Take a stand for Connecticut’s environment
Do you care about our climate? Do you care about breathing polluted air? Do you care about energy costs?
Then you need to care about Connecticut’s proposed energy strategy. Ready to take a stand for our energy and environment?
Tell the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Connecticut should be a climate champion. Tell the DEEP the proposed energy strategy falls short. The DEEP issued its draft 2017 Comprehensive Energy Strategy, which will shape state energy policy for the next three years.
BUT, the draft CES plan does not put us on a path to meet our 2020 climate goals and DEEP needs to hear from you!
Here are three key messages you need to tell DEEP:
- Ask DEEP to expand the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) to 50% by 2030. We need a stronger RPS that requires electric providers to buy a certain percentage of the energy they sell from renewable sources (solar, wind, etc.).
- Ask DEEP to establish a better solar market and a statewide, shared solar program. More rooftop solar and a vibrant shared solar program (for those who can’t put solar on their roof) are vital to help reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, create a resilient electric grid, and strengthen our local economy.
- Ask DEEP to speed up adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs), and clean up our transportation pollution.
Connecticut must meet its promise of 154,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2025. Cars and trucks cause nearly 40% of our GHG emissions so we must establish stronger incentives for EVs and add more charging stations.
Comments are due by September 25, 2017, at 4 p.m. Email your comments to: [email protected].
You can also mail a hard copy to: Debra Morrell, DEEP – Bureau of Energy and Technology Policy, 10 Franklin Sq., New Britain, CT 06051.
You can also get more information and speak up at one of DEEP’s public meetings:
Wednesday, Sept. 6, 4 p.m., CT DEEP, 79 Elm St., Hartford.
Thursday, Sept. 7, 6:30 p.m. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES), Jones Auditorium, Britton Building, 2nd Floor, 123 Huntington St., New Haven.
More information is available at ctenvironment.org.
