By Charles Ferraro
State Rep., R-117
Charles Ferraro
In previous columns, I have talked about the bipartisan legislation we passed this session to open Connecticut’s ports up for wind energy.
Early in October, the first wind farm project broke ground in New London and will be extremely beneficial to their local economy and our state. The two companies involved in this project, Eversource Energy and Orsted, are planning to invest $57 million.
In addition, another wind farm project has the potential to bring hundreds of jobs to the greater Bridgeport region and the greater Valley region. Vineyard Wind also announced this month that they have submitted a proposal to build offshore wind turbines in Bridgeport. This potential project has the opportunity to create over 300 jobs and nearly $400 million in new revenue. Vineyard Wind would team up with Kerite Cables in Seymour to have them produce the cables for the wind turbines.
All of these proposals are now before state regulators and are under review.
I am excited about these potential clean energy projects and the jobs that will come along with them. We need to continue to work together to find ways we create jobs here in Connecticut. We have a bright workforce, great universities and communities that are ready to work with businesses.
I am excited to get back to Hartford next session to see what else we can do to attract new businesses and industries to the state of Connecticut.
As always, please feel free to contact me with any ideas, concerns, or questions you may have at Charles.Ferraro@housegop.ct.gov.