Breakthrough Technologies Institute - Fuel Cells 2000
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Ten Franklin Square<br />
New Britain, CT 06051<br />
Phone: (800) 382-4586 or (860) 827-1553<br />
E-mail: dpuc.information@po.state.ct.us<br />
Web: www.state.ct.us/dpuc<br />
3. PUBLIC AGENCY POLICIES/PURCHASE PROGRAMS<br />
POWER GENERATION<br />
Government Green Power Purchase Plan<br />
www.ctenergy.org/pdf/ExOrder32.pdf<br />
A 2004 executive order directed state agencies and universities to purchase electricity<br />
generated by renewable resources. Class I renewable-energy purchases (which<br />
includes include solar, wind, new sustainable biomass, landfill gas and fuel cells) must<br />
comprise 20% of electricity supplied in 2010, 50% in 2020 and 100% in 2050.<br />
Contact:<br />
Connecticut Energy Advisory Board<br />
c/o Gretchen Deans<br />
CERC<br />
805 Brook Street, Building 4<br />
Rocky Hill, CT 06067<br />
Phone: (860) 571-7147<br />
Fax: (860) 571-7150<br />
E-mail: gdeans@cerc.com<br />
Web: www.ctenergy.org<br />
4. INCENTIVES/MARKET STIMULATION<br />
POWER GENERATION<br />
Incentives for Customer-Side Distributed Resources<br />
www.dpuc.state.ct.us/DPUCinfo.nsf/6388afa2e804605f852565f7004e9e87/6571b68675<br />
7ae0798525713e00637ef3/$FILE/DGRelease.doc<br />
In March 2006, the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control announced new<br />
programs providing incentives to electric customers that install customer-side distributed<br />
resources. The programs were developed to fulfill goals of Energy Independence<br />
legislation, passed in 2005, that encourages development of new distributed resources<br />
in the state. The initiatives will assist individual business customers that participate by<br />
reducing and managing their energy costs; reduce electric costs (federally mandated<br />
congestion costs) for all Connecticut electric consumers; encourage investment in and<br />
deployment of important new technologies; and enhance electric system reliability by<br />
further diversifying the range of resources to meet electric needs. Several incentives<br />
are available to customers:<br />
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