Bill Text: CT SB00181 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Renewable Energy Sources.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-21 - Removed from the Foot of the Calendar, Senate [SB00181 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00181-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2010 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study renewable energy sources. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination of the state's renewable energy portfolio standards, the definitions of Class I, II, and III renewable energy sources, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, and how, why and under what circumstances technologies should be added to any such class.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and
(7) The chairperson of the Public Utilities Control Authority, or the chairperson's designee.
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.
(g) Not later than January 1, 2011, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2011, whichever is later.
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