We’re confused. The State of Connecticut has been on a holy mission to eliminate natural gas-fired power plants in the state. In January of this year, Connecticut’s weak governor, Ned Lamont, gave in to radicals and helped torpedo a 650-megawatt, gas-fired plant slated to be built in eastern Connecticut (see CT Killingly Gas-Fired Plant Plan Killed by FERC – Blackouts Anyone?). Then in February, NRG axed plans to retrofit an existing 375-megawatt power plant with a new, efficient, natural gas turbine and operate the plant for only half of the year, to produce electricity during times when the grid is overtaxed (see Enviros Defeat Connecticut Gas-Fired Peaker Plant Plan). Two plants axed. Yet the state itself has just laid out $7.3 million (cheap!) to buy a natural gas power plant in Hartford to heat and cool more than a dozen state buildings, saying the acquisition will save money and improve energy efficiency. Huh?
We’re confused. The State of Connecticut has been on a holy mission to eliminate natural gas-fired power plants in the state. In January of this year, Connecticut’s weak governor, Ned Lamont, gave in to radicals and helped torpedo a 650-megawatt, gas-fired plant slated to be built in eastern Connecticut (see 