Why a CT Lawmaker Won’t Accept that the Feds ‘Killed solar.’ But the State Energy Future Is Unclear

Why a CT lawmaker won’t accept that the feds ‘killed solar.’ But the state energy future is unclear

Connecticut, along with the rest of New England, has long recognized that its energy future lies in cleaning up the electricity sources in its power grid. And since the 1990s, with the start of the effort to close the “sooty six” coal and oil plants, cleaning up the air for health and climate reasons has figured equally with saving money by using free renewable sources like sun and wind. The Trump administration has now made that a lot harder, i…

Conn. needs to plan for its energy future, but the view is cloudy

The wind turbine towers lined up at the Connecticut State Pier in New London sat right where they were for a month after President Trump ordered work stopped on Revolution Wind. It has since restarted, but there's no guarantee it will be finished. It's also very unlikely the region will get to build all the offshore wind it had hoped for to help meet future energy needs. (Photo by Mark Mirko/Connecticut Public)Connecticut, along with the rest of…