Connecticut Siting Council

Due to the personally identifying information contained in written limited appearance statements from the public, any written limited appearance statements that are received by the Council for any matter are available to be viewed at the Council’s office Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or available to be sent via e-mail upon request. Please allow adequate time for processing.

Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory/Long Island Sound Blue Plan Survey

 

CSC CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

JANUARY 2023

Monday, January 2, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED - New Year's Day

Thursday, January 5, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the January 5, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Monday, January 16, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED - Martin Luther King Day

Thursday, January 19, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Material for the January 19, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

 

FEBRUARY 2023

Thursday, February 2, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Material for the February 2, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Monday, February 13, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED - Lincoln's Birthday

Thursday, February 16, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the February 16, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Monday, February 20, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED -Washington's Birthday

MARCH 2023

Thursday, March 2, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the March 2, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Thursday, March 16, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the March 16, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

DOCKET NO. 513 - Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at Parcel No. 258-10C-001, Mason Hill Road, Litchfield, Connecticut.

11AM -  Pre-Remote Hearing Conference via Zoom conferencing

Thursday, March 30, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the March 30, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

APRIL 2023

Friday, April 7, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED -Good Friday

Thursday, April 13, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the April 13, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

PETITION NO. 1558 – Community Power Group LLC petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 4-megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at 24 Middle Road, Ellington, Connecticut, and associated electrical interconnection.

11AM -  Pre-Remote Hearing Conference via Zoom conferencing

Thursday, April 27, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

 Meeting Materials for the April 27, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

 

 

MAY 2023

Thursday, May 4, 2023

DOCKET NO. 513- Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at Parcel No. 258-10C-001, Mason Hill Road, Litchfield, Connecticut.

2 PM Evidentiary Hearing/6:30 PM Public Hearing Session

May 4, 2023 Hearing Documents, 03/17/23
Corrected Request for Publication of Notice, 04/03/23
1.  Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2.  Public Hearing Notice
3.  Hearing Program 
4.  Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5.  Proposed Facility Site Plan 

 

Thursday, May 11, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

 Meeting Materials for the May 11, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Thursday, May 18, 2023

PETITION NO. 1558– Community Power Group LLC petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 4-megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at 24 Middle Road, Ellington, Connecticut, and associated electrical interconnection.

2 PM Evidentiary Hearing/6:30 PM Public Hearing Session

May 18, 2023 Hearing Documents, 03/30/23
1.  Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2.  Public Hearing Notice
3.  Hearing Program 
4.  Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5.  Proposed Facility Site Plan

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

DOCKET NO. 514 – Glenvale, LLC d/b/a Glenvale Solar application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a 4.0-megawatt-AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at 56 River Road, Putnam, Connecticut and associated electrical interconnection.

11AM -  Pre-Remote Hearing Conference via Zoom conferencing

Thursday, May 25, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

 Meeting Materials for the May 25, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Monday, May 29, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED - Memorial Day

JUNE 2023

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

DOCKET NO. 515- Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located east of the Student Transportation Parking Lot at 180 School Road, Wilton, Connecticut.

11AM -  Pre-Remote Hearing Conference via Zoom conferencing

Thursday, June 8, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the June 8, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

 

Thursday, June 15, 2023

DOCKET NO. 514 – Glenvale, LLC d/b/a Glenvale Solar application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a 4.0-megawatt-AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at 56 River Road, Putnam, Connecticut and associated electrical interconnection.

2 PM Evidentiary Hearing/6:30 PM Public Hearing Session

June 15, 2023 Hearing Documents, 03/30/23
1.  Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2.  Public Hearing Notice
3.  Hearing Program 
4. Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and 
5.  Proposed Facility Site Plan 

Monday, June 19, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED - Juneteenth

Thursday, June 22, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the June 22, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

DOCKET NO. 516 – The United Illuminating Company (UI) application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Fairfield to Congress Railroad Transmission Line 115-kV Rebuild Project that consists of the relocation and rebuild of its existing 115- kilovolt (kV) electric transmission lines from the railroad catenary structures to new steel monopole structures and related modifications along approximately 7.3 miles of the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Metro-North Railroad corridor between Structure B648S located east of Sasco Creek in Fairfield and UI’s Congress Street Substation in Bridgeport, and the rebuild of two existing 115-kV transmission lines along 0.23 mile of existing UI right-of-way to facilitate interconnection of the rebuilt 115-kV electric transmission lines at UI’s existing Ash Creek, Resco, Pequonnock and Congress Street Substations traversing the municipalities of Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut.

11AM -  Pre-Remote Hearing Conference via Zoom conferencing

Thursday, June 29, 2023

DOCKET NO. 515- Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located east of the Student Transportation Parking Lot at 180 School Road, Wilton, Connecticut.

2 PM Evidentiary Hearing/6:30 PM Public Hearing Session

June 29, 2023 Hearing Documents, 04/13/23
1.  Instruction for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2.  Public Hearing Notice
3.  Hearing Program 
4. Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5.  Proposed Facility Site Plan 

JULY 2023

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED -Independence Day

Thursday, July 6, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing - This meeting has been CANCELLED.

Thursday, July 20, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the July 20, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

DOCKET NO. 516– The United Illuminating Company (UI) application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Fairfield to Congress Railroad Transmission Line 115-kV Rebuild Project that consists of the relocation and rebuild of its existing 115- kilovolt (kV) electric transmission lines from the railroad catenary structures to new steel monopole structures and related modifications along approximately 7.3 miles of the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Metro-North Railroad corridor between Structure B648S located east of Sasco Creek in Fairfield and UI’s Congress Street Substation in Bridgeport, and the rebuild of two existing 115-kV transmission lines along 0.23 mile of existing UI right-of-way to facilitate interconnection of the rebuilt 115-kV electric transmission lines at UI’s existing Ash Creek, Resco, Pequonnock and Congress Street Substations traversing the municipalities of Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut.

2 PM Evidentiary Hearing/6:30 PM Public Hearing Session

July 25, 2023 Hearing Documents, 04/13/23
1.  Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2.  Public Hearing Notice
3.  Hearing Program 
4.  Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5.  Proposed Facility Site Plan 

 AUGUST 2023
Thursday, August 3, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the August 3, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

PETITION NO. 1572 – East Windsor Solar Two, LLC petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 4.0-megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at 31 Thrall Road, East Windsor, Connecticut, and associated electrical interconnection.

11 AM – Pre-Remote Hearing Conference via Zoom conferencing

Thursday, August 17, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the August 17, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

DOCKET NO. 516– The United Illuminating Company (UI) application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Fairfield to Congress Railroad Transmission Line 115-kV Rebuild Project that consists of the relocation and rebuild of its existing 115- kilovolt (kV) electric transmission lines from the railroad catenary structures to new steel monopole structures and related modifications along approximately 7.3 miles of the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Metro-North Railroad corridor between Structure B648S located east of Sasco Creek in Fairfield and UI’s Congress Street Substation in Bridgeport, and the rebuild of two existing 115-kV transmission lines along 0.23 mile of existing UI right-of-way to facilitate interconnection of the rebuilt 115-kV electric transmission lines at UI’s existing Ash Creek, Resco, Pequonnock and Congress Street Substations traversing the municipalities of Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut.

2 PM -  Continued Evidentiary Hearing

Thursday, August 31, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the August 31, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

SEPTEMBER 2023

Monday, September 4, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED - Labor Day

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

PETITION NO. 1583  – TRITEC Americas, LLC notice of election to waive exclusion from Connecticut Siting Council jurisdiction, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §16-50k(e), and petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 0.999-megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at Parcel Nos. 113-1 and 113-1-A, 428 Bethmour Road, Bethany, Connecticut, and associated electrical interconnection.

11 AM – Pre-Remote Hearing Conference via Zoom conferencing

Thursday, September 7, 2023

PETITION NO. 1572 – East Windsor Solar Two, LLC petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 4.0-megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at 31 Thrall Road, East Windsor, Connecticut, and associated electrical interconnection.

2 PM - Evidentiary Hearing/6:30 PM Public Hearing Session

September 7, 2023 Hearing Documents, 06/23/23
1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2. Public Hearing Notice
3. Hearing Program
4. Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5. Proposed Facility Site Plan 

Thursday, September 14, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the September 14, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Thursday, September 28, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the September 28, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

OCTOBER 2023

Thursday, October 5, 2023
****THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.****

PETITION NO. 1583  – TRITEC Americas, LLC notice of election to waive exclusion from Connecticut Siting Council jurisdiction, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §16-50k(e), and petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 0.999-megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at Parcel Nos. 113-1 and 113-1-A, 428 Bethmour Road, Bethany, Connecticut, and associated electrical interconnection.

2 PM - Evidentiary Hearing/6:30 PM Public Hearing Session - CANCELLED

Monday, October 9, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED - Columbus Day

Thursday, October 12, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the October 12, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

DOCKET NO. 516– The United Illuminating Company (UI) application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Fairfield to Congress Railroad Transmission Line 115-kV Rebuild Project that consists of the relocation and rebuild of its existing 115- kilovolt (kV) electric transmission lines from the railroad catenary structures to new steel monopole structures and related modifications along approximately 7.3 miles of the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Metro-North Railroad corridor between Structure B648S located east of Sasco Creek in Fairfield and UI’s Congress Street Substation in Bridgeport, and the rebuild of two existing 115-kV transmission lines along 0.23 mile of existing UI right-of-way to facilitate interconnection of the rebuilt 115-kV electric transmission lines at UI’s existing Ash Creek, Resco, Pequonnock and Congress Street Substations traversing the municipalities of Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut.

2 PM -  Continued Evidentiary Hearing

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

DOCKET NO. 517 – MCM Holdings, LLC application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at the Boy Scouts of America Camp Hoyt, 288 Simpaug Turnpike (Parcel No. 12-29), Redding, Connecticut.

11 AM - Pre-Hearing Conference via Zoom Conferencing

Thursday, October 26, 2023

*****THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED******

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing - CANCELLED

 

NOVEMBER 2023

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

DOCKET NO. 518 – New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC d/b/a AT&T and Tarpon Towers III, LLC application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at 99 Dart Hill Road, South Windsor, Connecticut.

11 AM - Pre-Hearing Conference via Zoom Conferencing

Thursday, November 9, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the November 9, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Friday, November 10, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED -Veterans Day

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

PETITION NO. 1589 – USS Somers Solar, LLC petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 3.0-megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at 360 Somers Road, Ellington, Connecticut, and associated electrical interconnection.

11 AM -Pre-Hearing Conference via Zoom Conferencing

 

Connecticut Siting Council Review of the Ten-Year Forecast of Connecticut Electric Loads and Resources. (2023 Reports)

6:30 p.m. Public Session

Thursday, November 16, 2023

DOCKET NO. 516– The United Illuminating Company (UI) application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Fairfield to Congress Railroad Transmission Line 115-kV Rebuild Project that consists of the relocation and rebuild of its existing 115- kilovolt (kV) electric transmission lines from the railroad catenary structures to new steel monopole structures and related modifications along approximately 7.3 miles of the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Metro-North Railroad corridor between Structure B648S located east of Sasco Creek in Fairfield and UI’s Congress Street Substation in Bridgeport, and the rebuild of two existing 115-kV transmission lines along 0.23 mile of existing UI right-of-way to facilitate interconnection of the rebuilt 115-kV electric transmission lines at UI’s existing Ash Creek, Resco, Pequonnock and Congress Street Substations traversing the municipalities of Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut.

2 PM - Continued Evidentiary Hearing

Thursday, November 23, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED - Thanksgiving Day

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

DOCKET NO. 516– The United Illuminating Company (UI) application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Fairfield to Congress Railroad Transmission Line 115-kV Rebuild Project that consists of the relocation and rebuild of its existing 115- kilovolt (kV) electric transmission lines from the railroad catenary structures to new steel monopole structures and related modifications along approximately 7.3 miles of the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Metro-North Railroad corridor between Structure B648S located east of Sasco Creek in Fairfield and UI’s Congress Street Substation in Bridgeport, and the rebuild of two existing 115-kV transmission lines along 0.23 mile of existing UI right-of-way to facilitate interconnection of the rebuilt 115-kV electric transmission lines at UI’s existing Ash Creek, Resco, Pequonnock and Congress Street Substations traversing the municipalities of Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut.

2 PM - Continued Evidentiary Hearing

Council Memorandum Regarding the Continuation of the Evidentiary Hearing Session on November 28, 2023, 11/17/23
1.  Instructions for Access to the November 28, 2023 Evidentiary Hearing Session
2.  Hearing Program

Thursday, November 30, 2023

DOCKET NO. 517 – MCM Holdings, LLC application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at the Boy Scouts of America Camp Hoyt, 288 Simpaug Turnpike (Parcel No. 12-29), Redding, Connecticut.

2 PM - Evidentiary Hearing/6:30 PM Public Hearing Session

HEARING INFORMATION
November 30, 2023 Hearing Documents, 09/01/23
1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2. Public Hearing Notice
3. Hearing Program 
4. Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5. Proposed Facility Site Plan 

DECEMBER 2023

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

PETITION NO. 1589 – USS Somers Solar, LLC petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 3.0-megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at 360 Somers Road, Ellington, Connecticut, and associated electrical interconnection.

2 PM - Evidentiary Hearing/6:30 PM Public Hearing Session

December 5, 2023 Hearing Documents, 11/09/23
1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2. Public Hearing Notice
3. Hearing Program
4. Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5. Proposed Facility Site Plan
Hearing Procedures and Pre-Hearing Conference Memorandum, 12/09/23

Thursday, December 7, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the December 7, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

DOCKET NO. 516– The United Illuminating Company (UI) application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Fairfield to Congress Railroad Transmission Line 115-kV Rebuild Project that consists of the relocation and rebuild of its existing 115- kilovolt (kV) electric transmission lines from the railroad catenary structures to new steel monopole structures and related modifications along approximately 7.3 miles of the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Metro-North Railroad corridor between Structure B648S located east of Sasco Creek in Fairfield and UI’s Congress Street Substation in Bridgeport, and the rebuild of two existing 115-kV transmission lines along 0.23 mile of existing UI right-of-way to facilitate interconnection of the rebuilt 115-kV electric transmission lines at UI’s existing Ash Creek, Resco, Pequonnock and Congress Street Substations traversing the municipalities of Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut.

2 PM -  Continued Evidentiary Hearing

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

PETITION NO. 1592 – Santa Fuel, Inc. petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 3.85-megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at 159 South Road, Somers, Connecticut, and associated electrical interconnection.

11 AM - Pre-Hearing Conference Meeting via Zoom Remote Conferencing

 

Thursday, December 14, 2023

DOCKET NO. 518 – New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC d/b/a AT&T and Tarpon Towers III, LLC application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at 99 Dart Hill Road, South Windsor, Connecticut.

2 PM - Evidentiary Hearing/6:30 PM Public Hearing Session

HEARING INFORMATION
December 14, 2023 Hearing Documents, 09/14/23
1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2. Public Hearing Notice
3. Hearing Program 
4.  Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5. Proposed Facility Site Plan

Thursday, December 21, 2023

1PM - Energy/telecommunications Meeting via Zoom Conferencing

Meeting Materials for the December 21, 2023 Energy/Telecommunications Meeting

Monday, December 25, 2023

OFFICE CLOSED - Christmas Day