Connecticut
Opinion: Wind power can help lower CT electricity costs
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and electricity customers across the state have a potential ally in the fight against rising electricity costs: offshore wind power.
By joining forces with Massachusetts and Rhode Island to support offshore wind energy, Connecticut can help reduce electricity bills and protect electricity customers from the natural gas price spikes that drive the state’s high electricity prices.
The governor is understandably concerned about the increasing burden of electricity costs on residents. Connecticut’s high electricity rates are closely tied to natural gas prices, which tend to fluctuate unpredictably. When the price of natural gas spikes, often in the winter, it leads to sharp electricity bill increases on electricity customer bills in the following months. This year, increased payments to the Millstone nuclear plant to keep it online are further adding to the cost of electricity.
Amidst these rising costs, offshore wind presents an opportunity for relief —not an added burden.
Electricity prices in Connecticut, and throughout New England, are set in an hourly wholesale energy market. In this system, the price of electricity is determined by the most expensive power plants operating at any given hour. In New England, natural gas power plants tend to be the most expensive plants providing electricity, so they generally set the electricity price for that hour. And when the cost of natural gas spikes, the cost of Connecticut’s electricity spikes too.
Offshore wind, on the other hand, offers a much different dynamic. With no fuel costs, offshore wind electricity can be bid into the wholesale electricity market at a price close to zero. This influx of low-cost electricity can lower the market price paid to electricity generators across the board, an effect known as “price suppression.” By lowering the price for all electricity purchased in the wholesale market, this price suppression effect helps reduce electricity bills across New England.
Furthermore, offshore wind tends to produce the most power during the coldest winter months when natural gas prices are at their highest. This makes it a crucial tool for protecting consumers from the severe rate spikes that often occur during winter due to natural gas shortages for both heating and electricity generation.
A June report published by Synapse Energy Economics highlights the potential savings offshore wind could provide. Procuring 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2030 could reduce electricity bills for New England customers by $630 million annually, assuming moderate gas prices. If natural gas prices rise —a growing concern in today’s volatile energy market —regional savings could increase to as much as $1.7 billion annually. For the average Connecticut household, this translates to a decrease in electricity bills of approximately $108 a year at moderate gas prices, and $139 a year at high gas prices.
Some state leaders have raised concerns that the costs of offshore wind contracts exceed the typical wholesale market electricity price. However, this view fundamentally misunderstands the way that New England’s wholesale electricity market works.
While the contract price for offshore wind may be above the wholesale market price, the price suppression effect means offshore wind will ultimately lower customers’ electricity costs. As Synapse’s report shows, offshore wind will make electricity rates and bills go down, not up, because offshore wind has no fuel costs and therefore lowers the wholesale price for all electricity purchased in the market.
For Connecticut, investing in offshore wind means lowering electricity bills, reducing exposure to natural gas price spikes, and creating a more stable energy future. The idea that offshore wind will raise costs is simply not supported by the facts. Instead, offshore wind offers a clear and direct path to reducing electricity bills and ensuring affordable, reliable energy for all.
Melissa Whited is Vice President of Synapse Energy Economics.
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – Dave Matthews Band’s U.S. tour will make a stop in Connecticut this summer.
The band scheduled a show for July 25, 2026 at The Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford, Live Nation announced on Tuesday.
The band’s tour starts on June 10 in New York and wraps up Labor Day weekend in Washington State.
Online ticket presale for members of the DMB Warehouse Fan Association started Tuesday at 9 a.m.
General on sale for tickets begins on Friday, Feb. 20, at 10 a.m. Check out LiveNation.com for more.
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NEW YORK – Track school closings and delays for Tuesday, Jan. 27 in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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List of school closings and delays
New York
- Byram Hills School District: 2-hour delay
- Central Islip School District: 2-hour delay
- East Islip School District: 2-hour delay
- Haverstraw-Stony Point School District: 2-hour delay
- Liberty Central School District: 2-hour delay
- Mattituck Jr. / Sr. High School: 2-hour delay
- Newburgh City School District: closed
- Poughkeepsie City School District: 2-hour delay
- Tuckahoe School District: 2-hour delay
New Jersey
- Barnegat Township School District: closed
- Bergenfield Elementary School: 2-hour delay
- Bergenfield Middle and High School: 2-hour delay
- David Gregory School: 90-minute delay
- Englewood City School District: 2-hour delay
- Essex Co. Vocational School District: 2-hour delay
- Fair Lawn Schools: 90-minute delay
- Hackensack School District: 2-hour delay
- Hoboken School District: 90-minute delay
- Jefferson Township School District: 2-hour delay
- Kinnelon Borough School District: 2-hour delay
- Livingston Township School District: 2-hour delay
- Memorial Day Nursery-Paterson: closed
- Middletown Township School District: 2-hour delay
- Mount Carmel Guild Academy: 90-minute delay
- Neighborhood Child Care Center: 2-hour delay
- Pequannack Township School District: 2-hour delay
- Ridgefield Park ATC: no transportation
- Riverdale Public Elementary: 90-minute delay
- Somerset Co. Educational SVCS. School District: 90-minute delay
- Springfield Adult Training: no transportation
- Springfield Township School District: 2-hour delay
- Tewksbury Township School District: 2-hour delay
- The Jardine Academy: 90-minute delay
- The Phoenix Center: closed
- Totowa School District: 1-hour delay
Connecticut
- Bridgeport Board of Education: closed
- Norwalk High School: closed
NEW YORK – Several inches of snow fell on Sunday across the Tri-State area, and observations from the National Weather Service are showing totals across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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Final snow totals
By the numbers:
The agency is detailing snowfall measurements as of Monday morning.
- Astoria 10.1 in
- Battery Park 7.5 in
- Bay Ridge 10.2 in
- Bellerose 10.5 in
How much snow did NYC get this weekend?
- Central Park 11.4 in
- Crown Heights 8.0 in
- Elmhurst 9.0 in
- Flatbush 11.3 in
- Fordham 13.5 in
- Howard Beach 11.0 in
- Midwood 9.0 in
- NYC/JFK 10.3 in
- NYC/La Guardia 9.7 in
- Sheepshead Bay 10.5 in
- Sheepshead Bay 9.7 in
- Throgs Neck Bridge 12.5 in
- Washington Heights 14.9 in
- Whitestone 11.1 in
- Williamsburg 12.0 in
- Williamsburg 10.5 in
- Bergenfield 11.5 in
- Cliffside Park 14.4 in
- Cranford 11.2 in
- Englewood 15.0 in
- Franklin Lakes 13.5 in
- Glen Ridge 9.5 in
- Harrison 10.0 in
- Hoboken 9.8 in
- Kearny 7.4 in
- Leonia 14.7 in
- Linden 9.6 in
- Little Ferry 13.9 in
- Mahwah 14.5 in
- Montclair 9.5 in
- Montvale 12.5 in
- Newark 12.1 in
- North Caldwell 11.5 in
- Nutley 9.0 in
- Park Ridge 12.8 in
- Pompton Lakes 14.0 in
- Ridgefield 15.8 in
- Ringwood 15.0 in
- River Vale 13.3 in
- Secaucus 12.0 in
- Teaneck 15.5 in
- Tenafly 16.3 in
- Union 11.0 in
- Waldwick 12.5 in
- Wallington 10.2 in
- Wanaque 13.0 in
- Wayne 14.0 in
- West Milford 15.0 in
- Westfield 10.0 in
- Westwood 12.5 in
- Wood-Ridge 10.0 in
- Bethel 15.7 in
- Bridgeport Airport 15.1 in
- Danbury 15.5 in
- Easton 14.3 in
- Greenwich 11.0 in
- New Canaan 12.6
- New Fairfield 16.0 in
- Newtown 10.5 in
- Newtown 13.7 in
- Norwalk 13.5 in
- Ridgefield 14.0 in
- Shelton 15.0 in
- Stamford 11.0 in
- Stratford 12.0 in
- Weston 12.9 in
- Wilton 13.8 in
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