Connecticut SB 422: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REGISTRY OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF CRIMES AGAINST ELDERLY PERSONS.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 422
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2712

Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING BIOMASS FACILITIES.
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 2026 1
supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 2
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 3
(20) "Class I renewable energy source" means (A) electricity derived 4
from (i) solar power, (ii) wind power, (iii) a fuel cell, (iv) geothermal, (v) 5
anaerobic digestion or other biogas derived from biological sources, (vi) 6
thermal electric direct energy conversion from a certified Class I 7
renewable energy source, (vii) ocean thermal power, (viii) wave or tidal 8
power, (ix) low emission advanced renewable energy conversion 9
technologies, including, but not limited to, zero emission low grade heat 10
power generation systems based on organic oil free rankine, kalina or 11
other similar nonsteam cycles that use waste heat from an industrial or 12
commercial process that does not generate electricity, (x) (I) a run-of-13
the-river hydropower facility that began operation after July 1, 2003, has 14
a generating capacity of not more than sixty megawatts, is not based on 15
a new dam or a dam identified by the Commissioner of Energy and 16

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Environmental Protection as a candidate for removal, and meets 17
applicable state and federal requirements, including state dam safety 18
requirements and applicable site-specific standards for water quality 19
and fish passage, or (II) a run-of-the-river hydropower facility that 20
received a new license after January 1, 2018, under the Federal Energy 21
Regulatory Commission rules pursuant to 18 CFR 16, as amended from 22
time to time, is not based on a new dam or a dam identified by the 23
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as a candidate 24
for removal, and meets applicable state and federal requirements, 25
including state dam safety requirements and applicable site-specific 26
standards for water quality and fish passage, [(xi) a biomass facility, 27
provided such facility has executed an agreement to provide energy to 28
an electric distribution company prior to October 1, 2025, that (I) uses 29
sustainable biomass fuel and has an average emission rate of equal to or 30
less than .075 pounds of nitrogen oxides per million BTU of heat input 31
for the previous calendar quarter, or (II) has a capacity of less than five 32
hundred kilowatts that began construction before July 1, 2003, may be 33
considered a Class I renewable energy source for the duration of such 34
agreement,] or [(xii)] (xi) a nuclear power generating facility constructed 35
on or after October 1, 2023, or (B) any electrical generation, including 36
distributed generation, generated from a Class I renewable energy 37
source, provided, on and after January 1, 2014, any megawatt hours of 38
electricity from a renewable energy source described under this 39
subparagraph that are claimed or counted by a load-serving entity, 40
province or state toward compliance with renewable portfolio 41
standards or renewable energy policy goals in another province or state, 42
other than the state of Connecticut, shall not be eligible for compliance 43
with the renewable portfolio standards established pursuant to section 44
16-245a; 45
Sec. 2. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 16a-3u of the 2026 46
supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is 47
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 48
(a) For the purposes of this section: 49

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(1) "Existing biomass power purchase agreement" means a power 50
purchase agreement that: (A) (i) Was entered into by a biomass facility 51
that uses sustainable biomass fuel and has an average emission rate of 52
less than or equal to .075 pounds of nitrogen oxides per million BTU of 53
heat input for the previous calendar quarter, or energy derived from a 54
biomass facility with a capacity of less than five hundred kilowatts that 55
began construction before July 1, 2003, with an electric distribution 56
company in the state on or before June 5, 2013, or (ii) was executed in 57
accordance with a solicitation pursuant to section 16a-3f or 16a-3h; and 58
(B) was in effect as of January 1, 2024. 59
(2) "Eligible biomass facility" means a biomass facility that uses 60
sustainable biomass fuel and has an average emission rate of less than 61
or equal to .075 pounds of nitrogen oxides per million BTU of heat input 62
for the previous calendar quarter, or energy derived from a biomass 63
facility with a capacity of less than five hundred kilowatts that began 64
construction before July 1, 2003, and that has entered into one or more 65
existing biomass power purchase agreements