Section 16-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] Program to encourage installation of solar photovoltaic and energy storage systems at public schools(a) Not later than January 1, 2025, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a docket to develop a program to encourage the installation of solar photovoltaic systems and energy storage systems at public schools. The authority shall incorporate such program into the programs authorized pursuant to sections 16-243ee, and 16-244 z of the general statutes. The authority may establish a separate tariff for projects selected under such program and may identify a reasonable cap, not to exceed twenty-five megawatts per year, on the annual generating capacity of projects under such program, provided the authority shall permit any unused allowance under such cap in any given year to accrue. The megawatts available under such cap shall be separate from and shall not count toward the number of total available megawatts under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 16-244z of the general statutes.(b) A proposal for a project under such program may base such project's capacity on an estimate of electricity usage on the customer side of the revenue meter that exceeds existing on-site usage at the time of such proposal to account for additional future uses of the electricity, as determined by the authority, including, but not limited to: (1) Electric vehicle charging stations; (2) electricity-dependent heating and cooling systems; and (3) powering equipment used in the provision of food or equipment used to provide water for drinking or hygiene.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-NEW
Added by P.A. 24-0151,S. 173 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2024.