Auditors took issue with two purchases tied to aging machinery at the plant which is used to generate power in times of critical grid demand.
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Posted inEnergy & Environment
With trash plant at death’s door, is it time for state leadership?
The uncertain fate of MIRA, the region’s trash-to-energy facility, has some wondering whether it should be run as a utility.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
With clock ticking, fate of half a million tons of CT trash remains unclear
As the MIRA incinerator shutdown grows closer, there’s less and less agreement about where all the trash will go.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Food could hold the key to fixing the state’s waste disposal problems
Getting food waste out of the trash may provide the key to fixing the dated waste systems in the state.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
MIRA plant a symbol of state’s struggle to move into 21st century
Waste systems in Connecticut are reaching a tipping point, raising the question of whether it’s time to reinvent how we get rid of our trash.
Posted inJustice, Politics
CT Supreme Court rules in FOI case involving Ritter, CRRA
A unanimous ruling Monday by the Connecticut Supreme Court in a case involving a prominent lawyer-lobbyist, former House Speaker Thomas D. Ritter, seems to narrow the circumstances when a lawyer’s business or political advice is protected by lawyer-client privilege.