Connecticut
Governor
Ned Lamont (Democrat)
House Party
Democratic Supermajority
Senate Party
Democratic Supermajority
41
26
Northeast
Progress by Policy Area
- Enacted Enacted policies have been passed or established in a state by a governing body via legislation, executive orders, rules, regulations, and/or other program creation, and remain in effect.
- In-progress In progress policies have been established in a state, but final regulations, rules, or plans are pending final approval. This also includes legislation and executive orders that require regulations to be put into effect.
- Partially Enacted Partially enacted policies have been enacted in the state, but are missing one or more policy components. Dashboard policies cannot be considered partially enacted unless policy components are available.
- Not Enacted Not enacted policies have not been passed or established in the state or are no longer in effect.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections in Connecticut
Climate Policies in Connecticut
| Status | Policy | Policy Area | Policy Category | Year Enacted | |
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37% renewable energy by 2030 Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Energy Plans and Targets | 2025 | |
| Enacted |
Electricity
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Energy Plans and Targets | 2022 | ||
| Enacted |
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2021 Integrated Resources Plan: Pathways to Achieve 100% Zero-carbon Electric Sector by 2040 2018 Comprehensive Energy Strategy (CES) Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Energy Plans and Targets | 2020 | |
| Enacted |
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Facilities larger than 1 MW fall under the jurisdiction of the Connecticut Siting Council. Municipal zoning commissions or inland wetland agencies may issue orders that regulate the proposed location of an electric generation facility. These orders may, however, be revoked by the Connecticut Siting Council. The Council is directed to “give such consideration to ... municipal regulations as it shall deem appropriate” and is authorized to affirm or revoke municipal orders concerning siting. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | 1971 | |
| Enacted |
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Connecticut received a C grade from Freeing the Grid. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | 2023 | |
| Enacted |
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In Siting Council proceedings for certain transmission projects, electric distribution companies (EDCs) and transmission owners must include project alternatives that use (1) an advanced conductor (unless the primary proposed project incorporates one) and (2) grid-enhancing technology (GETs) or nontransmission alternative technology. In any base rate or capital improvement proceedngs before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), EDCs must report on the timelines and cost-effectiveness of deploying ATTs and GETs. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | 2025 | |
| Partially Enacted |
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The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled. Establishing Policies
Policy Components
7/11
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Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | ||
| Partially Enacted |
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The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled. Establishing Policies
Policy Components
4/6
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Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | ||
| Not Enacted |
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Community choice aggregation allows local governments to procure power on behalf of their residents, businesses, and municipal accounts from an alternative supplier while still receiving transmission and distribution service from their existing utility provider. |
Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | ||
| Enacted |
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The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled. Establishing Policies
Policy Components
5/5
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Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | ||
| Enacted |
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300 megawatts (MW) of energy storage by 2024, 650 MW by 2027, and 1,000 MW by December 31, 2030 Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | 2021 | |
| Enacted |
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In 2016, PSEG entered a Community Environmental Benefit Agreement with the City of Bridgeport and community groups, that committed the utility to retiring the state's last existing coal-fired power plant by July 1, 2021. On May 31, 2021, the last coal plant in Connecticut was retired. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Coal Retirement | 2021 | |
| Not Enacted |
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Coal securitization is a financing tool that allows utility companies to refinance debt they issued to build coal plants and close the facilities early without taking a financial hit or passing costs on to ratepayers. |
Electricity
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Coal Retirement |