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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. § 28-31b: Solar photovoltaic emergency preparedness program.

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  1. TITLE 28. CIVIL PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
  2. CHAPTER 518b. NUCLEAR AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC FACILITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

(a) For the purposes of this section, “solar photovoltaic facility” means a solar photovoltaic facility that has a generating capacity greater than one megawatt of electricity. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, within available funds, establish and administer a solar photovoltaic facility emergency preparedness program to develop solar photovoltaic facility emergency response plans and provide training and equipment to emergency response personnel in connection with such plans.

(b) Moneys in the solar photovoltaic facility emergency preparedness account established pursuant to section 28-31a shall be expended by the commissioner, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, to support the activities of the program and in accordance with the plan approved by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management under subsection (c) of this section. The program, within available funds, shall include, but need not be limited to, the: (1) Development of a detailed solar photovoltaic facility emergency response plan for areas surrounding each such facility, (2) annual training of state and local emergency response personnel concerning emergency responses to fires or other hazards located at or near such facilities, (3) development of accident scenarios and exercising of solar photovoltaic facility emergency response plans, and (4) provision of specialized response equipment necessary to respond to such emergencies.

(c) Not later than May first, annually, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall submit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management a plan for carrying out the purposes of the solar photovoltaic facility emergency preparedness program during the next state fiscal year. The plan shall include proposed itemized expenditures for the program. The secretary shall review the plan and, not later than June first, annually, approve the plan if the plan conforms with the provisions of this section.

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