HARTFORD, CT — With global uncertainty driving up energy costs just weeks before a statewide election and Republicans saying the party in charge hasn’t done enough, Democratic officials and clean energy advocates declared their efforts to lower energy prices have helped keep prices stable.
Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, joined by advocates and other elected officials, made the case for four more years of Lamont administration energy policy Tuesday morning on the grounds of the State Capitol.
“We’re here because energy costs remain too high for families,” she said. “When a family opens an electric bill and wonders what they’re gonna have to cut to pay for it, or when a senior is living on a fixed income and has to choose between keeping the heat on and buying groceries, that is a real crisis.”
Bysiewicz said the state must lower energy demand to lower energy bills by helping families reduce wasted energy through improvements in energy efficiency. She also said the state needs to continue expanding its sources of clean, reliable energy, and to build a more reliable energy grid to sustain shocks from climate related events.
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