When the governor and the General Assembly passed Public Act 11-80, An Act Concerning the Establishment of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Planning for Connecticut’s Energy Future, it did far more than merge two state agencies under a single commissioner; it put Connecticut at the forefront of renewable energy development. By passing the act, Connecticut vaulted itself from an also-ran to one of the leaders in renewable energy programs, rivaling Massachusetts, New Jersey and California.
Connecticut has long had one of the more robust renewable portfolio standards in the country, but has largely met those renewable goals through the importation of renewable energy from other sources in the Northeast. Connecticut itself has very little “home grown” renewable energy projects. The programs found in the act represented a fundamental shift in how Connecticut transacts its renewable energy business.
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