HARTFORD — Connecticut’s solar power industry wants a court to block the General Assembly from “confiscating” money earmarked for Green energy projects and instead using it to balance the state budget. Mike Trahan, executive director of SolarConnecticut, said lawmakers improperly diverted $175 million from clean energy and solar ventures to the General Fund. The funds come from a surcharge that electric and natural gas customers pay each month. “Consumers were promised the surcharge they pay would be returned in the form of lower energy bills and this budget breaks that promise,” Trahan said. “This surcharge account belongs to people that pay utility bills,” Trahan said.
from News http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Connecticut-solar-industry-wants-a-clawback-12312625.php
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