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Energy and Technology committee raises eight bills amid battery-storage safety and EV-bus concerns
Summary
The Energy and Technology Committee voted to raise eight concept bills — including a community renewable generation bill that includes battery storage and the governor's solar permitting bill — after debate over battery-storage safety, local siting input and potential costs of EV school-bus mandates.
The Energy and Technology Committee voted by voice to raise eight concept bills after a lengthy morning session that included spirited debate over battery-storage safety and concerns about state mandates for electric school buses.
Chair opened the session by saying the short legislative session limited opportunities to raise bills but noted eight items were being considered, ranging from a community renewable generation systems bill that includes solar plus possible storage, to the governor's bill on solar-permitting uniformity, a working group on statewide transmission and interconnection planning, a measure to enable state participation in the federal Lifeline program, district-heating incentives tied to a Bridgeport…
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