Federal Lawsuit Filed To Block State From Using Energy Conservation Funds To Solve Budget Deficit

Hartford Courant: A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday would block the legislature from taking tens of millions of dollars from ratepayer-funded energy conservation programs to help solve the state’s massive budget deficit, a move energy and environmental groups argue is unconstitutional.

The court action is to stop the state from using $175 million that energy ratepayers contributed to three separate energy conservation programs through their utility bills. The bipartisan budget passed by the General Assembly last October calls for taking that money to help solve a multibillion state deficit crisis.

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