Posted on August 4, 2023
🚨 Major regulatory change that affects you 🚨
The state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is accepting written comments on two sets or proposed regulations, one that would ban the sales of new gas-powered passenger cars in just 12 years’ time and another that would gradually prohibit the sale of new gas-powered trucks that are used to ship goods and provide essential services.
I have significant concerns about the impact of these proposed bans supported by the legislature’s majority party Democrats, including their impact on businesses (and their customers) as well as the finances of residents who are already grappling with costs associated with living in one of the nation’s most energy-expensive states.
>>>Their 2035 ban on the sales of all gas-powered passenger vehicles is just 12-years away. <<< I’ve seen no evidence that Connecticut will be ready to accommodate this radical timeline. A simple promise that our already-vulnerable electrical grid—and ratepayers—will be ready to absorb this seismic policy change is pure ideological fantasy.
You can submit your written comments to DEEP by Aug. 23. A public hearing will be held, too, and I’ll share details the specifics as they become available.
Proposed regulations on trucks, click here
>>> Have your say: Submit written comments here
Regulations on passenger cars, click here
>>> Have your say: Submit written comments here
