Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

News Releases - 2025

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  • 1/28/2025 DEEP Now Accepting Applications for $144M in Broadband Infrastructure Funding

    (HARTFORD, CT)—The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today that it is now accepting applications from pre-qualified providers for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. This major milestone is another key step in the process of bringing affordable access to broadband internet to Connecticut residents, and reflects an enormous effort and coordination across multiple state and federal agencies.

  • 2/4/2025 Release-Based Cleanup Plan Poised to Transform Connecticut’s Blighted Properties and Spur Economic Growth

    Today, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Katie Dykes, and Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Dan O’Keefe announced that the release-based cleanup regulations (RBCRs) have been submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly for review and approval. These regulations will streamline the remediation and redevelopment of blighted properties impacted by releases. Approval by the General Assembly’s Legislative Regulation Review Committee (LRRC) is the final step in the regulatory adoption process.

  • 5/30/2025 Connecticut Greenways Council to Hold 26th Annual Greenway Awards and Kick Off Connecticut Trails Day Events

    (HARTFORD) — The Connecticut Greenways Council (CGC) will host its 26th Annual Connecticut Greenway Awards at Riverfront Recapture’s Boathouse in Hartford on Friday, June 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. The event is traditionally held on the Friday before Connecticut Trails Day, which occurs the weekend of June 7 and 8, 2025.

  • 7/31/2025 2025 GreenerGov Awards Honor State Government Leadership in Sustainability Efforts

    (HARTFORD) — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), the Office of Policy and Management (OPM), and the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) hosted the annual GreenerGov Awards Ceremony on Thursday, July 31 at the State Capitol. The event celebrates the exceptional efforts of State Agency staff and agency Senior Sustainability Officers (SSOs) in reducing state government environmental impact and advancing Connecticut’s climate and sustainability goals.

  • 3/18/2025 DEEP Announces More Than $1 Million in Clean Vessel Act Funding to 39 Marine Sewage Disposal Facilities to Help Keep Connecticut’s Waterways Clean in 2025

    (HARTFORD) — Connecticut’s Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today that 39 marine sewage disposal facilities, more commonly known as pumpouts, will receive $1,034,987 in funding under DEEP’s annual Federal Clean Vessel Act (CVA) program for the upcoming 2025 boating season. The funding is used to improve water quality in Connecticut’s navigable waterways by providing federally-funded matching grants for qualifying projects that provide pumpouts.

  • 6/4/2025 DEEP Forecasts Elevated Levels of Ozone for June 4–5 2025

    (HARTFORD) — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is expecting temperatures to reach the mid-to-upper 80s (˚F) beginning June 4th, with high temperatures persisting and reaching near 90 on June 5th. These warm temperatures will contribute to elevated ozone levels for western Connecticut and inland areas on Wednesday and continuing from southwest Connecticut to northeast Connecticut on Thursday. These levels may approach or exceed Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) levels for these parts of Connecticut.

  • 6/23/2025 Connecticut and Northeast States Issue   Request for Information to Explore Cost-Saving Transmission Projects

    (HARTFORD) – The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today joined eight other Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states in issuing a Request for Information (RFI) seeking interregional transmission project concepts that would improve grid reliability, support economic growth, and reduce costs for consumers. The RFI was issued by the bipartisan Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission, a group formed in 2023 to fill a gap in today’s interregional transmission planning processes. Through this collaboration, DEEP is working to unlock reliability benefits and cost savings for the state’s ratepayers.