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CT HB06779

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2025

Primary Sponsor

Energy and Technology Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Grants municipalities explicit authority to regulate and restrict the proposed location of nonresidential solar photovoltaic facilities not subject to Connecticut Siting Council jurisdiction

  • Modernizes statutory language by replacing references to "selectmen," "common council," and "warden and burgesses" with the unified term "municipality"

  • Requires municipal orders on facility siting to be issued within 30 days of application, documented in writing, and recorded in municipal records

  • Preserves the 30-day appeal process to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for any party aggrieved by a municipal siting order

  • Effective date: October 1, 2025

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning The Siting Of Certain Nonresidential Solar Facilities.

Last Action

Public Hearing 02/04

1/31/2025

Committee Referrals

Energy and Technology1/29/2025

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