Sen. Fazio Statement on the Delay of the Southeastern Connecticut Gas Resiliency Project

HARTFORD, CT – State Senator Ryan Fazio (R-Greenwich) released the following statement regarding the delay of the Southeastern Connecticut Gas Resiliency Project:

“Connecticut’s energy costs are already crushing family budgets. Yet, the Lamont administration just added insult to injury by blocking affordable energy access.

After seven years of construction, more than $150 million invested, and with over 90% of this natural gas resiliency project already completed, the Lamont administration is now imposing a last-minute regulatory delay over less than a mile of pipeline. The delay could take three years to resolve and delay energy from flowing. If additional environmental review was required, those concerns should have been resolved years ago, not after taxpayers and ratepayers paid the price.

This delay puts Southeastern Connecticut’s economy at risk as thousands of jobs depend on a reliable energy supply. It also raises concerns for our national security, as the region is home to the U.S. Naval Submarine Base and Electric Boat, where workers are building submarines that are critical to America’s national defense.

Connecticut deserves leadership that plans ahead, provides regulatory certainty, and follows through on the commitments it makes. We need positive leadership to make the state affordable.”