Connecticut HB 5472: AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CHILD CARE EDUCATORS.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5472
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF ENERGY GENERATION
SOURCES AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Major incident" means any event at a facility described in 2
subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i of the general statutes 3
that (A) requires an emergency shutoff of electricity flowing to or from 4
such facility due to a hazardous condition at such facility, (B) requires 5
any local emergency services personnel to respond to the site of such 6
facility, or (C) causes injury requiring hospitalization to any person; and 7
(2) "Minor incident" means any unanticipated or unplanned 8
shutdown of a facility described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of 9
section 16-50i of the general statutes that does not require any local 10
emergency services personnel to respond to the site of such facility. 11
"Minor incident" does not include the shutdown of such facility in 12
connection with scheduled or routine maintenance. 13
(b) Any person who receives a certificate from the Connecticut Siting 14
Council to operate a facility described in subdivision (3) of subsection 15
(a) of section 16-50i of the general statutes shall report any major 16
incident or minor incident at such facility in a form and manner 17

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prescribed by the council. Any major incident shall be reported not later 18
than five days after the occurrence of such incident, and any minor 19
incident shall be reported not later than thirty days after the occurrence 20
of such incident. 21
(c) Commencing on July 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the 22
Connecticut Siting Council shall submit a report, in accordance with the 23
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, detailing any reports 24
the council has received pursuant to this section in the preceding year 25
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 26
cognizance of matters relating to energy and technology. 27
Sec. 2. Section 16-50l of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes is 28
amended by adding subsections (i) and (j) as follows (Effective October 1, 29
2026): 30
(NEW) (i) In addition to the requirements of this section, the council 31
may, in the council's discretion, require that, as a condition of approval 32
for any facility described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 33
16-50i, the applicant provide emergency services training specific to the 34
proposed facility, at the applicant's sole expense, to firefighters or other 35
emergency services personnel in any municipality in which such facility 36
shall be located. If the council imposes such a condition pursuant to this 37
subsection, the applicant shall provide notice of the availability of such 38
training to the chief executive officer and fire marshal of any 39
municipality in which such facility shall be located, as ordered by the 40
council. The chief executive officer or fire marshal shall respond in 41
writing to such notice not later than sixty days after the receipt of such 42
notice and indicate whether firefighters or other emergency services 43
personnel in the municipality request such training. If such training is 44
so requested, the applicant will arrange for such training to be provided 45
not later than sixty days after such request. 46
(NEW) (j) (1) For the purposes of this subsection, "emergency contact 47
person" means a person, including an entity or an organization, 48
designated by an applicant or certificate holder pursuant to this section, 49

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who has authority to act on behalf of the applicant or certificate holder 50
in the event of an emergency at a facility described in subdivision (3) of 51
subsection (a) of section 16-50i. As a condition of approval under this 52
section, an applicant shall (A) designate an emergency contact person 53
for such facility, (B) provide the contact information for such emergency 54
contact person to the council and both the chief executive officer and the 55
local fire official of any municipality in which such facility is located, 56
and (C) post a sign at each entrance to such facility displaying the 57
contact information for such emergency contact person. 58
(2) Not later than January 1, 2027, any certificate holder that owns or 59
operates a facility described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of 60
section 16-50i shall (A) designate an emergency contact person, (B) 61
provide the contact information for such emergency contact person, in 62
writing, to the council and both the chief executive officer and the local 63
fire official of any municipality in which such facility is located, and (C) 64
post a sign at each entrance to the facility displaying the contact 65
information for such emergency cont