{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-07-02",
  "source": "https://pluginsolarhub.org/state-legality/",
  "disclaimer": "Informational, not legal advice. Plug-in solar law evolves fast; verify with your utility and state authority.",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "PlugInSolarHub (pluginsolarhub.org)"
  },
  "state": "Connecticut",
  "slug": "connecticut",
  "status": "Signed — takes effect 1 Oct 2026",
  "status_badge_verbatim": "Signed — takes effect 1 Oct 2026",
  "avg_rate_cents": 29,
  "main_utilities": [
    "Eversource",
    "United Illuminating"
  ],
  "page_url": "https://pluginsolarhub.org/state-legality/connecticut/",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-08-01",
  "legislation": {
    "bill": "HB 5340",
    "status": "signed",
    "date": "2026-06-04",
    "effective": "2026-10-01",
    "max_watts": 1200,
    "cert_required": "Accredited testing laboratory (UL or equivalent)",
    "signed_by": "Gov. Ned Lamont",
    "source_url": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00127-R00HB-05340-PA.PDF",
    "notes": "Public Act 26-127 Sec. 9. 'Portable solar generation device' has a maximum POWER OUTPUT of not more than 1,200 watts, connects through a standard 120-volt AC outlet behind the customer's meter, and must meet the State Building Code, NEC (NFPA-70), IEEE 1547 and UL 1741. One device per meter. Sec. 9(a)(9) requires a consumer warning that generation exceeding on-site consumption is CHARGED TO THE CUSTOMER AS USAGE unless the customer has a net-metering meter. Does not exempt the device from the State Building Code, Fire Safety Code, State Fire Prevention Code or local ordinance.",
    "source_url_type": "primary - Connecticut Public Act 26-127, enacted text",
    "effective_note": "Sections 9 and 10 are both '(NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026)'.",
    "watt_tiers": [
      {
        "max_watts": 1200,
        "basis": "power output",
        "provision": "PA 26-127 Sec. 9(a)(2)",
        "effect": "Exempt from interconnection-agreement requirements imposed by PURA; the utility may not require approval, charge a fee, or demand extra controls. One device per meter."
      }
    ],
    "verified_against_primary": {
      "date": "2026-08-01",
      "confirmed": [
        "'a maximum power output of not more than one thousand two hundred watts'",
        "signed as Public Act 26-127",
        "Sec. 9 effective 1 October 2026"
      ],
      "corrected": [
        "cap was described as panel capacity; the act says power output",
        "the page said the law was already in force",
        "the net-metering charging warning in Sec. 9(a)(9) was missing entirely",
        "source was a pv-magazine article"
      ]
    },
    "certification_requirement": {
      "required": true,
      "provision": "Connecticut Public Act 26-127, Sec. 9(a)(7)",
      "quote": "is certified by Underwriters Laboratories or an equivalent nationally recognized testing laboratory, and meets the requirements set forth in Underwriters Laboratories Standard Number 1741, as amended from time to time",
      "standard_named": "UL 1741",
      "effective": "2026-10-01",
      "source_url": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00127-R00HB-05340-PA.PDF",
      "verified": "2026-08-02",
      "note": "Verbatim from the primary text. 'Nationally recognized testing laboratory' is the term used in 29 C.F.R. 1910.7; UL, CSA and Intertek/ETL are all NRTLs. A CE mark is a European self-declaration and is not an NRTL listing."
    }
  },
  "source_file": "/data/plug-in-solar-laws.json"
}