While states like Connecticut included the solar sector in their stay-at-home ranks – contributing to what would become a more than 620,500 loss of clean energy jobs nationally by the end of May – Massachusetts kept its solar people working. Now, with northeastern states endeavoring to jumpstart their economies following the flattening of COVID-19’s spread, a question being asked by many here, as well as world-wide, is whether renewable and clean energy can be the key economic driver to do that. In the nearly 10 years since Connecticut has been pursuing clean energy in earnest, there has been repeated criticism that pilot projects are too conservative, time has been wasted with studies of technologies other states have already evaluated, and that balky utility companies have driven policies. Coupled with this is criticism that the state’s laser focus on electric rates has blocked state officials from recognizing that investments – actually spending money – would create jobs and revenue.
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