SB 331 — AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES AND RUN-OF-THE-RIVER HYDROPOWER FACILITIES.

AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES.TECHNOLOGIES AND RUN-OF-THE-RIVER HYDROPOWER FACILITIES.

General Assembly   RaisedSubstitute Bill No.

331 February Session, 2018   LCO*_____SB00331ET____032918____* No.AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES AND RUN-OF-THE-RIVER HYDROPOWER FACILITIES.

1855   *01855_______ET_* Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY   Introduced by:

  (ET)   AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES.

(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, including, but not limited to, high technology oil-free Organic Rankine Cycle systems that produce electric power from thermal energy, provided such thermal energy is generated by another Class I renewable energy source, (x) (I) 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, or (II) any portion of the capacity from a run-of-the-river hydropower facility that began operation on or before July 1, 2003, and has a generating capacity of not more than thirty megawatts that will deliver electric capacity into the control area of the regional independent system operator that was not delivered into such control area before October 1, 2018, 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;

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Subdivision (38) 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 October 1, 2018):

(38) "Class III source" means the electricity output from combined heat and power systems with an operating efficiency level of no less than fifty per cent that are part of customer-side distributed resources developed at commercial and industrial facilities in this state on or after January 1, 2006, a waste heat recovery system installed on or after April 1, 2007, that produces electrical or thermal energy by capturing preexisting waste heat or pressure from industrial or commercial processes, [or] the electricity savings created in this state from conservation and load management programs begun on or after January 1, 2006, provided on and after January 1, 2014, no such programs supported by ratepayers, including programs overseen by the Energy Conservation Management Board or third-party programs pursuant to section 16-245m, shall be considered a Class III source, except that any demand-side management project awarded a contract pursuant to section 16-243m shall remain eligible as a Class III source for the term of such contract, or electricity derived from high technology oil-free Organic Rankine Cycle systems that produce electric power from thermal energy, provided such thermal energy is not generated by a Class I renewable energy source;

Section 1 October 1, 2018 16-1(a)(20) StatementSec. of Purpose:

To2 specifyOctober that1, the2018 definition16-1(a)(38) ofET ClassJoint IFavorable renewableSubst. energy source includes high technology oil-free Organic Rankine Cycle systems.

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