Connecticut Climate and Energy

Connecticut has adopted pioneering policies, including comprehensive energy reform and mandatory global warming pollution targets that make the state a national leader in advancing climate and energy solutions.

Background

ENE's energy program started in Connecticut nearly ten years ago, and ENE’s extensive advocacy for energy reforms there is the foundation of its work in the rest of the region. Starting with the initiation of New England’s first statewide and model stakeholder board to advance energy efficiency and most recently with the comprehensive energy bill, ENE has helped Connecticut usher in precedent-setting reforms to how the state uses and purchases energy.  Over the past decade, ENE has intervened in dozens of agency regulatory proceedings to ensure that state rules and regulations support policies covering Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), green power, energy efficiency, and distributed generation. Environment Northeast has often been the only energy efficiency advocate involved. With many of the priorities ENE advocated for now in place, Connecticut is poised to achieve full investment in cost-effective energy efficiency and zero load growth (i.e., no increase in energy consumption) in the electric and natural gas sectors over the next decade. ENE remains heavily involved as new legislation is being implemented and we are working  to ensure that it delivers maximum environmental and economic benefits.