As the General Assembly session wound down this month, the discussion around state energy issues focused on two controversial proposals. The first — legislation aimed at blocking a plan for a large fossil fuel-burning power plant in Burrillville — was killed by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, but only after it won broad support in the House of Representatives. The second — a provision inserted into the House budget bill that would have shifted some interconnection costs for renewable energy projects from private developers to electric ratepayers — was removed after a group of legislators alleged that it was aimed only at benefiting one politically connected wind power company.
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