Dive Brief:
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is preparing to issue a request for proposals for solar generation in the first step of an updated procurement plan that aims to meet the state’s goal of having carbon-free electricity by 2040.
Filling unmet portions of previous requests for proposals with solar and developing transmission for offshore wind while adding energy storage and anaerobic digesters are the focus of DEEP’s procurement update, Katie Dykes, DEEP commissioner, said in an Oct. 7 interview.
DEEP plans to issue annual clean energy procurement updates to help give renewable energy developers predictability around Connecticut’s clean energy pathway, according to Dykes. “We want to provide as much forward visibility as possible,” Dykes said while discussing DEEP’s