CBIA’s 2007 Government Affairs Program:
Energy costs and infrastructure

 

Energy costs

 

Goal: Develop a long-range energy policy that will ensure affordable, sufficient and reliable power for Connecticut.

Recommendations:

Reduce the state’s high energy costs and ensure energy reliability by:

• Encouraging further development of Connecticut’s electric generation capacity and transmission system; natural gas infrastructure; and alternative energy sources.
• Streamlining the state’s siting process to speed approval of infrastructure improvements.
• Supporting efforts to further develop Connecticut's energy marketplace.
• Restricting use of Connecticut’s Conservation and Load Management Fund to its intended purposes.
• Extending the current manufacturers’ exemption from the energy gross receipts tax to all commercial customers.
• Allowing smaller businesses to purchase less expensive electricity by extending direct billing to them.

Remove regulatory and tax barriers that discourage competition and investment in Connecticut’s telecommunications networks.

 

Energy & telecommunications infrastructure

 

Goal: Create and maintain an energy infrastructure that will support the reliable generation and transmission of energy in Connecticut, and enhance and expand a state-of-the-art telecommunications network throughout the state.

 

Recommendations:

• Encourage the further development of Connecticut’s electric generation capacity and transmission system; natural gas infrastructure; and alternative energy sources.
• Streamline the state’s siting process to speed approval of infrastructure improvements.
• Restrict use of Connecticut’s Conservation and Load Management Fund to its intended purposes.
• Remove regulatory and tax barriers that discourage competition and investment in Connecticut's telecommunications networks.

 

CBIA's Priorities for 2007