East Hartford’s Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. got a $152,492 federal grant to improve energy reliability in 28 Connecticut communities, authorities say.
Congressman John B. Larson announced Thursday that CCAT obtained funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Community Development Initiative Program.
Combined with matching state funds, a total of $305,000 will be used over a three-year period to develop collaborative and innovative energy reliability plans using the state energy and environmental agency’s Connecticut Microgrid Program to help rural communities stay lit during electric grid outages and energy crises, officials said.
