Proposed H.B. No. 5944
Session Year 2025
 


AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS AND LOCAL ZONING AUTHORITY PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN DECISIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT SITING COUNCIL.

To (1) require the Connecticut Siting Council to consider the plan of conservation and development adopted by a municipality in which a commercial grid-scale solar photovoltaic system is proposed for development prior to approving any such development, (2) limit the land area in any municipality that may be used for commercial grid-scale solar photovoltaic system development to one-half of one per cent, (3) allow a local zoning authority to adopt minimum setback requirements for any commercial grid-scale solar photovoltaic system, (4) expand the jurisdiction of the Connecticut Siting Council to any commercial grid-scale solar photovoltaic system regardless of such system's generation capacity, and (5) require said council to work in collaboration with local zoning authorities prior to approving the development of any commercial grid-scale solar photovoltaic system in a municipality.

Introduced by:
Rep. John Santanella, 58th Dist.

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 Date Action Taken
 1/22/2025Referred to Joint Committee on Energy and Technology

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