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CT Gen Stat § 16a-4b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-4b - Municipalities may petition for redesignation of planning region. Procedure.

 Any town, city or borough which has been included in any planning region as designated or defined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or his predecessor, under the provisions of subsection (4) of section 16a-4a, may petition, upon a vote of its legislative body, the secretary for a redefinition or redesignation as part of a different planning region. The secretary shall determine the time and place for a hearing upon such petition and shall give notice thereof. In determining the appropriateness of such redesignation, the secretary shall consider, among other factors, whether or not the services that such petitioner needs can be better or more logically provided by a planning region other than the one to which it has been previously assigned.(P.A. 77-325; 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 83-164.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of planning and energy policy with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 83-164 removed provision allowing petitioner to appeal to the state planning council.See chapter 127 re regional council of governments.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-4e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-4e - Department of Transportation screening and inventory of land. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection analysis of inventoried land and selection preference in solicitations issued.

 (a) As used in this section, “Class I renewable energy source” has the same meaning as provided in section 16-1.(b) (1) On or before December 1, 2020, the Department of Transportation shall conduct a preliminary screening of land owned by said department. Such screening shall identify any such land that may be suitable for the siting of Class I renewable energy sources and shall evaluate the suitability of such land. Said department shall submit an inventory of any such land said department determines is suitable for the siting of Class I renewable energy sources to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.(2) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall conduct an analysis of any land included in the inventory submitted to said department pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection. Said department's analysis shall include, but not be limited to, a technical, legal and financial feasibility analysis and shall consider (A) setback requirements, (B) access to the land, (C) physical and environmental characteristics of the land, (D) the development characteristics of a Class I renewable energy source, (E) current and future transportation needs, (F) the eligibility of Class I renewable energy sources that may be installed on the land to participate in net metering pursuant to section 16-243h, virtual net metering pursuant to section 16-244u, renewable energy tariffs pursuant to section 16-244z and grid-scale solicitation programs pursuant to this title, and (G) other relevant feasibility factors.(c) In any solicitation issued by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for Class I renewable energy sources after said department completes the analysis pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, said department may provide selection preference to proposals that use land that is (1) included on the inventory submitted pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, and (2) determined to be feasible for the siting of Class I renewable energy sources by said department pursuant to the analysis conducted pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section.(P.A. 19-35, S. 8.)History: P.A. 19-35 effective June 28, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-6 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-6 - Cooperation of other state agencies. License for sale of gasoline.

 Each department, office, board, commission, council or other agency of the state and each officer or employee shall cooperate with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and shall furnish him such information, personnel and assistance as may be necessary or appropriate in the discharge of the responsibilities of said commissioner and the board under this chapter and sections 4-5, 4-124l, 4-124p, 8-3b, 8-35a and 8-189, subsection (b) of section 8-206 and sections 16a-20, 16a-102, 22a-352 and 22a-353. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall require each person applying for a license under section 14-319 to submit in his application the information which persons registering under section 16a-22d are required to submit. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall furnish the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection with such information.(P.A. 74-285, S. 7, 20; P.A. 75-537, S. 5, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 91, 136; P.A. 81-330, S. 5, 13; P.A. 88-248, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 315.)History: P.A. 75-537 replaced energy agency administrator with commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 78-303 deleted reference to repealed Secs. 4-60a and 4-60b; P.A. 81-330 struck reference to Sec. 16a-19 and added requirement that license applicants under Sec. 14-319 include information required under Sec. 16a-22d and that this information be furnished to secretary; P.A. 88-248 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 2-73; (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 16-340 was deleted editorially by the Revisors); pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” and “secretary” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to Secs. 8-32a and 8-33a, effective January 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-7 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-7 - Annual report and recommendations by board.

 Section 16a-7 is repealed, effective July 1, 2003.(P.A. 74-285, S. 8, 20; P.A. 82-222, S. 3, 7; P.A. 03-140, S. 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 16a-7a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-7a - Annual comprehensive energy plan.

 Section 16a-7a is repealed, effective July 1, 2007.(P.A. 03-140, S. 17; P.A. 04-236, S. 15; P.A. 07-242, S. 129.)
CT Gen Stat § 16a-7b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-7b - Condemnation or restriction of operation of energy facility by municipality.

 No municipality other than a municipality operating a plant pursuant to chapter 101 or any special act and acting for purposes thereto may take an action to condemn, in whole or in part, or restrict the operation of any existing and currently operating energy facility, if such facility is first determined by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, following a contested case proceeding, held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to comprise a critical, unique and unmovable component of the state's energy infrastructure, unless the municipality first receives written approval from the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Siting Council that such taking would not have a detrimental impact on the state's or region's ability to provide a particular energy resource to its citizens.(P.A. 03-140, S. 18; P.A. 04-191, S. 1; P.A. 07-242, S. 77, 110; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 42; P.A. 13-298, S. 25; P.A. 14-94, S. 55.)History: P.A. 03-140 effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-191 added provision re consideration of recommendations and findings of task force in developing environmental preference standards, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 07-242 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re limitation on ability of municipality to condemn or restrict operation of existing and operating energy facility, effective June 4, 2007, and deleted reference to the comprehensive energy plan prepared pursuant to Sec. 16a-7a, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-80 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to Department of Public Utility Control with reference to Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and delete reference to Office of Policy and Management, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 amended Subsec. (b) to delete “Connecticut Energy Advisory Board” and replace “department” with “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” re written approval to municipality, effective July 8, 2013; P.A. 14-94 deleted former Subsec. (a) re infrastructure criteria guidelines and deleted Subsec. (b) designator, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-7c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-7c - Request for proposal: Solicitation, submission, evaluation, report, net energy analysis.

 Section 16a-7c is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.(P.A. 03-140, S. 19; P.A. 07-242, S. 54; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 43; P.A. 14-94, S. 82.)
CT Gen Stat § 16a-8 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-8 - Programs to foster cooperative effort.

 Section 16a-8 is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.(P.A. 74-285, S. 9, 20; P.A. 03-140, S. 21; P.A. 14-94, S. 82.)
CT Gen Stat § 16a-9 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-9 - Energy emergency plan. Amendments.

 (a) There shall continue to be an energy emergency plan. Said plan may include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Establishment of programs, controls, standards, priorities and quotas for the allocation, rationing, conservation, distribution and consumption of available energy resources, (2) suspension and modification of existing statutes, standards and requirements affecting or affected by the use of energy resources, (3) adoption of measures affecting the type and composition and production and distribution of energy resources, (4) imposition of price restrictions on energy resources, (5) adoption of measures affecting the hours and days on which public buildings and commercial and industrial establishments may be or are required to remain open or closed, and (6) establishment and implementation of regional programs and agreements for the purpose of coordinating energy resource programs and actions of the state with those of the federal government and of other states and localities. Said plan shall include such levels of energy emergency as the commissioner shall establish.(b) The commissioner shall prepare or cause to be prepared such amendments to the energy emergency plan as he may deem necessary. Such amendments shall be submitted to the General Assembly no later than fifteen days after the convening of any regular session of the General Assembly following the preparation of such amendments and shall be referred by the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate to the joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to energy. Said committee shall review such amendments and report its recommendations within fifteen days to the General Assembly. The General Assembly may by joint resolution disapprove or reject any section or sections of such amendments within forty-five days after the submittal of such amendments.(P.A. 74-285, S. 10, 20; P.A. 75-537, S. 6, 55; P.A. 79-572, S. 1, 10; P.A. 88-220, S. 2, 11; P.A. 91-367, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 75-537 continued existence of emergency plan, deleting provision which had called for administrator to prepare one, and deleted Subsec. (b) re submission of plan for general assembly's approval; P.A. 79-572 required plan to include levels of emergency established by secretary of office of policy and management and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re amendments to plan; P.A. 88-220 deleted the 1980 reporting requirement formerly in Subsec. (c); P.A. 91-367 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the plan to include the imposition of price restrictions on energy resources; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “secretary” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-10 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-10 - Joint legislative committee established.

 There is established a joint legislative committee consisting of the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of both houses of the General Assembly, and the cochairpersons and the ranking minority members of the committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy. All records of meetings of said committee shall be a matter of public record.(P.A. 74-285, S. 11, 20; P.A. 79-572, S. 2, 10.)History: P.A. 79-572 included as committee members cochairpersons and ranking minority members of energy committee.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-11 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-11 - Governor's proclamation of energy emergency. Order implementing plan. Review and disapproval. Termination.

 (a) In the event of an energy emergency, the Governor may proclaim that such emergency exists and designate by order all or any part of the energy emergency plan he intends to implement and the effective date thereof, provided during any such energy emergency, the Governor may designate by order additional parts of said energy emergency plan to be implemented and the effective dates thereof. Any such order by the Governor pursuant to this section shall become effective upon filing said proclamation and designation in the office of the Secretary of the State. Such proclamation and any such designation shall be published in full at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in each county, provided failure to publish shall not impair the validity of such proclamation or designation.(b) Any proclamation may be disapproved by the joint legislative committee established under section 16a-10 at a meeting which shall be held within seventy-two hours after the filing of such proclamation in the office of the Secretary of the State. Such disapproval shall be by a majority vote, provided at least one of the minority leaders shall vote for such disapproval. Notwithstanding such disapproval, such proclamation and any order pursuant to this section shall be valid and effective from the time the Governor files such proclamation until such time as said committee files its disapproval in the office of the Secretary of the State. Any proclamation not disapproved shall remain in effect until the Governor proclaims the end of the energy emergency or until three hundred days after the date of the proclamation of the energy emergency. The joint legislative committee shall meet to review the proclamation of an energy emergency every sixty days until such emergency ends and may disapprove such proclamation by a simple majority vote. Any order or designation shall remain in effect until termination by further order by the Governor, which termination shall become effective upon filing such order in the office of the Secretary of the State. Such order shall be published in full at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in each county, provided failure to publish shall not impair the validity of such order.(P.A. 74-285, S. 12, 20; P.A. 79-572, S. 3, 10.)History: P.A. 79-572 provided that proclamation ceases to have effect 300 days after date emergency was proclaimed, required review of proclamation every 60 days and provided for disapproval by majority vote in Subsec. (b).
CT Gen Stat § 16a-13a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-13a - Levels of energy consumption considered in grant or denial of exemption. Regulations.

 (a) The commissioner, in granting or denying an exemption under section 16a-13, may take into account past levels of energy consumption or changes therein on the part of the person seeking such exemption.(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, which establish procedures for documenting past levels of energy consumption or changes therein for the purposes of an exemption under said section 16a-13.(c) The commissioner may grant an exemption if he determines that the person seeking the exemption has fulfilled the conditions contained in such regulations. The regulations shall permit exemption: (1) In cases where the applicant documents an absolute reduction in energy consumption over such periods of time as the regulations may establish, which periods may vary for different categories of persons, and the reduction is the result of physical or behavioral changes or adjustments undertaken for energy conservation purposes and not from changes or modifications undertaken for other purposes, such as alterations in building size, extent or type of production capacity or utilization thereof, or changes in the nature or number of work force employed, which changes were not undertaken for energy conservation purposes; or (2) in cases where the applicant documents that his consumption of energy is substantially less than that of other persons in like circumstances over such period of time as the regulations may establish, which periods may vary for different categories of persons, and the level of consumption is due to physical or behavioral factors, changes or adjustments, undertaken for energy conservation purposes and not from factors, changes or modifications not so related.(d) The regulations may provide that reductions in or levels of energy consumption which occur subsequent to the proclamation of an energy emergency pursuant to section 16a-11 or section 16a-12 shall not constitute the basis for exemption unless the reductions are due solely to actions undertaken prior to such proclamation.(P.A. 79-572, S. 6, 10; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “secretary” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-13b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-13b - Responsibilities of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in energy emergency activities.

 (a) The commissioner shall: (1) Be responsible for the conduct and administration of energy emergency planning and preparedness activities generally, including the coordination of such activities under this title with other state emergency planning conducted under any other provisions of the general statutes or special acts and with energy emergency planning or preparedness activities undertaken by the federal government, other states and regional or interstate organizations, and (2) coordinate, under the direction of the office of the Governor, the adoption and implementation of emergency measures by state departments during any energy emergency proclaimed under section 16a-11 or section 16a-12, including the coordination of state, federal, regional and interstate activities.(b) In exercising the responsibilities under subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner shall consult with the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Department of Transportation and such other state agencies as the commissioner deems appropriate. Each state agency shall assist the commissioner in carrying out the responsibilities assigned by sections 16a-9 to 16a-13d, inclusive.(P.A. 79-572, S. 9, 10; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 88-135, S. 3; P.A. 04-219, S. 7; P.A. 11-51, S. 156; 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 88-135 substituted office of “emergency management” for office of “civil preparedness” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 04-219 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security for Office of Emergency Management, effective January 1, 2005; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, the Department of Public Safety” with “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “secretary” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner” 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-13c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-13c - Violation of energy emergency plan or order. Interference with energy emergency activities. Penalties.

 Any person who during the course of an energy emergency proclaimed under this chapter violates any provision of the energy emergency plan which has been implemented pursuant to section 16a-11 or any order adopted pursuant to section 16a-12, or who obtains an exemption pursuant to section 16a-13 by misrepresentation or false pretenses, or who impedes, interferes with or obstructs any lawful energy emergency activities pursuant to this chapter, or who violates any provision of this chapter, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each offense. Each violation and each day on which the violation occurs or continues shall be a separate offense.(P.A. 79-572, S. 7, 10; P.A. 80-125, S. 2, 3.)History: P.A. 80-125 included in penalty provision those who gain exemption by misrepresentation or false pretenses.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-13d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-13d - Study on establishing a reserve of energy resources.

 Section 16a-13d is repealed.(P.A. 79-572, S. 8, 10; P.A. 86-187, S. 9, 10; P.A. 95-217, S. 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 16a-14a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-14a - Grant program for businesses involved in energy-related products and services.

 Section 16a-14a is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.(P.A. 79-576, S. 4, 7; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 140.)