Connecticut Legislative Policy Framework

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PRIORITIES 2008

Introduction

Our Recommendations:
Spending and Performance
Transportation
Health Care
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Energy
Housing
Quality of Life

Energy
Connecticut pays among the highest prices in the nation, for an inefficient, unreliable supply of energy. Investments in conservation, transmission and distribution grids, and alternative methods of generation will create new jobs, stabilize energy costs, and protect our competitive position.  

• Expand state assistance to the energy conservation and efficiency programs of municipalities and school districts.

• Streamline, without reducing environmental protections, the siting and permitting processes for new generating facilities.

• Enable, through tax credits, grants and loans, the rapid adoption of fuel cell technology.

• Consolidate state energy functions within a new Connecticut Department of Energy. Several state agencies, such as the Dept. of Public Utility Control, Clean Energy Fund, Energy Advisory Board, Energy Conservation Management Board, Office of Consumer Council, Siting Council, Dept. of Environmental Protection and the Office of Policy and Management, all have energy planning responsibilities.

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