In August, Gov. Dannell Malloy joined officials from the town of Wilton and representatives of Yankee Gas to announce the start of a natural gas expansion project in the town. The project, which will take place over several months, involves the installation of a 3.5-mile underground pipeline along existing roads to connect gas to Wilton’s downtown business district, municipal buildings and several schools. The governor estimated the project would save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in energy costs and would be available for private residential and business use.
With the announcement, Wilton became the first community in the state to partner with a utility through the state’s Comprehensive Energy Strategy. Required by Public Act 11-80 and developed by the governor and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in fall 2012, the strategy offers recommendations in five priority areas: energy efficiency; industrial energy needs; electricity supply, including renewable power; natural gas; and transportation. The DEEP issued the final strategy in February 2013 and many of its recommendations were adopted by the General Assembly in Public Act 13-298. This article focuses on the natural gas provisions of the strategy.
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