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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 210 of 739

costs associated with the establishment or expansion of a beverage container redemption center and for initial operational expenses of such redemption center. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall issue, not later than December 1, 2021, a grant application process that distributes such grant proceeds. [described in subsection (d) of this section, on a rolling basis.] [(d) Any grant awarded pursuant to the grant program described in this section shall not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars in any fiscal year.] [(e)] (d) Any person or entity that receives a grant pursuant to the beverage container recycling grant program shall, not later than October first of each year, submit to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection a financial audit of grant expenditures by such person or entity until all grant moneys have been expended by such person or entity. Any such audit shall be prepared by an independent auditor and if said commissioner finds that any such grant is used for purposes that are not in conformity with uses set forth in this section, said commissioner may require repayment of such grant. Sec. 163. Subsection (a) of section 16-245a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): (a) Subject to any modifications required by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for retiring renewable energy certificates on behalf of all electric ratepayers pursuant to subsection (h) of this section and sections 16a-3f, 16a-3g, 16a-3h, 16a-3i, 16a-3j, 16a-3m and 16a-3n, an electric supplier and an electric distribution company providing standard service or supplier of last resort service, pursuant to section 16- 244c, shall demonstrate: (1) On and after January 1, 2006, that not less than two per cent of the