CT SB00337

Public Utilities Regulatory Authority must initiate a docket to study renewable natural gas and submit a report to the joint standing committee on energy by November 1, 2018.

The authority's renewable natural gas review must include recommendations on a definition, renewable portfolio standard, procurement process, and quality standards for renewable natural gas.

Electric distribution companies must file a ten-year power purchase contract with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority by July 1, 2018, for biomass facilities that are Class I renewable energy sources and began operation after December 1, 2013, with a capacity equivalent of seven and one-half megawatts.

Existing renewable portfolio standards enforcement mechanisms are retained, including penalties of 5.5 cents per kilowatt hour for Class I and 2.5 cents per kilowatt hour for Class II renewable energy sources when wholesale suppliers fail to comply (effective January 1, 2018).