Rell proposes four-year, $500 million energy plan

[Nutmegger]

NEWINGTON, Conn. -- Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell proposed a four-year, $500 million energy plan for Connecticut on Monday, marking one of her first major public policy initiatives in this year's race for governor.

The proposal calls for the use of bio-fuels and renewable forms of energy, would cut costs for businesses and families, and charts a course for the state to reduce its fossil fuel consumption, she said.

Rell also called for a set of new energy goals for the state by 2020, including that 20 percent of all energy used and sold in the state to come from clean or renewable energy sources. Right now, only about 5 percent comes from those sources.

"This plan is not just about today, but the next generation as well," said Rell, who held a news conference outside a Department of Transportation gas depot where state cars can fill up using special fuel made up of 75 percent ethanol.

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