In fact many are concerned about his departure, worrying that no successor will have the breadth of expertise Esty had across energy and environmental subjects, and some fear a backsliding, especially in regional energy initiatives.
CEFIA
Posted inEnergy & Environment, Politics
All’s well that ends well in energy — maybe
The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority — the state’s first-in-the-nation green bank –- could wind up getting back all of the $30.4 million commandeered for general revenue. And all $5 million from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that was to be diverted to general revenue from energy efficiency programs is once again destined for energy efficiency.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Budget cuts to green bank irk enviros and concern solar industry
It took a day or so for the smoke to clear on the House version of the budget -– and once it did, the energy and environment community was aghast. Funding for the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority –- the state’s first-in-the-nation green bank — had been commandeered for general revenue. More than 20 percent was redirected in fiscal year 2014, and nearly all of it the following year.
Posted inEnergy & Environment, Money
A national nod for CEFIA
Connecticut’s Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority — the first state green bank anywhere — got a major shout-out from the Brookings Institution, the nearly 100-year-old left-leaning Washington-based think tank.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
State green bank chief: entrepreneurial spirit in a government suit
Bryan T. Garcia, the president of the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority, calls himself a believer in the philosophy of hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky. “You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take,” Garcia quotes Gretzky as famously saying — and quotes him often.