CT SB00300

Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection must study natural gas capacity in Connecticut, including evaluation of current capacity and ways to expand it through regulatory or legislative changes, with report due by January 1, 2025

Expands the definition of "Class I renewable energy source" to include all hydropower, removing previous restrictions that limited eligibility to run-of-the-river facilities under 60 megawatts built after July 1, 2003

Expands nuclear power eligibility as a Class I renewable energy source by removing the requirement that facilities be constructed on or after October 1, 2023

Class I renewable sources continue to include solar, wind, fuel cells, geothermal, landfill methane, biogas, ocean thermal, wave/tidal power, and qualifying biomass facilities

Renewable Portfolio Standard changes take effect July 1, 2024; the natural gas study provision takes effect upon passage