Legislative Session Many bills, 3607 of them, were submitted at the start of the legislative session in January. Most don’t go anywhere. At this point in the session, the landscape begins to come into focus … Read more
2025 CT Legislative Session Begins With Numerous Bill Proposals Many don’t get a hearing, let alone a vote. These are some of what we’re watching. Of the bills noted below, the only one we are … Read more
Executive Order Seeks to Kill EV Incentive and Fuel-Efficiency Standards This is the paragraph that addresses electric vehicles in the “Unleashing American Energy” executive order signed yesterday (Jan 20): “(e) to eliminate the “electric vehicle … Read more
Policy Environment for Used Electric Vehicle Incentives When the Inflation Reduction Act was drafted, it had multiple goals, which can be loosely summarized as promoting clean energy, reviving the domestic industrial base, and making clean … Read more
Proposed EPA Rules Amidst the current contretemps over Connecticut’s stalled efforts to adopt phase 2 of the California emissions standards, known as ACC II/ACT, which stand for Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Truck, … Read more
2023 was a notable year for the club as it produced a fully subscribed symposium and began a partnership with People’s Action for Clean Energy (PACE). Northeast Electrical Vehicle Symposium The EV Club produced … Read more
Global Temperature Rise is Already 1.2 degrees Celsius above baseline The reporting coming out of COP 28 is that the mean temperature is already 1.2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline and headed to exceed … Read more
Advocacy Alert: Reach Out To The Legislators on the ACC II Legislative Review Committee Contact information is provided at the end of this post. What follows is a not so brief background that could easily … Read more
Post by Barry Kresch Beware the Disappearing Incentives There are 35 EVs (BEV and PHEV) listed as incentive-eligible by the Federal Department of Energy as of October 1, 2023. It is really fewer than that … Read more
Photo at top taken under one of the solar canopies at the Hotel Marcel with the building in the background, from left to right: Daphne Dixon – Live Green CT, Paul Wessel – Greater New … Read more