Federal Lawsuit Filed To Block State From Using Energy Conservation Funds To Solve Budget Deficit

Hartford Courant: A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday would block the legislature from taking tens of millions of dollars from ratepayer-funded energy conservation programs to help solve the state’s massive budget deficit, a move energy and environmental groups argue is unconstitutional.The court action is to stop the state from using $175 million that energy ratepayers contributed to three separate energy conservation programs through their utility bills. The bipartisan budget passed by the G