I know this will be successful. I’m beginning to feel the hot air coming out of this plan!
There’s enough hot air to go around Bridgeport & Connecticut
“…Park City Wind, which will provide roughly 14% of the state’s electricity supply, represents the largest purchase of renewable energy in state history and is expected to include an estimated $890 million in direct economic development in Connecticut and support 2,800 full-time equivalent (FTE) job years. AVANGRID, a 50% partner in Vineyard Wind, is headquartered in Orange, Connecticut and has been serving the Constitution State for over a century through its subsidiaries United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas….”
Wow!!! This should be very disturbing to any Connecticut consumers reading this piece. Here we have a subsidiary of an International/Spanish conglomerate with monopolistic control over all critical , conventional energy sources for a large, critical portion of the businesses/population of the worst-performing state economy in the country! Now they — an international conglomerate — are being handed the prerogative for control of the generation and distribution of another proportionately-large source of energy. Now this Spanish conglomerate is going to own our wind and ocean/air navigation space!
Lot’s of questions to ask here: How did DEEP decide to allow a foreign country to gain control of one our most critical, multi-modal energy monopolies — which was created by an act of the GA to be controlled and regulated by the state for the good of the people?!… Looks like some conflicted decision-making by DEEP… And isn’t transitioning to alternative-energy sources supposed to be for the good of the environment and the wallets of consumers? A foreign conglomerate owning our wind-energy options through the use of gigantic infrastructure doesn’t seem at all consumer- or environmentally-friendly to this Connecticutian…
Furthermore, 2500 temporary jobs derived from throughout the state and region, considered in terms of the virtual monopolization of Bridgeport’s harbor facilities by single entity (contributing only very modestly to the tax-base) — even as we seek to diversify and optimize our waterfront economic contribution — seems be bad/conflicted decision-making at the state and local levels…
The “wind grid” doesn’t exist but the electrical grid is in poor shape and needs repair or replacement.
This blogger thinks the power grid is more important than highways or infrastructure. Here’s why:
The power (electrical) grid gets repaired once and it’s good for 100 years. Increased supply (power) would create its own demand and drive future growth. No other country has replaced its power grid. Electricity is the bedrock of civilization.
After all, those wind turbines are designed to produce electricity, right?
Highways (roads) need constant repair and their use is will decline when communication triumphs over transportation.
I know this will be successful. I’m beginning to feel the hot air coming out of this plan!
There’s enough hot air to go around Bridgeport & Connecticut
The hot air you refer to isn’t producing any electricity!
“…Park City Wind, which will provide roughly 14% of the state’s electricity supply, represents the largest purchase of renewable energy in state history and is expected to include an estimated $890 million in direct economic development in Connecticut and support 2,800 full-time equivalent (FTE) job years. AVANGRID, a 50% partner in Vineyard Wind, is headquartered in Orange, Connecticut and has been serving the Constitution State for over a century through its subsidiaries United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas….”
Wow!!! This should be very disturbing to any Connecticut consumers reading this piece. Here we have a subsidiary of an International/Spanish conglomerate with monopolistic control over all critical , conventional energy sources for a large, critical portion of the businesses/population of the worst-performing state economy in the country! Now they — an international conglomerate — are being handed the prerogative for control of the generation and distribution of another proportionately-large source of energy. Now this Spanish conglomerate is going to own our wind and ocean/air navigation space!
Lot’s of questions to ask here: How did DEEP decide to allow a foreign country to gain control of one our most critical, multi-modal energy monopolies — which was created by an act of the GA to be controlled and regulated by the state for the good of the people?!… Looks like some conflicted decision-making by DEEP… And isn’t transitioning to alternative-energy sources supposed to be for the good of the environment and the wallets of consumers? A foreign conglomerate owning our wind-energy options through the use of gigantic infrastructure doesn’t seem at all consumer- or environmentally-friendly to this Connecticutian…
Furthermore, 2500 temporary jobs derived from throughout the state and region, considered in terms of the virtual monopolization of Bridgeport’s harbor facilities by single entity (contributing only very modestly to the tax-base) — even as we seek to diversify and optimize our waterfront economic contribution — seems be bad/conflicted decision-making at the state and local levels…
… An ill-wind blows no good…
Sounds like an ill conceived Trump conspiracy theory to me Jeff
The “wind grid” doesn’t exist but the electrical grid is in poor shape and needs repair or replacement.
This blogger thinks the power grid is more important than highways or infrastructure. Here’s why:
The power (electrical) grid gets repaired once and it’s good for 100 years. Increased supply (power) would create its own demand and drive future growth. No other country has replaced its power grid. Electricity is the bedrock of civilization.
After all, those wind turbines are designed to produce electricity, right?
Highways (roads) need constant repair and their use is will decline when communication triumphs over transportation.