Shared Clean Energy Facility (SCEF) Program

Shared Clean Energy Facility (SCEF) Program is sponsored by Eversource Energy, The United Illuminating Company. Solicits competitive bids for the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) and energy from eligible clean energy projects, aiming to add 260 MW of renewable energy to the grid over eight years.

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High Contrast Mode On or Off switch Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Shared Clean Energy Facilities Statewide Shared Clean Energy Facility (SCEF) Program The statewide SCEF Program was developed pursuant to Section 7(a)(1)(C) of Public Act 18-50, An Act Concerning Connecticut’s Energy Future , codified as Section 16-244z(a)(1)(C) of the General Statutes of Connecticut.

The statewide SCEF Program seeks the deployment of new or incremental Class I renewable generation projects for a 20-year term. Eligible projects are chosen through a competitive bidding procurement process each year, for a total of 8 years. The first procurement occurred in 2020.

With the passage of Public Act 22-14 , the SCEF Program now allows projects ranging in size from 100 to 5,000 kilowatts (AC), starting in the Year 4 Procurement. Earlier SCEF procurements only allowed projects up to 4,000 kilowatts. Further, Public Act 22-14 increased the yearly program capacity from 25 megawatts to 50 megawatts.

Most recently, Public Act 24-31 extended the SCEF Program from 6 years to 8 years and Public Act 25-173 requires that projects after January 1, 2026 "emit no pollutants." If you are an Eversource or United Illuminating customer in Connecticut, you may be eligible for a SCEF subscription, which provides an on-bill credit to lower your energy bill!

Please see the relevant webpage to determine your eligibility and apply: The Year 7 Procurement maintains a twenty percent (20%) bid preference for all Class I resources sited on brownfields or landfills, for ranking purposes only, and maintains a forty percent (40%) bid preference for solar canopies, also for ranking purposes only. Bidders cannot receive both bid preferences.

If a Bidder’s project is eligible for both bid preferences, the Bidder will solely get the forty percent ( 40%) bid preference for solar canopies. Year 7 RFP and Submission of Project Bid Filing to EDCs Eversource Energy (Eversource) and The United Illuminating Company (UI), together, the Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs), jointly issued the Year 7 RFP in January 2026, for the submission of Project Bid filings.

To download and view the Year 7 RFP program documents, please visit Eversource’s or UI’s SCEF webpages: United Illuminating SCEF webpage Bidders must submit their Project Bid filing with the relevant EDC on or before the Bid Forms due date established by the EDCs in the Year 7 RFP. Bidders must also email a copy of their entire Project Bid filing to DEEP at DEEP. EnergyBureau@ct.

gov on or before the same date. Bidder's Appendix B Submittal to DEEP Concurrent with a Project Bid filing with the relevant EDC in response to the Year 7 RFP, a Bidder must also submit the following information and affidavits to DEEP on or before the Bid Forms due date established by the EDCs in the Year 7 RFP.

A Bidder's responses to these items are collectively known as the Bidder's Appendix B Submittal: Responses to all questions outlined in the Year 7 Appendix B; Attachment 1: an affidavit attesting to the Bidder's control of the Project Site by the Bidder; Attachment 2: an affidavit attesting to the Bidder's control of the Project Site by the owner of the Project Site (required only if the Bidder is not the owner of the Project Site); Attachment 3: an affidavit attesting to the veracity of statements made to DEEP in Appendix B and all attachments; Attachment 4: an Applicant Compliance Information form; and A copy of the notification email the Bidder has received from the relevant EDC confirming the Project Bid has been submitted successfully.

The revised Appendix B and affidavit forms are available in PDF and Word formats at the links below: Appendix B and Affidavits PDF version (PDF Version) Appendix B and Affidavits word version (Word Version) Bidders must file their Appendix B Submittal with DEEP at DEEP. EnergyBureau@ct. gov on or before the due date established by the EDCs in the Year 7 RFP.

Bidders must also email a copy of their entire Appendix B Submittal to the relevant EDC at SCEF@Eversource. com or SCEF@uinet. com on or before the same date.

Though not required prior to bidding into the SCEF program, DEEP notes that the General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater from Construction Activities was reissued effective January 1, 2026. Please review the revised permit requirements and new instructions at the following webpage: Construction Stormwater General Permit . NOTE: DEEP presently oversees a separate SCEF Program on a pilot basis.

Details about the SCEF pilot program and the three projects selected to participate in that program are available on DEEP's webpage for the Shared Clean Energy Facility Pilot Program . Click here to view SCEF related Energy Filings, including notices, comments, proposals, presentations, etc. Content last updated February 2026