Connecticut’s Absence Undercuts Northeast Offshore Wind Plans

A recent major offshore wind procurement announcement from New England states is a positive signal for the marketplace, energy attorneys say, but the full extent of the region’s investment remains unknown since Connecticut was missing from the deal.

Massachusetts and Rhode Island selected three offshore wind projects to funnel a collective 2,878 megawatts of energy into their electric grids, the states announced Sept. 6. Connecticut, the third state in an offshore wind procurement coalition formed last year, was not mentioned.

Environmentalists decried the absence, saying that Connecticut was falling behind its neighbors in the clean energy transition. But news could ...