9 January 2025
Yesterday, Wednesday, January 8, 2025 was the opening day of the CT legislative session - Gov. Lamont gave his State of the State address. There were encouraging remarks on natural gas — we believe that CT legislators will be reluctant to take action that would increase consumer costs…. See some of Lamont's comments below:
Energy costs are on the governor's mind
Lamont devoted a large chunk of his speech to energy costs, an increasing subject of concern for lawmakers following spikes in electric rates last summer.
"These high prices impact all of us — working families, seniors on a fixed income, small businesses and large manufacturers," the governor said. "Everyone was mad as hell looking at their bills following the hottest July in recorded history, and I can see why."
To address the issue, Lamont proposed increasing Connecticut's energy supply through renewable sources such as wind and nuclear power, as well as through natural gas, which he described as essential to the state "for the foreseeable future."
Though the remark about natural gas won't endear Lamont to Connecticut's environmentalists, the governor soon pivoted to the importance of energy efficiency.
"Of course, the cheapest and most timely solution to bring down demand is energy efficiency," he said. "The zero-pollution option is the electricity we do not use."
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