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Posted inEnergy & Environment

Proposed Killingly power plant dealt another blow

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel March 7, 2022 @ 12:00 pmFebruary 7, 2023 @ 4:49 pm

Two rulings in recent weeks spell the end of the line for the proposed Killingly natural gas plant, as far as ISO-New England is concerned.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Here’s what you need to know about Russia, Ukraine and your oil and gas

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel February 28, 2022 @ 10:58 amMarch 17, 2022 @ 5:36 pm

Russia’s stash of oil and natural gas has folks in the U.S. and Europe on edge as the invasion of Ukraine spills into its fifth day.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Climate change v. Killingly gas power plant. And the winner is…

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel October 28, 2019 @ 5:00 amSeptember 4, 2022 @ 9:33 am

The furor over a natural gas power plant in Killingly has expanded into a statewide cause célèbre over climate change. And the governor is right in the middle of it.

Posted inMoney, Politics

New Year’s brings little to celebrate for CT fuel cell industry

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat December 26, 2016 @ 5:00 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:05 pm

WASHINGTON — Congress dealt a key – and growing – Connecticut industry a blow by failing to extend a fuel cell tax break at the end of the year – an omission that could cost the state jobs.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

CT works on a new energy strategy as old one misses the mark

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel December 16, 2016 @ 5:00 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:01 pm

The three-year update to Connecticut’s Comprehensive Energy Strategy, underway now, faces dramatically changed energy, environmental and political landscapes that raise questions about whether the first strategy, with its focus on natural gas, may have partially wasted the last three years.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Winter power, gas supplies, new pipelines – a volatile mix in CT

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel December 14, 2015 @ 5:30 amAugust 3, 2022 @ 4:32 pm

Another winter, another warning from the folks who run the power grid that natural gas shortages could cause power problems. The warning once again focuses all eyes on natural gas pipelines – viewed as either a big answer to the region’s power difficulties or a big problem, depending on whom you talk to.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Connecticut oil dealers battle cold, snow, prices and policy

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel March 18, 2015 @ 5:32 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:36 pm

A cold winter and low oil prices help a little as Connecticut oil dealers fight to remain relevant in the face of state policy that encourages people to switch from oil to gas heat.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Power and prices weather the winter

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel March 6, 2015 @ 5:32 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:34 pm

Despite record low temperatures and snow, this winter has not triggered the same electric power problems and high prices the region suffered through the last two winters.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

CT creeps toward electric grid 2.0

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel December 29, 2014 @ 5:30 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:32 pm

Connecticut is starting a process to modernize the state’s electric grid to make it cleaner, leaner and more adaptable to new methods of power generation and distribution. Exploring how to do that will be a major focus for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, beginning early next year.

Posted inMoney

Feds say heating bills will drop this winter

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat October 7, 2014 @ 12:31 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:28 pm

Washington – There’s a bit of good news from Washington D.C. – the U.S. Energy Information Agency said Tuesday that no matter what fuel homeowners use to keep warm, heating bills will be lower than last year.

Posted inPolitics

Murphy joins Biden, McCain in trip to Eastern Europe

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat June 10, 2014 @ 5:20 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:24 pm

Sen. Chris Murphy has just returned from a weekend trip to Eastern Europe, where he attended the inauguration of new Ukrainian President Petro O. Poroshenko in Kiev as part of an eight-member U.S. delegation that included Vice President Joe Biden and Arizona Sen. John McCain.

Posted inEnergy & Environment, Politics

Obama climate change policy sparks little controversy in CT

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat June 3, 2014 @ 3:45 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:24 pm

WASHINGTON – While lawmakers from coal-producing states – especially vulnerable Democrats – are wringing their hands over President Obama’s decision to force a decrease in greenhouse gases produced by the nation’s power plants, Connecticut lawmakers are shrugging off the proposal or voicing support.

Posted inEnergy & Environment, Politics

CT Senate endorses moratorium on disposal of fracking waste

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas May 5, 2014 @ 8:27 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:21 pm

The Senate approved legislation Monday that imposes a three-year moratorium in Connecticut on the disposal of waste generated by hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a method of extracting natural gas that has opened some Northeastern states to a new energy boom.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

Even if permitted, fracking waste unlikely to come to CT

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel April 28, 2014 @ 5:30 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:21 pm

Even with the likelihood that legislation to allow regulation and treatment of fracking waste in Connecticut will pass, the chance of such waste coming to Connecticut is roughly zero.

Posted inEnergy & Environment

No fracking in Connecticut, but what about its waste?

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel February 12, 2014 @ 2:09 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:18 pm

Despite having no gas or oil deposits, Connecticut has the potential to set the national standard in dealing with fracking waste. But doing so may put the state on a collision course with federal law, ultimately also making Connecticut the national legal test case.

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