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Paul Koonce, chief executive officer of power generation at Dominion Energy Inc., the parent company of Millstone, said Millstone’s offer is “in the best interest of customers.”

But the Connecticut Fund for the Environment criticized the Malloy administration for shaping an energy portfolio “weighted very heavily” to the two nuclear plants.

“We’re glad the state will see some new solar and wind come online as a result of this procurement, but are still very concerned that as a whole, these … choices don’t put Connecticut on the road to a clean energy economy,” the group said.

Instead of investing more in offshore wind, solar, geothermal and strategies for efficiency and energy storage, “the state has doubled down on the energy sources of the past,” it said.

John Humphries, lead organizer for the CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs, said Connecticut’s energy policy expands the offshore wind industry’s presence in the state. But he urged Gov.-elect Ned Lamont to fully embrace wind power……..https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-millstone-state-auctions-20181228-ikwxhrmvsfa5phpygwnb7vbfcq-story.html