Lamont must stop waffling on the Killingly power plant issue Protestors outside the Capitol in 2019 opposing the Killingly power plant project. On January 19, Gov. Ned Lamont gave his bluntest comments yet regarding the controversial Killingly natural gas plant, saying, “I don’t want to build Killingly.” Yet, Lamont still refuses to wield his executive authority to actually stop its construction, and instead offers vague suggestions that market forces will stop the plant’s construction. NTE Energy, the Florida based developer of the Killingly plant, has given no indication that it is concerned about market forces, with managing partner Tim Eves hopeful that construction will begin this year. Furthermore, energy market watchers don’t see market forces capable of stopping Killingly at this point. If the natural gas plant is to be stopped, it will require state action.