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use the fuel cell for the 500 apart- ments at his LEED platinum certi- fied 360 State St. residential devel- opment in New Haven. "It is coming up on a year and a half or more since the legislature passed the mandate calling for sub- metering," Becker said. "(360 State St.) is the largest apartment build- ing in the state, and for four years, it could have been running without emissions and basically have the cleanest apartments in the state." Becker said the delay on the onsite generation provision also im- pacts his ability to install and use a fuel cell at his 285 apartment devel- opment at 777 Main St. in Hartford. The PURA delay had more to do with timing, Klein said. Connecticut has far more multi-unit develop- ments without onsite generation, and PURA wanted to go after the simpler low-hanging fruit before dealing with the complexities of de- velopments like 360 State, 777 Main, or places where solar installers want landlords to use submetering to pay for the cost of the renewable system. "Submetering is legal. We are just waiting on PURA to catch up to the legislature," Becker said. By the Numbers $107m Value of Middletown-based Greenskies renewable Energy's solar financing deals with united Bank and rabobank. 4,218 Bridges in Connecticut rated as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. The White house called Connecticut's roads the nation's worst. $409K Amount in bonuses two high-ranking executives of Enfield solar manufacturer STr holdings will not receive if the company is liquidated, the first time the firm has publicly discussed closing. 19th Greater hartford's rank in the country as a most desirable location to live for college graduates who studied science, technology, engineering, and math. $1.86B Proposed purchase price by new haven utility parent uiL holdings for city-owned Philadelphia Gas Works. uiL has restated its commitment to the transaction, despite delays since March. 608 on a scale of 1,000, residential customer service scores for Connecticut Light & Power and united illuminating. only six utilities in the nation were lower. SourCES: GrEEnSkiES, FEDErAL hiGhWAy ADMiniSTrA- Tion, u.S. SECuriTiES & ExChAnGE CoMMiSSion, nErD WALLET, uiL, J.D. PoWEr & ASSoCiATES. TREE TRimmiNg — Less than three years after calling for more enhanced tree trimming practices to protect against power outages during storms, the Public utilities regulatory Authority clips the wings of the utilities by making them negotiate with homeowners and tree wardens before doing any cutting. how soon we forget. FREE pUmpoUT — To prevent boaters from discharging their waste into the state's waterways, the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection made the use of all its pumpout services free and offered $1 million in grants to build waste disposal facilities on Long island Sound. We need to keep our waterways clean. grade: A grade: D+ www.CTGreenGuide.com Fall 2014 • Connecticut Green Guide 11 Developer Bruce Becker has installed a fuel cell at his 360 State St. apartment complex in New Haven (upper right) and has a contract for one at 777 Main St. in Hartford. phoTo | STEvE LASChEvER