As Tesla pushes state lawmakers to allow it to sell vehicles in Connecticut, the overseer of the state's pension funds, which owns a small sliver of the $51 billion automaker, is pushing the company to reform its procedures for electing directors.
The Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, which has member utilities in Groton, Norwich and several other eastern Connecticut boroughs and districts, is developing 13 megawatts of solar power systems and at least 1.5 megawatts of energy-storage systems.
About a dozen Connecticut towns stand to benefit from a bill changing the state's virtual net metering program to help them complete solar projects that will save municipalities and their taxpayers money.
Greenskies Renewable Energy installed more megawatts of solar panels in 2014 than any other New England-based company, according to a new ranking by Solar Power World.
Connecticut's burgeoning solar industry is gearing up for nearly a decade of growth following lawmakers' decision this year to expand the state's pool of residential solar incentives.