Business Manager: Sean W. Daly
opvp.navajo-nsn.gov: Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, and IBEW are coordinating to bring electricity to 13,000 homes across a 27,000 square mile tribal area, with IBEW sending electricians annually through the Light Up Navajo initiative while advocating for federal funding to sustain the effort.
sciencedaily.com: Researchers at Kyushu University used a spin flip metal complex to harness singlet fission, producing roughly 1.3 energy carriers per photon absorbed and achieving a 130 percent quantum yield, a result that could point toward next generation solar cells capable of capturing far more sunlight than current technology allows.
nenc.news: Gov. Ned Lamont and state officials gathered at New London State Pier to celebrate Revolution Wind, a 704 megawatt offshore wind farm that came online after surviving multiple Trump administration stop work orders. The project is more than 90 percent complete and will eventually power 350,000 homes across Connecticut and Rhode Island.
hartfordbusiness.com: Members of the Connecticut congressional delegation joined the Connecticut Construction Industries Association in Wallingford to discuss reauthorizing the federal infrastructure bill, now five years after its original passage. Priorities raised included efficient project delivery, workforce development, and a funding target of at least $630 billion for highways, transit, and rail systems.
aflcio.org: The March 23 edition of the AFL-CIO Working People Weekly List rounds up top labor news including approximately 200 South Jersey healthcare workers voting to unionize and Harvard custodians ratifying a new four year contract after months of bargaining.
hartfordbusiness.com: New York energy firm Hartree Partners has sued Connecticut utility regulator PURA, arguing a 2025 state law stripped its out of state biomass plants of their Class I renewable energy credit status in violation of federal constitutional protections. Hartree contends the change voids existing contracts and could worsen the state's already tight supply of renewable energy credits.
solarpowerworldonline.com: Greenskies Clean Focus has completed a rooftop solar installation at the West Hartford Department of Public Works under a 20 year power purchase agreement with the town. The project replaces an earlier array originally installed in 2012 and removed during a 2022 roof replacement, restoring on-site solar generation at the municipal facility.
newhavenindependent.org: The Workforce Alliance in New Haven received more than $2.25 million in federal funding to expand apprenticeships in construction, building trades, and manufacturing. The grants include a $750,000 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations award to help women enter paid skilled trades apprenticeships, supporting training for more than 170 people.
Connecticut utilities are now incentivizing businesses to host battery systems on their properties to help flatten electricity demand spikes, creating an opportunity for commercial customers to generate income while reducing their own utility costs and gaining backup power.
The Crystal Mall in Waterford closes permanently on March 31 as General Dynamics Electric Boat converts the space into offices and training facilities to support an ambitious plan to hire 8,000 new employees in 2026, including 4,500 in the Southeast Connecticut region.
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