Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-50k (2026)

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 16-50z, no person shall exercise any right of eminent domain in contemplation of, commence the preparation of the site for, commence the construction or supplying of a facility, or commence any modification of a facility, that may, as determined by the council, have a substantial adverse environmental effect in the state without having first obtained a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need, hereinafter referred to as a “certificate”, issued with respect to such facility or modification by the council. Certificates shall not be required for (1) fuel cells built within the state with a generating capacity of two hundred fifty kilowatts or less, or (2) fuel cells built out of state with a generating capacity of ten kilowatts or less. Any facility with respect to which a certificate is required shall thereafter be built, maintained and operated in conformity with such certificate and any terms, limitations or conditions contained therein. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or title 16a, the council shall, in the exercise of its jurisdiction over the siting of generating facilities, approve by declaratory ruling (A) the construction of a facility solely for the purpose of generating electricity, other than an electric generating facility that uses nuclear materials or coal as fuel, at a site where an electric generating facility operated prior to July 1, 2004, and (B) the construction or location of any fuel cell, unless the council finds a substantial adverse environmental effect, or of any customer-side distributed resources project or facility or grid-side distributed resources project or facility with a capacity of not more than sixty-five megawatts, as long as: (i) Such project meets air and water quality standards of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, (ii) the council does not find a substantial adverse environmental effect, and (iii) for a solar photovoltaic facility with a capacity of two or more megawatts, to be located on prime farmland or forestland, excluding any such facility that was selected by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in any solicitation issued prior to July 1, 2017, pursuant to section 16a-3f, 16a-3g or 16a-3j, the Department of Agriculture represents, in writing, to the council that such project will not materially affect the status of such land as prime farmland or the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection represents, in writing, to the council that such project will not materially affect the status of such land as core forest. In conducting an evaluation of a project for purposes of subparagraph (B)(iii) of this subdivision, the Departments of Agriculture and Energy and Environmental Protection may consult with the United States Department of Agriculture and soil and water conservation districts. In addition to all other requirements for the issuance of a certificate, the council shall not issue a certificate for a facility described in subparagraph (B)(iii) of this subdivision unless the applicant for such certificate furnishes a bond to cover all costs associated with the decommissioning of such facility and the restoration of such prime farmland, including, but not limited to, an inspection by a qualified soil scientist or other agricultural soils professional to assess and assure that the soils of such prime farmland are restored and will be suitable for farming. Such an assessment shall include, but need not be limited to, consideration of topsoil and subsoil depths, soil compaction, alteration in surface and subsurface drainage, erosion and sedimentation control measures and soil fertility.

(b) A certificate may be transferred, subject to the approval of the council, to a person who agrees to comply with the terms, limitations and conditions contained therein. The council shall not approve any such transfer if it finds that such transfer was contemplated at or prior to the time the certificate was issued and such fact was not adequately disclosed during the certification proceeding.

(c) A certificate issued pursuant to this chapter may be amended as provided in this chapter.

(d) This chapter shall apply to any facility described in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of subsection (a) of section 16-50i, the construction of which is commenced on or after April 1, 1972, and to any such facility the construction of which is approved by a municipality that has commenced the sale of bonds or bond anticipation notes on or after April 1, 1972, the proceeds or part of the proceeds of which are to finance such construction. This chapter shall apply to any facility described in subdivision (4) of said subsection (a) of section 16-50i, the construction of which is commenced on or after July 1, 1983, and to any such facility the construction of which is approved by a municipality that has commenced the sale of bonds or bond anticipation notes on or after July 1, 1983, the proceeds or part of the proceeds of which are to finance such construction. This chapter shall apply to any facility described in subdivisions (5) and (6) of said subsection, the construction of which is commenced on or after October 1, 1977, and to any such facility the construction of which is approved by a municipality that has commenced the sale of bonds or bond anticipation notes on or after October 1, 1977, the proceeds or part of the proceeds of which are to finance such construction. This chapter shall apply to the modification of a facility described in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of said subsection (a) for which construction is commenced on or after April 1, 1972, modifications of a facility described in subdivision (4) of said subsection (a) for which construction is commenced on or after July 1, 1983, and modifications of a facility described in subdivisions (5) and (6) of said subsection (a) of section 16-50i, for which construction is commenced on or after October 1, 1977, whenever such modification either alone or in combination with existing or other proposed facility modifications may, as determined by the council, have a substantial adverse environmental effect. This chapter shall not apply to any matter over which any agency, department or instrumentality of the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction, or has jurisdiction concurrent with that of the state and has exercised such jurisdiction, to the exclusion of regulation of such matter by the state.

(e) Any person intending to construct a facility excluded from one or more provisions of this chapter may, to the extent permitted by law, elect to waive such exclusion by delivering notice of such waiver to the council. Such provisions shall thereafter apply to each facility identified in such notice from the date of its receipt by the council.

(1971, P.A. 575, S. 5; P.A. 73-458, S. 3; P.A. 76-359, S. 4, 7; P.A. 77-218, S. 3; P.A. 83-569, S. 15, 17; P.A. 98-28, S. 49, 117; P.A. 00-93; P.A. 01-49, S. 7; P.A. 03-140, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 18; P.A. 06-196, S. 231; P.A. 07-242, S. 62; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 33; P.A. 17-218, S. 3; P.A. 23-163, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 73-458 added exception re Sec. 16-50y in Subsec. (a) and qualified applicability of chapter in Subsec. (d) with regard to modification of facilities; P.A. 76-359 replaced reference to Sec. 16-50y in Subsec. (a) with reference to Sec. 16-50z(b); P.A. 77-218 clarified applicability provisions of Subsec. (d); P.A. 83-569 amended Subsec. (d) to limit application of chapter to facilities described in Sec. 16-50i(a)(4) (substations and switchyards) to those constructed on or after July 1, 1983; P.A. 98-28 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring the council to approve by declaratory ruling the siting of electric generation facilities that do not use nuclear materials or coal as fuel, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-93 amended Subsec. (a) by excepting fuel cells with a generating capacity of ten kilowatts or less and by adding provision re approval by declaratory ruling of the construction or location of fuel cells; P.A. 01-49 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes; P.A. 03-140 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “this subsection” with “this chapter or title 16a” and to add Subdiv. (3) re siting of temporary generation, effective June 26, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “1998” with “2004” in Subdiv. (1) and allow the council to approve by declaratory ruling customer-side distributed resources and certain grid-side distributed resources in Subdiv. (2), effective July 21, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(2), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-242 amended Subsec. (a) to exempt from requiring a certificate, fuel cells built within the state with generating capacity of 250 kilowatts or less in new Subdiv. (1), specify that exempt fuel cells with generating capacity of 10 kilowatts or less be built out of state in new Subdiv. (2), redesignate existing Subdivs. (1) to (3) as Subparas. (A) to (C), amend Subpara. (B) to change “as long as such project meets air quality standards” to “as long as such project meets air and water quality standards” and make technical changes; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-5 amended Subsec. (a) to delete former Subpara. (C) re siting of temporary generation, effective May 8, 2013; P.A. 17-218 amended Subsec. (a)(2)(B) by designating provision re project meets air and water quality standards as clause (i), adding clause (ii) re council does not find substantial adverse environmental effect, and adding clause (iii) re solar photovoltaic facility, and further amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re departments may consult with U.S. Department of Agriculture and soil and water conservation districts, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 23-163 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re decommissioning bond for facilities described in Subpara. (B)(iii) to cover costs associated with decommissioning such facility and restoring prime farmland, effective June 29, 2023.

See Sec. 26-194 re payment of annual host payment fee to Commissioner of Agriculture for Long Island Sound crossings.

Cited. 177 C. 623; 192 C. 591; 215 C. 474; 216 C. 1; 220 C. 516; 238 C. 361. Trial court properly determined appeal was moot because council could not have granted any practical relief. 287 C. 177.

Cited. 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361.

Cited. 35 CS 303.

Subsec. (d):

A period of protection not provided when construction commenced prior to April 1, 1972. 165 C. 687.

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Sec. 16-50l. Application for certificate. Notice. Application or resolution for amendment of certificate. Consultation with municipality. (a) To initiate a certification proceeding, an applicant for a certificate shall file with the council an application, in such form as the council may prescribe, accompanied by a filing fee of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, which fee shall be established in accordance with section 16-50t, and a municipal participation fee of forty thousand dollars, or, if the proposed location of the facility is in more than one municipality, eighty thousand dollars, to be deposited in the account established pursuant to section 16-50bb, except that an application for a facility described in subdivision (5) or (6) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i shall not pay such municipal participation fee. An application shall contain such information as the applicant may consider relevant, such information that the council or any department or agency of the state exercising environmental controls may by regulation require, and the following information:

(1) In the case of facilities described in subdivisions (1), (2) and (4) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i: (A) A description, including estimated costs, of the proposed transmission line, substation or switchyard, covering, where applicable underground cable sizes and specifications, overhead tower design and appearance and heights, if any, conductor sizes, and initial and ultimate voltages and capacities; (B) a statement and full explanation of why the proposed transmission line, substation or switchyard is necessary and how the facility conforms to a long-range plan for expansion of the electric power grid serving the state and interconnected utility systems, that will serve the public need for adequate, reliable and economic service; (C) a map of suitable scale of the proposed routing or site, showing details of the rights-of-way or site in the vicinity of settled areas, parks, recreational areas and scenic areas, residential areas, private or public schools, child care centers, as described in section 19a-77, group child care homes, as described in section 19a-77, family child care homes, as described in section 19a-77, licensed youth camps, and public playgrounds and showing existing transmission lines within one mile of the proposed route or site; (D) a justification for adoption of the route or site selected, including comparison with alternative routes or sites which are environmentally, technically and economically practical; (E) a description of the effect of the proposed transmission line, substation or switchyard on the environment, ecology, and scenic, historic and recreational values; (F) a justification for overhead portions, if any, including life-cycle cost studies comparing overhead alternatives with underground alternatives, and effects described in subparagraph (E) of this subdivision of undergrounding; (G) a schedule of dates showing the proposed program of right-of-way or property acquisition, construction, completion and operation and, in the case of any facility described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i, or any modification of such a facility, (i) any appraisal completed by an independent appraiser on behalf of the applicant concerning fair compensation that is to be provided to an owner of real property in connection with the necessity of entering a right-of-way, including any easements or land acquisition, and (ii) for property that the applicant does not own, lease or otherwise have access to, the applicant shall exercise due diligence to seek permission to gain access to such property. Evidence of due diligence shall be established by the submission of: (I) Certified mail, return receipt requested, letters sent to the owner or owners of record of such property requesting access to the property; and (II) an affidavit from the applicant stating that the applicant was not provided access to the property and, in the absence of permission to access the property, the applicant made visual inspections of the property to document existing conditions from public rights-of-way, existing utility rights-of-way or other accessible properties within or surrounding the proposed facility site; (H) an identification of each federal, state, regional, district and municipal agency with which proposed route or site reviews have been undertaken, including a copy of each written agency position on such route or site; and (I) an assessment of the impact of any electromagnetic fields to be produced by the proposed transmission line;

(2) In the case of facilities described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i: (A) A description of the proposed electric generating or storage facility; (B) a statement and full explanation of why the proposed facility is necessary; (C) a statement of loads and resources, as described in section 16-50r; (D) safety and reliability information, including planned provisions for emergency operations and shutdowns; (E) estimated cost information, including plant costs, fuel costs, plant service life and capacity factor, and total generating cost per kilowatt-hour, both at the plant and related transmission, and comparative costs of alternatives considered; (F) a schedule showing the program for design, material acquisition, construction and testing, and operating dates; (G) available site information, including maps and description and present and proposed development, and geological, scenic, ecological, seismic, biological, water supply, population and load center data; (H) justification for adoption of the site selected, including comparison with alternative sites; (I) design information, including a description of facilities, plant efficiencies, electrical connections to the system, and control systems; (J) a description of provisions, including devices and operations, for mitigation of the effect of the operation of the facility on air and water quality, for waste disposal, and for noise abatement, and information on other environmental aspects; and (K) a listing of federal, state, regional, district and municipal agencies from which approvals either have been obtained or will be sought covering the proposed facility, copies of approvals received and the planned schedule for obtaining those approvals not yet received; and

(3) In addition to the requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, in the case of any facility described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i, or any modification of such a facility: (A) A description of the estimated initial and life-cycle costs for the facility or modification, as applicable, and for each feasible and practical alternative; (B) an estimate of the regionalized and localized costs for the facility or modification, as applicable, and for each feasible and practical alternative, in accordance with the regional independent system operator's procedure for pool-supported pool transmission facilities cost review, or a successor procedure; (C) for any difference between the estimated total costs and estimated localized costs, an analysis of the benefits associated with such cost difference; (D) a detailed analysis of any nontransmission alternatives to the proposed facility or proposed modification, as applicable; and (E) (i) for the ten-year period preceding the date of the application, the actual loads for existing transmission lines in the area where the proposed transmission line is to be located, (ii) for the ten-year period following the date of the application, the projected load for any proposed transmission line, (iii) for the ten-year period preceding the date of application, the performance of all electric circuits for existing transmission lines in the area where the proposed transmission line is to be located, including a description of all service outages or disruptions, any cause for such outage or disruption and the time required to restore service following such outages or disruptions, and (iv) a statement of loads and resources, as described in subsection (a) of section 16-50r, and all planning studies conducted by the regional independent system operator or the applicant associated with the proposed facility.

(b) Each application shall be accompanied by proof of service of a copy of such application on: (1) Each municipality in which any portion of such facility is to be located, both as primarily proposed and in the alternative locations listed, and any adjoining municipality having a boundary not more than two thousand five hundred feet from such facility, which copy shall be served on the chief executive officer of each such municipality and shall include notice of the date on or about which the application is to be filed, and the zoning commissions, planning commissions, planning and zoning commissions, conservation commissions and inland wetlands agencies of each such municipality, and the regional councils of governments which encompass each such municipality; (2) the Attorney General; (3) each member of the legislature in whose assembly or senate district the facility or any alternative location listed in the application is to be located; (4) any agency, department or instrumentality of the federal government that has jurisdiction, whether concurrent with the state or otherwise, over any matter that would be affected by such facility; (5) each state department and agency named in subsection (i) of section 16-50j; and (6) such other state and municipal bodies as the council may by regulation designate. A notice of such application shall be given to the general public, in municipalities entitled to receive notice under subdivision (1) of this subsection, by the publication of a summary of such application and the date on or about which it will be filed. Such notice shall be published under the regulations to be promulgated by the council, in such form and in such newspapers as will serve substantially to inform the public of such application and to afford interested persons sufficient time to prepare for and to be heard at the hearing prescribed in section 16-50m. Such notice shall be published in not less than ten-point type. A notice of such an application for a certificate for a facility described in subdivision (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i shall also be sent, by certified or registered mail, to each person appearing of record as an owner of property which abuts the proposed primary or alternative sites on which the facility would be located. Such notice shall be sent at the same time that notice of such application is given to the general public. Notice of an application for a certificate for a facility described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i shall also be provided to each electric distribution company customer in the municipality where the facility is proposed to be placed. Such notice shall (A) be provided on a separate enclosure with each customer's monthly bill for one or more months, (B) be provided by the electric distribution company not earlier than sixty days prior to filing the application with the council, but not later than the date that the application is filed with the council, and (C) include: A brief description of the project, including its location relative to the affected municipality and adjacent streets; a brief technical description of the project including its proposed length, voltage, and type and range of heights of support structures or underground configuration; the reason for the project; the address and a toll-free telephone number of the applicant by which additional information about the project can be obtained; and a statement in print no smaller than twenty-four-point type size stating “NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE”.

(c) For a facility described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i that is a solar photovoltaic facility, the applicant shall also provide notice by certified or registered mail of each proposed site configuration change that occurs after the filing of the application but prior to the granting of a certificate for such facility, that is a material change, as determined by the council, to each person appearing of record as an owner of property that abuts the proposed primary or alternative sites on which the facility would be located.

(d) An application for a certificate shall contain information on the extent to which the proposed facility has been identified in, and is consistent with, the annual forecast reports and life-cycle cost analysis required by section 16-50r and other advance planning that has been carried out, and shall include an explanation for any failure of the facility to conform with such information.

(e) An amendment proceeding may be initiated by an application for amendment of a certificate filed with the council by the holder of the certificate or by a resolution of the council. An amendment application by a certificate holder shall be in such form and contain such information as the council shall prescribe. A resolution for amendment by the council shall identify the design, location or route of the portion of a certificated facility described in subdivisions (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i which is subject to modification on the basis of stated conditions or events which could not reasonably have been known or foreseen prior to the issuance of the certificate. No such resolution for amendment of a certificate shall be adopted after the commencement of site preparation or construction of the certificated facility or, in the case of a facility for which approval by the council of a right-of-way development and management plan or other detailed construction plan is a condition of the certificate, after approval of that part of the plan which includes the portion of the facility proposed for modification. A copy and notice of each amendment application shall be given by the holder of the certificate in the manner set forth in subsection (b) of this section. A copy and notice of each resolution for amendment shall be given by the council in the manner set forth in subsection (b) of this section. The council shall also provide the certificate holder with a copy of such resolution. The certificate holder and the council shall not be required to give such copy and notice to municipalities and the commissions and agencies of such municipalities other than those in which the modified portion of the facility would be located.

(f) At least sixty days, or, in the case of a facility described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i, ninety days prior to the filing of an application with the council, the applicant shall consult with the municipality in which the facility may be located and with any other municipality required to be served with a copy of the application under subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section concerning the proposed and alternative sites of the facility. Such consultation with the municipality shall include, but not be limited to, good faith efforts to meet with the chief elected official of the municipality, or such official's designee, the legislative body of the municipality and each member of the legislature in whose assembly or senate district the facility or any alternative location listed in the application is to be located. At the time of the consultation, the applicant shall provide the chief elected official, or such official's designee, the legislative body of the municipality and each member of the legislature in whose assembly or senate district the facility or any alternative location listed in the application is to be located with any technical reports concerning the public need, the site selection process and the environmental effects of the proposed facility. In the case of a proposed transmission line, at the time of the consultation, the applicant shall provide the chief elected official, or such official's designee, the legislative body of the municipality and each member of the legislature in whose assembly or senate district the facility or any alternative location listed in the application is to be located with a report that includes a summary of the status of any negotiation with the owners of real property concerning any required right-of-way access, easements or land acquisition. Any such summary shall not include any confidential or proprietary information. The municipality may conduct public hearings and meetings as it deems necessary for it to advise the applicant of its recommendations concerning the proposed facility. Not later than sixty days after the initial consultation, the municipality shall issue its recommendations to the applicant. Not later than fifteen days after submitting an application to the council, the applicant shall provide to the council all materials provided to such chief elected official of the municipality, such official's designee, such legislative body of the municipality or any such member of the legislature, a summary of the consultations with the municipality, including any meetings with such chief elected official, such official's designee, such legislative body of the municipality and any such member of the legislature and any recommendations issued by the municipality.

(g) (1) For a facility described in subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i, at least ninety days before filing an application with the council, the applicant shall consult with the municipality in which the facility is proposed to be located and with any other municipality required to be served with a copy of the application under subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section. Consultation with such municipality shall include, but not be limited to, good-faith efforts to meet with the chief elected official of the municipality or such official's designee. At the time of the consultation, the applicant shall provide the municipality with any technical reports concerning the need for the facility, including a map indicating the area of need, the location of existing surrounding facilities, a detailed description of the proposed and any alternate sites under consideration, a listing of other sites or areas considered and rejected, the location of all schools near the proposed facility, an analysis of the potential aesthetic impacts of the facility on said schools, as well as a discussion of efforts or measures to be taken to mitigate such aesthetic impacts, a description of the site selection process undertaken by the prospective applicant and the potential environmental effects of the proposed facility. The applicant shall also provide copies of such technical reports to such municipality's planning commission, zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission and inland wetland agency.

(2) Not later than sixty days after the initial municipal consultation meeting, the municipality, in cooperation with the applicant, may hold a public information meeting. If the municipality decides to hold a public information meeting, the applicant shall be responsible for sending notice of such meeting to each person appearing of record as an owner of property which abuts the proposed or alternate facility locations and for publishing notice of such meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at least fifteen days before the date of the public information meeting. Such applicant shall pay all administrative expenses associated with such public information meeting.

(3) The municipality shall present the applicant with proposed alternative sites, which may include municipal parcels, for its consideration not later than thirty days after the initial consultation meeting. The applicant shall evaluate these alternate sites presented as part of the municipal consultation process and include the results of its evaluations in its application to the council. The applicant may present any such alternatives to the council in its application for formal consideration.

(h) Any applicant that submits an initial application under this section for a facility described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i where the applicant intends to submit one or more additional applications under this section within five years of the date of the initial application for additional facilities described in said subdivision that will either be physically connected to the facility included in the initial application or located within five miles of such facility shall indicate any such intention that is foreseeable in the initial application, and provide any information regarding such additional facilities required by the council.

(1971, P.A. 575, S. 6; P.A. 73-458, S. 5; P.A. 75-375, S. 3, 12; 75-509, S. 1, 4; P.A. 76-359, S. 2, 7; P.A. 79-537, S. 1; P.A. 83-569, S. 4, 17; P.A. 86-187, S. 2, 10; P.A. 89-45, S. 2, 4; 89-104; P.A. 94-176, S. 1; P.A. 98-28, S. 100, 117; P.A. 99-141, S. 2, 4; P.A. 03-140, S. 4, 5, 7; P.A. 04-236, S. 3–5; 04-246, S. 1, 2; P.A. 07-242, S. 55; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 11; P.A. 12-165, S. 4; P.A. 13-247, S. 312; P.A. 14-94, S. 26; 14-134, S. 71; P.A. 15-186, S. 1; P.A. 16-163, S. 32; P.A. 19-32, S. 7; P.A. 24-144, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 73-458 amended Subsec. (a) to require statement of how facility conforms to long-range plan for expansion of power grid in (1)(B), to delete statement of methods of eliminating overhead portions in (1)(F), to delete reference to statement of applicants understanding of agency's position in (1)(H), to delete requirement that statement of loads and resources be by area in (2)(C) and to delete requirement for setting out plants costs by accounts and expenses by categories and amended Subsec. (b) to require that application copies be sent to zoning, planning, zoning and planning and conservation commissions, to inland wetland and regional planning agencies, to state departments, agencies and commissions named in Sec. 16-50j(f) and to others designated by council; P.A. 75-375 added references to environmentally, technically and economically practical routes in Subsec. (a)(1)(D); P.A. 75-509 required that notice in Subsec. (b) “be published in not less than ten-point, boldface type”; P.A. 76-359 added Subsec. (d); P.A. 79-537 clarified language with minor changes to Subsecs. (a) and (b), deleted Subsec. (c) summarizing section provisions, relettered Subsec. (d) as (c) and added new Subsec. (d) re amendments; P.A. 83-569 amended Subsec. (a) to include references to substations and switchyards; P.A. 86-187 amended Subsec. (b) to require council to send notice of certain applications to abutting property owners; P.A. 89-45 deleted requirement re notices published in boldface type; P.A. 89-104 added new Subsec. (e) re consultation with and input of municipality concerning proposed or alternative sites of a facility; P.A. 94-176 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “life-cycle” and “comparing overhead alternatives with underground alternatives” in Subpara. (F), amended Subsec. (b) by changing Subpara. designations to Subdiv. designations and adding provisions re notice of an application for a certificate, and amended Subsec. (c) by changing “identified in the annual forecast reports” to “identified in, and is consistent with, the annual forecast reports and life-cycle cost analysis” and replacing “failure to so identify the facility” with “failure of the facility to conform with such information”; P.A. 98-28 amended Subsec. (b) by adding electric distribution companies, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-141 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to adjoining municipality having boundary not more than 2,500 feet from facility and making a technical change in Subdiv. (1) and amended Subsec. (e) by adding reference to any other municipality required to be served, effective June 8, 1999, and applicable to applications pending before the Connecticut Siting Council on or after that date; P.A. 03-140 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re municipal participation fee and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2003, and further amended said Subsec. to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and make conforming changes therein, to add Subdiv. (2) re initiation of the request-for-proposal process, and to add Subdiv. (3) re filing of an application after submitting a proposal pursuant to the request-for-proposal process, effective December 1, 2004, and amended Subsec. (e) to add exception re Sec. 16a-7c, to make technical changes, and to add provision re submitting information to the Connecticut Energy Advisory Board for certain types of facilities, effective October 1, 2004; P.A. 04-236 amended Subsec. (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B) to make technical changes, effective December 1, 2004, and amended Subsec. (a)(2) to make technical changes, effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 04-246 amended Subsec. (a) to add “residential areas, private or public schools, licensed child day care facilities, licensed youth camps, and public playgrounds” to mapping requirements, to add provision re assessment of the impact of any electromagnetic fields to be produced by proposed transmission line, and to make a technical change, effective June 3, 2004, and applicable to applications for a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need that was originally filed on or after October 1, 2003, for which the Connecticut Siting Council has not rendered a decision upon the record prior to June 3, 2004; P.A. 07-242 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to include exceptions for facilities described in Sec. 16-50i(a)(4) or exempt pursuant to Sec. 16a-7c(b), effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 added new Subsec. (f) re “preapplication”, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 12-165 added Subsec. (g) re municipal consultation, public information meetings and proposed alternative sites, effective June 15, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “regional planning agencies” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “regional councils of governments” in Subsec. (b)(1), effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 14-94 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdivs. (2) and (3) re the request for proposal process, amended Subsec. (e) by deleting provision re facility described in Sec. 16-50i(a)(1) to (4), deleted former Subsec. (f) re preapplications, redesignated existing Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (f), and made technical changes, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to electric company, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 15-186 amended Subsec. (f)(2) to add provision re applicant to pay administrative expenses; P.A. 16-163 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “licensed child day care facilities” with references to child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes in Subpara. (C), and making technical changes in Subparas. (D) and (H), effective June 9, 2016; P.A. 19-32 amended Subsec. (b)(5) by replacing reference to Sec. 16-50j(h) with reference to Sec. 16-50j(g); P.A. 24-144 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing municipal participation fee from $25,000 to $45,000 and adding provision re $80,000 fee for facilities located in more than 1 municipality, adding provisions re independent appraiser and exercise of due diligence to seek permission to gain access to property in Subdiv. (1)(G), and adding Subdiv. (3) re additional requirements in the case of facilities described in Sec. 16-50i(a)(1) and any modification of such a facility, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “and commission”, added new Subsec. (c) re solar photovoltaic facilities, redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) to (f) as Subsecs. (d) to (g), substantially revised redesignated Subsec. (f) including by adding references to chief elected official's designee, legislative body of the municipality and members of legislature and requirements re consultations 90 days prior to filing application, reporting the status of any negotiation with owners of real property and providing a summary of any meetings with the chief elected official, official's designee, municipality's legislative body or members of legislature, added Subsec. (h) re applicants who intend to submit additional applications for facilities described in Sec. 16-50i(a)(1) within 5 years of initial application, and made technical and conforming changes.

Cited. 177 C. 623; 215 C. 474. Notice requirements and jurisdictional effect discussed. 216 C. 1. Cited. 217 C. 143.

Cited. 20 CA 474; 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361.

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