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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-200f: State agency greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal.

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  1. TITLE 22a. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
  2. CHAPTER 446c. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

(a) In the aggregate, state agencies shall have the following greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals: (1) A forty-five per cent reduction from 2001 levels by 2030; (2) a seventy per cent reduction from 2016 levels by 2040; and (3) achieving a level determined to be net-zero by 2050.

(b) Such state agencies shall have the goal of only utilizing zero-carbon generating electricity by 2030.

(c) Such state agencies may use the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions when evaluating the costs and benefits of activities and improvements to the facilities of such agencies to meet the goals in this section. For purposes of this section, “social cost” includes, but is not limited to, net agricultural productivity, harms to human health, property damage and the value of ecosystem services.

(d) Not later than January 1, 2026, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall publish guidelines for such state agencies on the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions on the department's Internet web site.

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