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Lawmakers step in as fuel cell makers decry state contracts By Alex Soule
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Photo: Doosan Fuel Cell America
Clean energy contracts that were apparently headed for fuel cell makers would be diverted to solar companies in a reversal of preliminary awards that fuel cell companies say is unfair with one in Danbury questioning the motives of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Under the Shared Clean Energy Facilities program, the contracts would fund electricity generators to share the benefits of alternative energy in low-income areas. Fuel cell makers including FuelCell Energy, based in Danbury have proposed converting industrial sites including brownfields for the purpose.
The towns told the panel the biggest issue during Isaias was communication.
They explained how Eversource has a system set up where each town leader has a designated liaison they can exchange information with before, during, and after, a storm event. Eversource said on Saturday that power has been restored to approximately 740,000 customers as of 5 p.m. since the storm began.
The town leaders said the system worked well just a few years ago, but this time, the liaisons had a lot of trouble getting answers from their team at Eversource to provide the towns on outages and road blockages.