Tuesday’s shutdown of the federal government has delayed Wednesday’s planned ceremony to honor the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London for its energy efficiency.
Electric utility Connecticut Light & Power and the state’s Energize Connecticut initiative had planned to celebrate the Coast Guard’s opening of its newly constructed chiller plant, which will distribute child water to campus buildings for air conditioning.
The Coast Guard received a $54,641 incentive from the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund for the new chiller plant, which is expected to save $200,000 annually in energy costs.
The celebration was scheduled for Wednesday but was delayed indefinitely after the federal government shutdown as Republicans and Democrats battled over a spending bill.
