This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals Committee or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

• DEEP Issues First Progress Report and Last Four Goals of the 20BY20 Initiative
• CT Issues Annual Cybersecurity Update
• ISO-NE’s New Online Guide for Interconnection
• U.S. EIA projects that renewables will provide nearly half of world electricity by 2050

CONNECTICUT

DEEP Issues First Progress Report and Last Four Goals of the 20BY20 Initiative DEEP released the first quarterly report of the 20BY20 initiative, a set of 20 short-term high-impact agency goals aimed at providing greater predictability, efficiency, and transparency for environmental permitting and regulatory processes to be achieved by the end of 2020.

CT Issues Annual Cybersecurity Update
The third annual cybersecurity review of Connecticut’s electric, natural gas, and large water companies was compiled in an ongoing effort by the state to detect and prevent cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure.

INDUSTRY

ISO-NE’s New Online Guide for Interconnection
Read a summary of the guide on ISO’s Newswire and access the guide here

U.S. EIA projects that renewables will provide nearly half of world electricity by 2050
In its International Energy Outlook 2019, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that renewables will collectively increase to 49% of global electricity generation by 2050. Learn more here.