Lamont Talks CT’s Future After a Hot Summer of Energy Protests. What it Means for Residents.
Hartford Courant: Lamont Talks CT’s Future After a Hot Summer of Energy Protests. What it Means for Residents. (September 23, 2024)
It was an unsettling summer in Connecticut on the energy front.
Record July heat and a reversal in wholesale energy prices combined to create a spike in consumer electric bills. That touched off protests and the inevitable political maneuvering that is shaping up as a November election issue.
Then Connecticut invited questions about its commitment to a carbon free world when it abruptly and without explanation backed out of a groundbreaking, three state, offshore wind energy auction – an auction it promoted and helped organize.