SB 336 — AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY SHARED SOLAR.

General Assembly   RaisedSubstitute Bill No.

336 February Session, 2018   LCO*_____SB00336ET____032918____* No.AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY SHARED SOLAR.

1961   *01961_______ET_* Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY   Introduced by:

  (ET)   AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY SHARED SOLAR.

(9) "Low"Low-income income service organization" means a for-profit or nonprofit organization that provides service or assistance to low-income individuals;

(13) "Subscriber" means an in-state retail end user of an electric distribution company who (A) has one or more subscriptions ofto a shared clean energy facility that is interconnected with such electric distribution company, and (B) has identified an individual billing meter that is located in the same electric distribution company service territory where the shared clean energy facility is located to which the subscription shall be assigned;

and (16) "Unassigned bill credit" means in any given electric distribution company monthly billing period, a bill credit generated by a shared clean energy facility that is not assigned to a subscriber.

(12) Require that not less than fifty per cent of the total capacity of any individual shared clean energy facility with a nameplate capacity of more than five hundred kilowatts isbe sold to subscribers who purchase small subscriptions;

(13) On or before January 1, 2022, require that (A) not less than ten per cent of the total capacity of all shared clean energy facilities, in the aggregate, isbe sold to low-income subscribers, and (B) in addition to the requirement of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, not less than ten per cent of the total capacity of all shared clean energy facilities, in the aggregate, isbe sold to low-income subscribers, moderate-income subscribers or low-income service organizations;

(15) Permit a subscriber organization to accumulate bill credits,credits and unassigned bill credits and require that such subscriber organization, at the end of each fiscal year, provide a list to the electric distribution company that assigns such bill credits to subscribers;

(A) ToThe maximizemaximization of the benefits for low-income customers, development of at least one mechanism for low-income subscriber adoption, including low-income residential subscribers and low-income service organization subscribers, that is structured as an assistance program model to reduce the energy burden for such subscribers and integrates with complementary agencies, as identified by the commissioner and the Connecticut Green Bank, and programs, including, but not limited to, low-income energy assistance and efficiency services;

and (C) Development of a process for regular program evaluation and adjustments to encourage participation by low-income and moderate-income residential customers, low-income affordable housing and low-income service organizations;organizations.

(NEW) (d) A subscriber organization, as defined in section 1 of this act, shall not be deemed to be a utility, public utility or public service company solely by virtue of the fact that such subscriber organization owns or operates or contracts with a third-party entity to build, own or operate a clean energy facility;facility.

2 October 1, 2018 16-1 Statement of Purpose:Legislative Commissioners:

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