Bill Text: CT HB05348 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Requiring The Consideration Of Creating A Portfolio Standard For Thermal Energy In The Next Integrated Resources Plan.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [HB05348 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05348-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 5348 | ||
February Session, 2018 |
LCO No. 1849 | ||
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT MAKING USEFUL THERMAL ENERGY GENERATED FROM BIODIESEL A CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE AND CREATING A HOMEOWNER-GENERATED USEFUL THERMAL ENERGY PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (20) of subsection (a) of section 16-1 of the 2018 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(20) "Class I renewable energy source" means (A) electricity derived from (i) solar power, (ii) wind power, (iii) a fuel cell, (iv) geothermal, (v) landfill methane gas, anaerobic digestion or other biogas derived from biological sources, (vi) thermal electric direct energy conversion from a certified Class I renewable energy source, (vii) ocean thermal power, (viii) wave or tidal power, (ix) low emission advanced renewable energy conversion technologies, (x) a run-of-the-river hydropower facility that began operation after July 1, 2003, and has a generating capacity of not more than thirty megawatts, provided a facility that applies for certification under this clause after January 1, 2013, shall not be based on a new dam or a dam identified by the commissioner as a candidate for removal, and shall meet applicable state and federal requirements, including applicable site-specific standards for water quality and fish passage, or (xi) a biomass facility that uses sustainable biomass fuel and has an average emission rate of equal to or less than .075 pounds of nitrogen oxides per million BTU of heat input for the previous calendar quarter, except that energy derived from a biomass facility with a capacity of less than five hundred kilowatts that began construction before July 1, 2003, may be considered a Class I renewable energy source, [or] (B) any electrical generation, including distributed generation, generated from a Class I renewable energy source, provided, on and after January 1, 2014, any megawatt hours of electricity from a renewable energy source described under this subparagraph that are claimed or counted by a load-serving entity, province or state toward compliance with renewable portfolio standards or renewable energy policy goals in another province or state, other than the state of Connecticut, shall not be eligible for compliance with the renewable portfolio standards established pursuant to section 16-245a, or (C) useful thermal energy, as defined in section 2 of this act, generated from biodiesel, including, but not limited to, biodiesel that is blended into home heating oil, that is (i) produced in (I) Connecticut, or (II) a state that borders Connecticut and delivered into Connecticut, and (ii) delivered to a homeowner in Connecticut;
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Authority" means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority;
(2) "Heating fuel" has the same meaning as provided in section 16a-17 of the general statutes;
(3) "Heating fuel dealer" has the same meaning as provided in section 16a-17 of the general statutes; and
(4) "Useful thermal energy" means energy in the form of direct heat, steam, hot water, hot air or other thermal form that is used in the production and beneficial measures of heating, cooling, humidity control, process use or other valid thermal end use energy requirements, as determined by the authority pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, for which fuel or electricity would otherwise be consumed.
(b) On or before July 1, 2019, the authority shall establish, by regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, a homeowner-generated useful thermal energy program in the state. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, (1) provisions for heating fuel dealers to aggregate the thermal energy produced by homeowner-generation units to which such dealers deliver heating fuel, (2) provisions for heating fuel dealers to obtain certificates issued by the New England Power Pool Generation Information System and sell such certificates, (3) a requirement that no homeowner shall be required to participate in the program, (4) a requirement that no homeowner that chooses to participate in the program shall be required to purchase or obtain a new furnace, (5) a formula to calculate the conversion of thermal energy output produced by homeowner-generation units to megawatt-hours, (6) a determination of any other valid thermal end use energy requirements, and (7) any other provisions necessary to implement the program.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
16-1(a)(20) |
Sec. 2 |
from passage |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To change the definition of Class I renewable energy source to include certain useful thermal energy generated from biodiesel and to create a homeowner-generated useful thermal energy program.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]