§ 16-245ee — Energy conservation and load management and renewable energy projects in lower income communities. Requirements for approval.

Before approving any plan for energy conservation and load management and clean energy projects issued to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection by the Energy Conservation and Management Board, the board of directors of the Connecticut Green Bank or an electric distribution company, said commissioner shall determine that an equitable amount of the funds administered by each such board are to be deployed among small and large customers with a maximum average monthly peak demand of one hundred kilowatts in census tracts in which the median income is not more than sixty per cent of the state median income. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall determine such equitable share and such projects may include a mentoring component for such communities. On and after January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy regarding the distribution of funds to such communities. Any such report may be submitted electronically.

Legislative History

(P.A. 11-80, S. 101; P.A. 13-298, S. 17; P.A. 14-94, S. 29.) History: P.A. 11-80 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 replaced “renewable energy projects” with “clean energy projects” and references to department with references to commissioner and added provision re electronic submission of report, effective July 8, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Green Bank”, effective June 6, 2014.