Connecticut

45% by 2030 | 80% by 2050

Relative to 2001 levels

Building a Low Carbon Future for Connecticut

The 1990-2021 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory was published in April 2024.

Governor's Council on Climate Change

"Environmental justice communities" are census block groups where at least 30% of the population is living below 200% of the federal poverty level, or municipalities that are the most fiscally and economically distressed, based on tax base, personal income, and residents' need for public services.

Connecticut EJ Screening Tool

Connecticut EJ Communities

DEEP – Environmental Justice Program Staff

Connecticut Equity and Environmental Justice Advisory Council

Equity and Environmental Justice Working Group

Allows the state to deny or impose specific conditions on permits for new construction and operation of proposed industrial facilities based on a determination that cumulative environmental or public health stressors on EJ communities near the proposed facility are higher than other communities in the state.

Connecticut Green Bank

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) covers the electricity sector.

48% renewable energy by 2030

100% reduction by 2040

The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled.

300 megawatts (MW) of energy storage by 2024, 650 MW by 2027, and 1,000 MW by December 31, 2030

Connecticut received a C grade from Freeing the Grid.

The statewide energy code for residential construction is 2021 IECC with amendments.

The statewide energy code for commercial building construction is 2021 IECC and ASHRAE 90.1-2019.

The Small Product and Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards apply to 21 products.

Electric utilities are required to achieve energy savings of 524 gigawatt hours (GWh) for 2022-2024.

Gas utilities are required to achieve energy savings of 1,424 million cubic feet (MMcf) for 2022-2024.

Connecticut has enacted commercial PACE-enabling legislation and has active programs.

Connecticut LEV Program

Model Year (MY) 2025: 22% of new passenger vehicle sales are ZEVs.

The Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate (CHEAPR) Program offers rebates for new and used electric vehicles (EVs): up to $4,250 for new battery EVs, $2,250 for plug-in hybrid EVs, and $9,500 for fuel cell EVs.

DEEP is authorized to adopt California's medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle standards

50% of state-purchased cars and light-duty trucks are EVs by 2026 | 75% are EVs by 2028 | 100% are EVs by 2030

30% of new school buses purchased by the state are zero-emission and 100% of school buses in EJ communities are zero-emission by 2030 | 100% of school buses are zero-emission by 2040

Electric Vehicle Roadmap for Connecticut

The state must establish transportation emissions reduction targets by 2030 and develop a plan to meet the targets, which includes recommendations for legislation needed to implement such targets.

Connecticut is ranked 20th out of 50 in the 2022 Bicycle Friendly State rankings by the League of American Bicyclists.

Food waste ban – The state requires commercial waste generators to recycle organic materials at authorized composting facilities, provided they generate at least 26 tons of food waste per year and are within 20 miles of a permitted recycling facility.