Overview
To access DEEP’s expert assistance, begin by requesting a pre-application meeting about your particular project. For projects that are particularly time-sensitive, complex or require multiple permits, you may then be assigned Client Concierge Service to provide an added level of assistance through the permitting process.
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Learn more about DEEP's Client Concierge Service
- Meet the Client Concierge Team
- Sign up to receive email updates on the Client Concierge Service and Permit Assistance
- Check out the July 2023 Municipal Connections Newsletter, a place where you can find curated information relevant to local government and a way for DEEP to connect with our municipal partners, and sign up for Municipal Connections newsletters to receive information from the new municipal liaison function of the Office of Innovative Partnerships and Planning
- NEW - check out 20BY26, DEEP’s new initiative that commits to pursuing 20 measurable improvements across the agency that increase the predictability, efficiency, and transparency of DEEP’s processes. Through 20BY26, DEEP has identified 16 goals—and is seeking 4 new goals from our stakeholders. Share your ideas for additional 20BY26 goals by May 1, 2024 by emailing DEEP.20by26@ct.gov, and sign up to receive email updates on the 20BY26 initiative.
- High-visibility projects, including those identified as high priorities by local governments;
- Projects with multiple permitting requirements or cross-cutting programmatic needs;
- Projects addressing waste organics (see our Farm-based Anaerobic Digesters Environmental Permitting fact sheet);
- Energy-generating facility projects -see additional information below:
- Solar and Offshore Wind Environmental Permitting fact sheets;
- Draft Guidance for Siting Solar on Brownfields;
- DEEP is accepting written comments on the Draft Guidance for Solar Projects on Agricultural Land; please send comments to DEEP.EnergyBureau@ct.gov with the subject line "Agrivoltaics Comments."
- Economic development projects, including projects located in an Enterprise Zone or Opportunity Zone;
- Municipal projects;
- Brownfield projects (see our Breweries and Distilleries Environmental Permitting and Pollution Prevention fact sheet);
- Transit-oriented development projects;
- Green technology projects; and
- Projects identified through the joint prioritization of Commissioners of DEEP and DECD.
Stakeholder Outreach
Another function of the Concierge Team is to coordinate stakeholder processes for DEEP. Please visit Stakeholder Outreach and Participation Through DEEP for more information on opportunities for stakeholders to participate in shaping DEEP's policies and regulations.
Upcoming and past stakeholder engagement events:
- STEPS for Solar Development
- On August 16, 2023, CT DEEP held a virtual public information meeting on the new Draft Guidance for Siting Solar on Agricultural Land and potential agrivoltaics bid preferences in the upcoming Shared Clean Energy Facility (SCEF) Program procurement. STEPS/SCEF Stakeholder Engagement Meeting slides and the meeting recording with unofficial transcript are available for review.
- On March 29, 2023, CT DEEP held a virtual public informational meeting on siting and environmental best practices for the upcoming clean energy procurements. The Energy Procurement and Siting Workshop meeting slides are included as Attachment 1 in the Notice of Proceeding and Public Meeting, and the Meeting Recording and Unofficial Transcript of the Siting Workshop are available for review.
- 2019 Offshore Wind Commission on Environmental Standards (CES)
- December 9, 2021 Meeting of 2019 CES
- March 1, 2022 Meeting of 2019 CES
- June 7, 2022 Meeting of 2019 CES
- September 13, 2022 Meeting of 2019 CES
- December 6, 2022 Meeting of 2019 CES
- March 7, 2023 Meeting of 2019 CES
- June 2023 Meeting of 2019 CES was postponed due to the ongoing 2023 CES process
- October 10, 2023 Meeting of 2019 and 2023 CES Slides - see 2023 Offshore Wind CES below for link to recording
- December 12, 2023 Meeting of 2019 and 2023 CES - see 2023 Offshore Wind CES below for link to recording
- March 12, 2024 Meeting of 2019 and 2023 CES Slides - see 2023 Offshore Wind CES below for link to recording
- 2023 Offshore Wind CES
- April 2, 2023 Organizational Meeting of 2023 CES
- April 21, 2023 Meeting of 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- April 26, 2023 Meeting of 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- April 28, 2023 Meeting of 2023 CES: this meeting was rescheduled for June 30, 2023
- May 3, 2023 Meeting of 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- May 12, 2023 Meeting of 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- June 22, 2023 Working Meeting of 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- June 30, 2023 Meeting of 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- July 10, 2023 Draft Recommendations Meeting of 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- July 26, 2023 Public Comments and Final Recommendations Meeting of 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- October 10, 2023 Meeting of 2019 and 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- December 12, 2023 Meeting of 2019 and 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- March 12, 2024 Meeting of 2019 and 2023 CES Slides and Meeting Recording with Unofficial Transcript
- Concierge Permit Assistance Advisory Committee (CPAAC) 2021 – The Concierge Team convened an advisory committee to receive input on improving DEEP’s Permit Assistance services.
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