Today, State Senator Norm Needleman (D-Essex), Senate Chair of the Energy & Technology Committee, released the following statement after this week’s announcement that the Revolution Wind energy project expected to generate enough power for more than a quarter-million homes in Connecticut and Rhode Island was halted by the Trump administration:
“Hundreds of Connecticut jobs. Enough power to keep the lights on for one in every 40 New England residents. It’s all at risk for no good reason. Governor Lamont has said he thinks Connecticut’s biggest challenge is limited energy supply. I agree – with data centers and increased use of AI, our state needs more energy coming online, and it’s becoming an increasingly pressing issue. Taking power generation offline forces our reliance on natural gas to grow when we’re already at the end of a pipeline, making our connection to fuel volatile and rife with potential price spikes, not to mention risk of brownouts or blackouts during heat waves and cold snaps. This effectively rips 2.5% of New England’s power generation off the grid months before it would go fully active. If Revolution Wind isn’t completed, Connecticut’s power grid is at risk, and customers will pay the cost – literally. President Trump said he’d bring energy costs down during his campaign in 2024, but in 2025, it seems he’s trying to do the opposite.”