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The warrant item that reached the water
Connecticut voted its energy future like a town meeting warrant, and this month the first big item came back with power on the line. Revolution Wind, the roughly 704 megawatt project holding about 304 megawatts for Connecticut, started delivering electricity in March. The companion item on the same 2019 warrant never passed. Here is where the state's offshore wind program stands, and what it means for the supply line on your Eversource or United Illuminating bill.
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The warrant item that reached the water
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Where Things Stand
The ledger, at last public reportConnecticut's grid operator is ISO New England, the regional body that runs the six-state power system and its markets. The state's peak demand runs on the order of seven to eight gigawatts on the coldest winter evenings, per the operator's state profile. Against that, the offshore wind warrant: a 2019 statute directing up to 2,000 megawatts of procurement by 2030, with one project delivering, one terminated, and the rest still to be voted.
| Item | Where it stands | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| Offshore wind authorization, 2019 statute | Up to 2,000 MW to be procured by 2030 | 2,000 MW |
| Revolution Wind, selected Dec 2019 | Delivering power since March 2026; more than 90% built | 704 MW |
| Connecticut's contracted share of Revolution Wind | The state's largest single clean-energy purchase | ~304 MW |
| Park City Wind, selected Dec 2019 | Contracts terminated Oct 2023 on developer economics | 804 MW |
| Millstone Power Station, Waterford | State's largest plant; roughly 40% of state power | ~2,000 MW |
| Peak demand, Connecticut | Winter evenings, per ISO New England state profile | 7 to 8 GW |
Figures rounded and hedged; sources listed on the featured report.
How We Work
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Clean power in Connecticut as it touches a ratepayer: offshore wind and the grid, school and municipal solar, shoreline resilience, and the programs that show up on your bill or your roof. If you cannot point to it on a map or a statement, we get more specific or drop it.
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No invented quotes, no anonymous officials, no precise-sounding numbers that trace to nothing. Schedules slip and dockets stall, and we say so. When the honest answer is that it depends, we tell you what it depends on.