A protester holds up a sign calling for state officials to halt plans for the Killingly plant.
Gov. Ned Lamont has publicly stated his opposition to the Killingly Energy Center fracked-gas power plant construction sought by NTE, a Florida-based private equity firm. The actions of this administration’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner, Katie Dykes, don’t match up with either the governor’s opposition to the plant or with his clean energy policy for Connecticut.
Permits that have been approved for this 650-megawatt fracked gas power plant, with an emissions stack only 150 feet high, will allow plans for construction to proceed even though it is only about a mile from Killingly’s already-existing 792-megawatt gas power plant.