Sec. 8-37jj. Electric resistance as primary source of heat.
Sec. 8-37jj. Electric resistance as primary source of heat. (a) The Department
of Economic and Community Development may not approve electric resistance as the
primary heat source in new, subsidized housing except where justified by a life-cycle
cost analysis whose methodology has been approved by the division of the Office of
Policy and Management responsible for energy matters.
(b) If the Department of Economic and Community Development or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority uses electric resistance space heating as the primary
heating source in any new construction, it shall construct the unit in such a way as to
be eligible for any available energy conservation incentives provided by the electric
company, as defined in section 16-1, or the municipal utility furnishing electric service
to such unit.
(P.A. 90-219, S. 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and
Department of Economic and Community Development.