New England Grid > Connecticut

Resources Market Infrastructure Policy

Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines

21st Resources
49th Market
46th Infrastructure

Connecticut leads the region in committing "demand resources"—electricity usage that can be turned off during period of peak demand—to the New England grid.

Nearly half of Connecticut’s net electricity generation comes from the Millstone Power Station, a 2,103-megawatt nuclear station in Waterford.

state-connecticut

Production trillion btu

0
Oil
0
Gas
0
Coal
0
Wind
0
Solar
1
Hydro
0
Biofuel
179
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

-586
+180 Produced
766 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

302
Oil
236
Gas
9
Coal
40
Renewable
179
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

CT
$0.66
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Aims to generate 20% of the state's electricity from renewable energy resources by 2020.

  • Requires the statewide use of reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol to reduce harmful emissions.

  • Requires permits and compliance bonds for oil and gas well drilling. Permit fees are $500 and compliance bonds are $25,000 for each proposed well.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

+36
13.82¢
CT
8.81¢
USA