Some are frustrated with 10 years of programs that should have helped residents insulate themselves from spikes in energy costs.
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Posted inEnergy & Environment
Never let a good crisis go to waste
Experts say the pandemic gives Connecticut an opportunity to make big advances in clean energy — and reap the profits.
Posted inEconomic Development, Energy & Environment
Katie Dykes takes helm at DEEP in era of escalating climate change
Katie Dykes’ new job as DEEP commissioner brings old and new challenges, such as the growing threat of climate change.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Complaints persist even as shared solar (finally) nears finish line
After years of delays, shared solar may finally be close to its first test in Connecticut. But along with some cheers from its supporters, there’s still an awful lot of complaining over how it’s being handled.
Posted inEnergy & Environment, Money
Green Bank raid upsets business, environmental communities
The raid on the Green Bank and other clean energy programs to help plug the state’s huge budget deficit is bringing together groups often at odds. Environmentalists and business interests, including the state’s most prominent business lobby, agree the raid is a bad idea.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut’s timid approach to clean energy penalizes consumers, costs state jobs
The Connecticut legislature’s reluctance to fully launch a program to develop a system of shared renewable energy is not only costing the state jobs and federal energy subsidies. It is also causing the state’s consumers to pay more than they have to for electric power. We are missing the clean energy revolution.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Shared solar tries again to light up Connecticut
For the second year in a row, legislation to allow shared-solar installations to be built in Connecticut is facing a rough road. While some want to go slowly with only a couple of pilot projects, others want to plunge right in based on the models and success shared solar is having around the country. The goal for advocates is to avoid last year’s result, which was nothing.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT creeps toward electric grid 2.0
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.
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Op-Ed: Bridgeport project would turn dormant landfill into solar energy farm
The Connecticut Siting Council will soon be ruling on a plan to turn a dormant Bridgeport landfill into a source of pollution-free energy, and the city’s mayor is hopeful it will win approval.
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Op-Ed: Bridgeport project would turn dormant landfill into solar energy farm
The Connecticut Siting Council will soon be ruling on a plan to turn a dormant Bridgeport landfill into a source of pollution-free energy, and the city’s mayor is hopeful it will win approval.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Could the ‘Shared Solar’ movement work in shady Connecticut?
With 80 percent of Connecticut homes unsuited for solar power, the legislature is considering the concept of shared solar.
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Op-ed: One easy step to double solar access in CT
Connecticut is considering a visionary bill that will greatly expand access to solar energy throughout the state.