CT SB00010

Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection must assess impacts of adopting California's medium and heavy duty vehicle emission standards by December 31, 2021, and may adopt such standards if necessary to meet federal air quality standards or state greenhouse gas reduction requirements.

State greenhouse gas emission reduction targets are revised to require at least 45% reduction below 2001 levels by January 1, 2030, and at least 80% reduction below 2001 levels by January 1, 2050, with a new target of zero emissions from electric generation serving electric usage by January 1, 2040.

Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may solicit proposals from demand response measures, energy efficiency, load management, and energy storage systems, with annual selections not exceeding 300,000 megawatt hours of electricity.

Electric distribution companies may enter into power purchase agreements for up to 20 years on behalf of all state customers, subject to Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approval within 120 days.

Net costs of agreements are recovered through fully reconciling rate components for all electric distribution company customers, with net revenues from product sales credited back to customers through the same rate mechanism.