🚨 Petition Update: Momentum Is Building — 2,273 Voices and Growing

First, thank you to the 2,273 residents and supporters who have already signed the petition to protect East Windsor from overdevelopment of large-scale solar facilities.

Your voices are being heard.

🏛 State Representative Carol Hall Invites Governor Lamont to East Windsor

This week, Carol Hall formally invited Ned Lamont to visit East Windsor and see firsthand the scale and impact of the Gravel Pit solar project.

Her letter asks the Governor to come to East Windsor and witness the effects these massive utility-scale solar installations are having on:
• farmland  
• community character  
• local residents  

She also created a page where residents can add their names to the invitation asking the Governor to visit.

👉 Sign the invitation here:  
https://www.cthousegop.com/hall/invite-governor-lamont-to-visit-the-gravel-pit-solar-project

🔥 Public Hearing on Solar Safety (Fire Risk Bill)

There is also an important public hearing this week regarding fire safety at energy facilities thanks to State Representative Jaime Foster. 

The Energy & Technology Committee is hearing HB 5472, which would:
• require energy facilities to report safety incidents  
• mandate emergency response coordination  
• establish contacts and training for local fire departments  

📅 Public Hearing: Thursday, March 12 – 11:00 AM  
📍 Room 1D, Legislative Office Building + Zoom

Residents can testify or submit written comments here:

Submit written testimony:  
https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/Cgatestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=ET

Watch live:  
https://ct-n.com

🌾 Regional Attention Is Growing

This issue is no longer just about one project.

Neighboring towns are also beginning to address the impact of large utility-scale solar on farmland.

The Ellington Board of Selectmen is currently considering a resolution opposing large solar facilities on prime agricultural land and asking the state to restore stronger municipal authority over siting decisions.

I have also been asked to speak about East Windsor’s experience with the Gravel Pit solar project as part of that discussion.

📢 Please Keep Sharing the Petition

If you have not already shared the petition with family, friends, and neighbors, please take a moment to do so.

👉 Sign & share the petition:  
https://www.change.org/SaveEastWindsorFromSolarTakeover

Every signature helps show state leaders that residents across the region want responsible renewable energy development that protects farmland and communities.

Thank you again for standing up for East Windsor.

~A concerned but grateful East Windsor Citizen