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Energy and Water Development

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2024

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.

Avon Theatre Film Center, Inc. - Stamford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $339,000
  • This project will provide funding to support a new HVAC system at the Avon Theatre Film Center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Bridgeport - Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,400,000
  • This project will provide funding to support energy efficiency upgrades to HVAC systems at municipal buildings.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of New London - New London, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,821,000
  • This project will provide funding to support energy efficiency upgrades at municipal buildings.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Stamford - Stamford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $750,000
  • This project will provide funding to support solar arrays on municipal buildings.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Gateway Community College Foundation - New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $347,000
  • This project will provide funding to upgrade all of Gateway’s fixtures on its campus with light emitting diodes.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The Children’s Museum - West Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to support equipment and programming on energy efficient technology.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The Parent Child Center - Westport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $47,000
  • This project will provide funding to support energy efficiency upgrades at a childcare facility.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Towers Foundation, Inc. - New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,127,000
  • This project will provide funding to support generator equipment at a low-income senior housing community.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,300,000
  • This project will provide funding to support research on resilient power grid planning and operation.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT

  • Amount Requested: $10,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to upgrade and equip a membrane technology research center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

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

  • Amount Requested: $300,000
  • This project will provide funding for plans and specifications for dredging of the Branford Harbor and River.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

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

  • Amount Requested: $850,000
  • This project will provide funding for survey and dredging of a shoal in the federal channel in Stony Creek Harbor.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

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

  • Amount Requested: $75,000
  • This project will provide funding for dredging surveys in the Clinton Harbor.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

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

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding for plans and specifications for dredging of the Guilford Harbor.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Hartford to Old Saybrook, CT

  • Amount Requested: $800,000
  • This project will provide funding for dredging surveys and environmental coordination for the Connecticut River.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

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

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding for survey and testing of a reported shoal in the Stonington Harbor.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

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

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding for a Coastal Storm Risk Management study.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Long Island Sound

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding to evaluate the alternatives identified in the Dredged Material Management Plan in the Long Island Sound off the coast of Connecticut.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Connecticut

  • Amount Requested: $1,250,000
  • This project will provide funding to complete Project Condition Surveys for 22 navigation projects across the state of Connecticut.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.