agency, state planning council; P.A. 04-248 added provision requiring plan for 2004-2009 to be submitted on or before December 1, 2004, effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 09-230 required plan for 2012-2017 to be submitted on or before December 1, 2011, effective July 8, 2009; P.A. 10-138 required plan for 2013-2018 to be submitted on or before December 1, 2012, effective June 8, 2010; P.A. 10-152 made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-30 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297 - Connecticut's Development and Future|Section 16a-30 - Adoption of plan by General Assembly.

 (a) The continuing legislative committee on state planning and development shall not later than forty-five days after the convening of the next regularly scheduled session of the General Assembly conduct a public hearing on the plan. Not later than forty-five days after completion of such public hearing, the committee shall submit the plan with its recommendation for approval or disapproval to the General Assembly. The plan shall become effective when adopted by the General Assembly as the plan of conservation and development for the state.(b) In the event that the General Assembly disapproves the plan in whole or in part the plan shall be deemed to be rejected and shall be returned to the committee for appropriate action.(c) Any project included in the first or second phase of UConn 2000, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 10a-109c, shall constitute part of the state plan of conservation and development approved by the General Assembly.(P.A. 76-130, S. 7, 11; P.A. 95-230, S. 41, 45; P.A. 97-293, S. 24, 26; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-3, S. 10; P.A. 05-205, S. 11.)History: P.A. 95-230 added new Subsec. (c) re UConn projects, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 97-293 amended Subsec. (c) to substitute “subdivision (25)” for “subdivision (24)”, effective July 1, 1997; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-3 amended Subsec. (c) to provide that projects in the first two phases of UConn 2000 shall constitute part of the plan, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 05-205 amended Subsec. (a) to extend the time to conduct a public hearing from “within thirty-five days of” to “not later than forty-five days after” convening of the next regularly scheduled session of the General Assembly, required committee to submit the plan not later than 45 days after completion of the hearing and made conforming changes, effective July 6, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-32a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297 - Connecticut's Development and Future|Section 16a-32a - Plan to include goal for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

 The Office of Policy and Management shall amend the state plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to this chapter to include therein a goal for reducing carbon dioxide emissions within this state consistent with the recommendations of the Connecticut Climate Change Action Plan prepared in accordance with section 22a-200a.(P.A. 91-395, S. 10, 11; P.A. 95-55, S. 1, 2; P.A. 01-204, S. 3, 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 73, 131; P.A. 09-230, S. 6.)History: P.A. 91-395 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 95-55 changed the report date from “January 1, 1993” to “the thirtieth day following the effective date of this act, on or before May 1, 1996”, effective May 22, 1995; P.A. 01-204 deleted reference to “this act” and substituted reference to “public act 95-55” and added provision that subsequent to the May 1, 2000, submittal, the report shall be submitted every three years with the first such report due May 1, 2003, effective July 11, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised the effective date of P.A. 01-204 but without affecting this section; P.A. 09-230 replaced provisions re carbon dioxide emission report by Office of Policy and Management with provision requiring that plan include goal for emission reduction that is consistent with Connecticut Climate Change Action Plan, effective July 8, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-33 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297 - Connecticut's Development and Future|Section 16a-33 - Regulations.

 The secretary may promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(P.A. 76-130, S. 10, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 52, 610.)History: P.A. 77-614 substituted “secretary”, i.e. secretary of the office of policy and management for “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of planning and energy policy.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-33a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297 - Connecticut's Development and Future|Section 16a-33a - State and local development to foster pollinator habitats. Identification of opportunities. Recommendations for prioritization of state conservation funds.

 The Office of Policy and Management may identify opportunities to foster development at the state and local level in a manner that increases pollinator habitats and may recommend ways to prioritize the expenditure of state funds for conservation purposes when an aspect of such conservation includes the protection or enhancement of pollinator habitats.(P.A. 16-17, S. 8.)History: P.A. 16-17 effective May 6, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-35d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297a - Priority Funding Areas|Section 16a-35d - Funding of growth-related projects. Exceptions.

 (a) On and after the approval of the General Assembly of the boundaries of priority funding areas under section 16a-35c, no state agency, department or institution shall provide funding for a growth-related project unless such project is located in a priority funding area.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the head of a state department, agency or institution, with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may provide funding for a growth-related project that is not located in a priority funding area upon determination that such project is consistent with the plan of conservation and development, adopted under section 8-23, of the municipality in which such project is located and that such project (1) enhances other activities targeted by state agencies, departments and institutions to a municipality within the priority funding area, (2) is located in a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9, targeted investment community, as defined in section 32-222, or public investment community, as defined in section 7-545, (3) supports existing neighborhoods or communities, (4) promotes the use of mass transit, (5) provides for compact, transit accessible, pedestrian-oriented mixed use development patterns and land reuse and promotes such development patterns and land reuse, (6) creates an extreme inequity, hardship or disadvantage that clearly outweighs the benefits of locating the project in a priority funding area if such project were not funded, (7) has no reasonable alternative for the project in a priority funding area in another location, (8) must be located away from other developments due to its operation or physical characteristics, or (9) is for the reuse or redevelopment of an existing site.(c) Not more than one year after the designation of priority funding areas, and annually thereafter, each department, agency or institution shall prepare a report that describes grants made under subsection (b) of this section and the reasons therefor.(P.A. 05-205, S. 6.)History: P.A. 05-205 effective July 1, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-35e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297a - Priority Funding Areas|Section 16a-35e - Cooperative effort to sustain village character in rural areas.

 On and after the approval of the General Assembly of the boundaries of priority funding areas pursuant to section 16a-35c, each state agency, department or institution shall cooperate with municipalities to ensure that programs and activities in rural areas sustain village character.(P.A. 05-205, S. 7.)History: P.A. 05-205 effective July 1, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-35f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297a - Priority Funding Areas|Section 16a-35f - Review of regulations to coordinate management of growth-related projects in priority funding areas.

 On and after the approval of the General Assembly of the boundaries of priority funding areas under section 16a-35c, each state agency and department shall review regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 and modify such regulations to carry out the purpose of coordinated management of growth-related projects in priority funding areas.(P.A. 05-205, S. 8.)History: P.A. 05-205 effective July 1, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-35g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297a - Priority Funding Areas|Section 16a-35g - Review of federal projects in priority funding areas.

 The Office of Policy and Management, within available appropriations, shall coordinate review of federal projects in relation to their location in priority funding areas to encourage location in urban areas pursuant to the provisions of Federal Executive Order 12072-Federal Space Management.(P.A. 05-205, S. 9.)History: P.A. 05-205 effective July 1, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-35h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 297a - Priority Funding Areas|Section 16a-35h - Pilot program to identify and evaluate brownfield sites.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, establish a pilot program to identify and evaluate brownfield sites in priority funding areas designated pursuant to section 16a-35c. Said commissioners will work with state and local agencies as a coordinated team to identify all necessary permits and approvals for development, conduct outreach to solicit development proposals, and coordinate to review all requests for funding and permit approvals.(P.A. 07-233, S. 8; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 07-233 effective July 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-35l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 298 - Energy Utilization and Conservation|Section 16a-35l - Review of agency policies and practices for consistency with energy policy. Reports.

 Section 16a-35l is repealed.(P.A. 79-449, S. 2, 7; P.A. 82-222, S. 6, 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 16a-35m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 298 - Energy Utilization and Conservation|Section 16a-35m - Preparation of comprehensive energy plan. Report.

 Section 16a-35m is repealed, effective July 1, 2003.(P.A. 79-449, S. 3, 7; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 82-222, S. 2, 7; P.A. 88-21, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-28; P.A. 92-138, S. 2; P.A. 03-140, S. 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 16a-35n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 298 - Energy Utilization and Conservation|Section 16a-35n - Policy to reduce energy consumption.

 It shall be the policy of the state to reduce energy consumption by not less than 1.6 million MMBtu, or the equivalent megawatts of electricity, as defined in subdivision (4) of section 22a-197, annually each year for calendar years commencing on and after January 1, 2020, up to and including calendar year 2025.(P.A. 18-50, S. 8.)History: P.A. 18-50 effective May 24, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-37 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 298 - Energy Utilization and Conservation|Section 16a-37 - Use of natural gas restricted. Exemptions. Regulations.

 Section 16a-37 is repealed.(P.A. 77-333, S. 1–4; 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 168, 348; P.A. 86-130.)
CT Gen Stat § 16a-37c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 298 - Energy Utilization and Conservation|Section 16a-37c - Shared energy savings program. Regulations.

 (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a program to provide incentives to agencies that achieve savings through energy conservation. The program shall allow any state agency to request from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection a statement of the agency's energy cost savings achieved through conservation measures during the preceding fiscal year. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall provide any agency with the requested statement. Based upon said statement the commissioner shall allow a portion of the energy savings accumulated during any fiscal year to be retained by the agency and used for future energy costs or energy conservation related activities. Said portion shall not be less than fifty per cent of the energy savings and shall accrue to the agency annually for a period equal to the useful life of the conservation measures.(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.(P.A. 90-130, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” and “Office of Policy and Management” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, and “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-37f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 298 - Energy Utilization and Conservation|Section 16a-37f - Light bulbs purchased by budgeted agencies.

 A budgeted agency, as defined in section 4-69, shall only purchase replacement light bulbs which (1) are provided under an electric distribution company's customer lighting efficiency program, (2) are equivalent in energy efficiency to bulbs provided under such electric distribution company lighting efficiency program, as determined by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or (3) meet such other life-cycle cost analysis standards as the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, may designate.(P.A. 94-67, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 105.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 replaced references to electric company with references to electric distribution company, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-37t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 298 - Energy Utilization and Conservation|Section 16a-37t - Benchmarking energy and water consumption in state buildings.

 (a) On or before January 1, 2014, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may benchmark energy and water consumption of all nonresidential buildings owned or operated by the state or any state agency with a gross floor area of ten thousand square feet or more using the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Portfolio Manager. On or before April 1, 2014, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make public information from said Portfolio Manager for all such nonresidential buildings.(b) On or before April 1, 2014, the department may benchmark energy and water consumption of all residential buildings owned or operated by the state or any state agency with a gross floor area of ten thousand square feet or more using the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Portfolio Manager. On or before July 1, 2014, the department shall make public information from said Portfolio Manager for all such residential buildings.(P.A. 13-298, S. 41.)History: P.A. 13-298 effective July 8, 2013.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-37v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 298 - Energy Utilization and Conservation|Section 16a-37v - Pilot program for energy performance contract with a private vendor. Reports.

 Section 16a-37v is repealed, effective May 8, 2013.(P.A. 03-132, S. 4; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 52; 13-247, S. 200.)