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Energy and Water Development

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2023

Listed below are the Energy and Water Development projects Senator Blumenthal has submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate Appropriations Committee selects the final projects from the projects submitted by all senators. Therefore, neither submission of an application nor Senator Blumenthal’s approved list of projects are guaranteed for final funding.

Projects are listed in alphabetical order. 

Children’s Community Development Center, Inc. - Westport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $165,000
  • This project builds a solar array to provide electricity to three childcare centers in Westport, CT.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises, Inc. - Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $200,000
  • This project would provide funding to the outreach and facilitation of a community-led, strategic clean energy plan for future energy conservation and renewable energy generation projects in Bridgeport, CT.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Hamden- Hamden, CT

  • Amount Requested: $600,000
  • This project would provide funds to implement energy efficiency improvements to the Town of Hamden’s Administrative Office Building.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Madison - Madison, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • This project would include purchase of a new generator, construction of the mounting pad, upgrading electrical switch gear, and modifications to the electrical room to accommodate the new equipment.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Manchester - Manchester, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,900,000
  • This project would provide funding to the Net- Zero Emission Public School in Manchester, CT.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Parent Child Center, Inc. - Westport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $50,220
  • This project would provide funding to install a generator for the Parent Child Center agency for three early care and education programs serving families with children from birth to age six.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Stamford - Stamford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000
  • This project would provide funding for the city of Stamford to upgrade its network of inefficient, high-pressure sodium-based streetlights to energy-saving LEDs.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Branford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $5,750,000
  • This project will provide funding to dredge between 70,000 and 100,000 cubic yards from the Branford Harbor and River.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Branford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to dredge approximately 50,000 cubic yards from the federal channel in the Stony Creek Harbor.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - East Hartford and Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000
  • This project will help complete the feasibility study for rehabilitation of the flood protection system.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Guilford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,078,000
  • This project will provide funding to dredge approximately 23,000 cubic yards from the Guilford Harbor.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $14,075,000
  • This project will provide funding to develop the plans and specifications and solicit a contract for dredging of the New Haven Harbor.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.