– Roger Smith, CT Clean Water Action
For years we battled just to protect the Energy Efficiency Funds from ending up in the state budget. Thanks to your support, we won, and now we have an opportunity to help more people save energy. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is deliberating on whether to increase our state’s energy efficiency programs and is poised to make a decision shortly. We need your help to show Gov. Dannel Malloy and DEEP Commissioner Dan Esty strong public support for efficiency rather than freezing funding for programs like Home Energy Solutions at current levels.
Inaction would hand $1 billion in consumer savings to unregulated, for-profit power plant owners to buy more electricity and generate more pollution. Our governor has a choice of whether to send more of our money out of state for natural gas, oil and coal or to help residents make their homes and businesses more energy efficient. Not only would increased energy efficiency help more people cut their electric bills, but it would also create local jobs, help address Connecticut’s summer ozone smog problem and achieve our state’s global warming pollution limits.
Call Gov. Malloy or email him. Tell him state law requires that our energy needs be met first through cost-effective energy efficiency investments as they are cheaper and less polluting than generating more electricity. The last state energy plan has found that helping homes, municipalities and businesses increase their energy efficiency is the most effective way to reduce energy costs and comply with our 2007 energy law.
Have you used the state’s energy efficiency programs for your home or business? If so, tell your story in your email. If not, after you send your email, get started with a Home Energy Solutions assessment of your own home!
Take Action: support help for consumers rather than power plant owners. Thanks for supporting energy efficiency as the foundation of a clean energy future. Gov. Malloy’s phone number: (860) 566-4840!
