Connecticut HB 5337: AN ACT CONCERNING PATIENT ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5337
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1916

Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM INCENTIVES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 16-258d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
(a) As used in this section: 3
(1) "District heating system" means a thermal loop natural gas 4
demand reduction system that is located in a designated area and is 5
designed to capture an annual minimum of thirty million British 6
thermal units of waste heat and transmits and distributes at least 7
seventy-five per cent of such waste heat directly to the premises of end 8
use customers that are located in such system's service area. 9
(2) "Gas company" has the same meaning as provided in section 16-10
1. 11
(b) After July 1, 2015, each gas company shall develop an incentive 12
program for district heating systems for the purpose of reducing natural 13
gas demand in the state. As part of the conservation and load 14

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management plan, pursuant to section 16-245m, each gas company shall 15
submit such program plan for approval to the Energy Conservation 16
Management Board and the Department of Energy and Environmental 17
Protection. Said board and department have discretion to jointly 18
approve or disapprove such plan. Such program shall, on or after March 19
1, 2016, but not after June 30, 2027, or after the implementation of the 20
incentive program established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, 21
whichever is sooner, provide an incentive payment to end use 22
customers who connect on or after March 1, 2016, to a district heating 23
system for heating purposes. Such incentive payment shall be based on 24
such customer's projected natural gas demand reduction for the period 25
of time that such customer commits to utilize the services of such 26
heating system. The projected natural gas demand reduction shall be 27
based on such customer's weather-adjusted historical usage data from 28
the previous three years. The amount of the incentive payment made to 29
such end use customer shall not exceed the incentive payment made for 30
equivalent natural gas demand reductions through the state's 31
conservation and load management plan. 32
(c) Not later than July 1, 2027, the Commissioner of Energy and 33
Environmental Protection shall, in consultation with the Energy 34
Conservation Management Board, develop and implement an incentive 35
program for end use customers who connect to a district heating system. 36
Any incentive made available through the program shall be calculated 37
based on the projected lifetime reduction in natural gas consumption 38
attributable to the district heating system using cost-effectiveness 39
methodologies that are consistent with the provisions of sections 16-40
245m to 16-245o, inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant to 41
said sections. 42
[(c)] (d) An owner or operator of a district heating system may charge 43
each end use customer a connection charge up to an amount equal to 44
the incentive payment received by such end use customer. 45
[(d)] (e) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall ensure that 46
the revenues required to fund such incentive payments made pursuant 47

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to this section are provided through a fully reconciling conservation 48
adjustment mechanism, which shall not exceed more than nine million 49
dollars in total for the program established under this section, provided 50
(1) such revenues shall be in addition to the revenues authorized to fund 51
the Conservation and Load Management Plan pursuant to section 16-52
245m, and (2) such revenues exceeding two million dollars required to 53
fund such incentive payments shall be paid over a period of not less 54
than two years. Such revenues shall only be collected from the gas 55
customers of the company in whose service area such district heating 56
system is located. 57
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 16-258d

ET Joint Favorable