Fossil fuel combustion is the largest contributor to GHG emissions in Connecticut.  Electric power generation accounts for 22% of the state’s fossil fuel related GHG emissions.

The strategies in the Electric Power Generation sector that are currently being analyzed by NESCAUM include:

• increasing the amount of renewable energy supplied to the electricity grid by strengthening the CT Renewable Portfolio Standard;
• expanding and/or extending the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative;
• setting a base-load carbon dioxide performance standard.

View CT GHG Emissions:  Mitigation Options Overview and Reduction Estimates, December 17, 2010.
View Sources and Notes for analysis of Electric Power Generation Strategies.

Resources

Electric Power Generation: Potential Strategies List - From 2007-2008 stakeholder process and further analysis (excerpted from Draft Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies Table).

Electricity Sector, 2005 CT Climate Change Action Plan

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