BPA continues to fight for energy efficiency program funding in the states and today filed comments on potential amendments to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) 2019-2021 Conservation and Load Management Plan (“C&LM Plan”). One proposal on the table was cutting $36 million in energy efficiency funding due to program changes caused by COVID. BPA worked with Efficiency for All and other partners to urge DEEP to keep the $36 million in the pipeline because “rapid redeployment of energy efficiency programs during and post-COVID will provide many economic stimulus benefits to Connecticut.” Governor Lamont’s September 2019 Executive Order Number 3 created ambitious energy efficiency targets for the state by 2040. BPA’s comments asked DEEP to stay the course and emphasized that Connecticut cannot meet its climate, energy, and cost cutting goals without a trained energy efficiency workforce.