Energy and Technology
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The Office of Legislative Research writes nonpartisan reports for legislators on various topics. Recent reports related to the Energy and Technology Committee’s subject areas include:
Mitigation Funds for Offshore Wind Projects – 2024-R-0050
Weatherization Assistance Program and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – 2024-R-0028
Municipalization of Electric Systems – 2024-R-0026
Residential Energy Programs – 2024-R-0006
Nuclear and Hydroelectric Power Generation in Renewable Portfolio Standard Laws – 2023-R-0222
Property Tax Exemptions for Solar Installations – 2023-R-0214
Utility-Related Funding Questions – 2023-R-0027
Pandemic-Related Utility Arrearages – 2023-R-0029
Shared Clean Energy Facilities – 2023-R-0028
Internet Providers and Paper Billing Fees – 2022-R-0253
Heat Pump Incentive Programs in Maine and Rhode Island – 2022-R-0266
State agencies
Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) – includes the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)
State boards, commissions, and task forces
Connecticut Energy Efficiency Board
Federal government
Energy Information Administration
Environmental Protection Agency – energy and the environment
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Other organizations
Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE)
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
Other online resources
Connecticut Energy Assistance Program (winter heating assistance)
Connecticut law about energy and utility assistance – research guide by the Judicial Branch Law Libraries
CASE Bulletin – Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering; electronic subscription.
CBIA News – CT Business and Industry Association; print subscription.
Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE) – from the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center and U.S. Dept. of Energy.
National Academies Press publications on energy and energy conservation. Legislative Library subscription; see librarian.
NCSL Energy Bill Tracking Database – from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Tracks legislation from 2008-present.
U.S. Electricity Net Generation and Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 1990-2018 – from the SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government. Includes data on “electricity net generation by source, share of renewable electricity, and carbon dioxide emissions per capita for every state in the United States over a 29-year period.”
U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Databasee – from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, and the U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Wind Turbine Database – from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office, the American Wind Energy Association, and the U.S. Geological Survey
Please note this is not an exhaustive list. Contact the library for these and other reports.
Anaerobic Digester (AD) pilot programAnaerobic Digester (AD) pilot program – by the CT Green Bank; pursuant to PA 11-80 s.103(b) and (c) as amended by PA 12-2 s.156 June and by PA 15-152 s.1
Connecticut electric suppliers’ and electric distribution companies’ compliance with Connecticut’s renewable energy portfolio standards – annual report by PURA; pursuant to CGS 16-245a, 16-244c(j)(1), 16-244c(h)(1), 16-243q, and 16-9
Connecticut Green Bank annual report – pursuant to CGS 16-245n(f)
Connecticut Hydrogen Task Force studyConnecticut Hydrogen Task Force study – pursuant to SA 22-8
Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC) annual report – pursuant to CGS 7-233c(i)
Distillate Advisory Board progress report (heating oil) – annual report by the Dept. of Consumer Protection; pursuant to CGS 16a-21b(g)
Division of Statewide Emergency Telecommunications annual report – by the Dept. of Emergency Services and Public Protection and DEEP; pursuant to CGS 28-29b
Electric supplier report to the legislature – annual report by PURA; pursuant to CGS 16-245y(c)
Electric vehicle time of day rates for residential and commercial customers, PURA investigation into the implementation ofElectric vehicle time of day rates for residential and commercial customers, PURA investigation into the implementation of – pursuant to CGS 16-19f(b)(2)
Emergency generators in certain housing for the elderlyEmergency generators in certain housing for the elderly – by the CT Commission on Women, Children and Seniors; pursuant to PA 16-3 s.176 May
Emergency response in major events – reports by Eversource and United Illuminating; pursuant to PA 20-5 s.12(b)(1) and s.12(b)(2) Sept
Equitable distribution of conservation and load management and renewable energy funds in Connecticut – annual report by the Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection; pursuant to CGS 16-245ee
GreenerGovCT report on the implementation of the state sustainability initiativeGreenerGovCT report on the implementation of the state sustainability initiative – by the Steering Committee on State Sustainability; pursuant to Lamont EO 1 and CGS 16a-37u
Investigation into a performance-based regulation framework for the electric distribution companiesInvestigation into a performance-based regulation framework for the electric distribution companies – by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority; pursuant to CGS 16-244aa
Leading by example: reducing energy use in state facilities – periodic report by DEEP; pursuant to CGS 16a-37u(d)
Lost and unaccounted for gas – annual report by PURA; pursuant to CGS 16-34a(a)
Millstone resource assessments – by PURAPURA and Levitan and AssociatesLevitan and Associates; pursuant to PA 17-3 s.1(b) June
Nuclear Energy Advisory Council annual report – pursuant to CGS 16-11a
Proceeding to investigate waste-to-energyProceeding to investigate waste-to-energy – by PURA; pursuant to SA 22-11
PURA review of the Connecticut Electric Efficiency Partners Program – annual report; pursuant to CGS 16-243v
PURA annual report to the General Assembly on electric distribution company system reliability – pursuant to CGS 16-245y(a)
Redesign of the residential electric billing format, PURA investigation into – pursuant to CGS 16-245d
Residential Solar Investment Program (RSIP) progress report – biennial report by the CT Green Bank; pursuant to CGS 16-245ff
Review of CT public service company plans for restoration of service interrupted by an emergency – biennial report by PURA; pursuant to CGS 16-32e(b)
Riverside Thompson Shared Clean Energy Facility annual status report – by CHIP Fund 5 LLC; pursuant to CGS 16-244x(e)
Solar tax statutory frameworkSolar tax statutory framework – by the Office of Policy and Management; pursuant to PA 22-14 s.5
Standards for electric distribution company emergency performanceStandards for electric distribution company emergency performance – by PURA; pursuant to SA 19-15
State of electric competition: annual report to the legislature – by PURA; pursuant to CGS 16-245x(a) and (b)
State water plan status – annual report by the CT Water Planning Council; pursuant to CGS 22a-352(i)
Study of the creation of a new gas rate class for tax-exempt houses of religious worshipStudy of the creation of a new gas rate class for tax-exempt houses of religious worship – by PURA; pursuant to SA 19-20
For OLR Reports and other materials related to the Energy and Technology Committee’s work, index headings include:
Civil Preparedness – Nuclear Accidents
Coal
CT Siting Council
Daylight Saving Time
Disasters
Easements
Energy-(subtopic folders for Agencies and Planning, Assistance, Conservation, Hydroelectric, Legislation and Policy, Nuclear, Renewable Resources, and Solar)
Energy and Environmental Protection – CT Dept. of
Fuel Cost Adjustment
Land
Long Island Sound
Metropolitan District Commission
Oil
Oil Refineries
Pollution Control
Power Plants
Quasi-Public Agencies
Science and Technology
Telecommunications
Television
Television-Cable
Utilities-(subtopic folders for Electric, Electric-Restructuring, Natural Gas, Rates, Telephone, Water Companies)
The library assigns topical index headings to all OLR Reports and keeps hard copies of the reports organized by these index headings. Reports from 1994 to the present are in the library’s file cabinets (aka the “vertical files”) in the red-tabbed folders, as well as online in full text. Older reports are in two sets of bound volumes (one set for the 1970s, and one for 1980-1993) on the library’s shelves.
The same index headings the library uses for OLR Reports have been used to organize over 600 subject files of materials such as newspaper clippings, court decisions, press releases, pamphlets, and other resources that would be more difficult to locate if they were dispersed throughout the library’s general collection. The subject files are in the blue-tabbed folders in the file cabinets. (Many of the items in these folders have also been digitized by the library, and their electronic versions can be found in the library’s intranet catalog.)
Energy Law (in a Nutshell) – by Joseph P. Tomain and Richard D. Cudahy, 2004
International Energy Conservation Code – by the International Code Council; at the Connecticut State Library.
Utility by Town List – by the Connecticut Dept. of Transportation; updated regularly
For the past several years, almost all newly published items added to the library’s collection have been in electronic format only. These items are accessible in full text through the library’s intranet catalog. Many old print materials have also been digitized and uploaded to the library’s catalog.
To get a general sense of a subject’s history, however, you may find it useful to browse the library stacks in certain locations to see print copies of older publications (and the occasional newer item that was published both electronically and in print). For publications related to energy and technology, call number ranges include, but are not limited to:
333 economics of land and energy
384 communications; telecommunication
621.31 generation, modification, storage, transmission of electric power
Hard copies of mandated reports that were produced only once or as a limited series are shelved by the number of the act that required the report. Hard copies of mandated reports produced regularly with no set end date (for example, state agencies’ annual reports) are shelved in the stacks by subject.
Connecticut public utilities annual cybersecurity report – by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
CT Energy Efficiency Board annual report on evaluation studies and results abstracts
Operation Fuel annual report
Review of electric companies’ and electric distribution companies’ plans for maintenance of transmission and distribution overhead and underground linesReview of electric companies’ and electric distribution companies’ plans for maintenance of transmission and distribution overhead and underground lines – by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, 2021
State options to keep nuclear in the energy mixState options to keep nuclear in the energy mix – by the National Conference of State Legislatures, 2017
Survey of energy and energy efficiency workforce needsSurvey of energy and energy efficiency workforce needs – by the CT Business and Industry Association, 2017
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