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www.CTGreenGuide.com SprinG 2014 • Connecticut Green Guide 27 CT Comprehensive Energy Strategy introduced by Malloy in october 2012, here are some fast facts about the natural gas portion of the CeS: • offers time-limited tax credit for customers converting to natural gas • expects 900 miles of new mains to be built, centered around major users like factories, hospitals, and schools • Anticipates the creation of 7,000 construction jobs • Tries to link natural gas construction with other underground work like water & sewer pipes, underground electricity lines, and fiber optic cables SouRCe: ConneCTiCuT DePARTMenT oF eneRGy & enviRonMenTAL PRoTeCTion Green Tip: Clean or replace filters on heating and cooling systems to maximize efficiency. subject to the day-to-day swings of the secondary market. "We have existing customers that we want to keep their costs as low as possible," Collins said. The concerns over costs don't seem to be slowing down the 10-year plan for more than 280,000 conversions. CNG and Southern convert- ed more than 13,000 customers last year (before new customers had to pay a premium), and Yankee Gas expects to convert 5,200 this year once all the details for the conversion plans are in place. "There is a great deal of interest and as program de- tails are put into place, we expect to be very busy later this year," said Yankee spokesman Mitch Gross. UNION KENT CANAAN GOSHEN MORRIS NORFOLK WINCHESTER PLAIN- VILLE SUFFIELD SEYMOUR ANSONIA RIDGEFIELD DANBURY FAIRFIELD NAUGATUCK DERBY MADISON COLCHESTER CLINTON WEST- BROOK ESSEX ANDOVER STONINGTON BOZRAH COVENTRY ASHFORD EASTFORD POMFRET KILLINGLY BROOKLYN PUTNAM NEW MILFORD SHERMAN WASHINGTON SHARON NORTH CANAAN CORNWALL WARREN LITCHFIELD COLEBROOK TORRINGTON HARWINTON NEW HARTFORD BARKHAMSTED HARTLAND GRANBY CANTON BRIDGE- WATER ROXBURY WOODBURY BETHLEHEM WATERTOWN THOMASTON PLYMOUTH BRISTOL SOUTHINGTON NEW BRITAIN MIDDLETOWN BERLIN MERIDEN MIDDLE- FIELD CROMWELL NEW- INGTON FARMINGTON AVON BURLINGTON WEST HARTFORD BLOOM- FIELD EAST HARTFORD HART- FORD EAST GRANBY WINDSOR LOCKS WOOD- BRIDGE NORTH HAVEN HAMDEN NORTH BRANFORD REDDING BETHEL NEWTOWN MONROE NEW FAIRFIELD BROOK- FIELD SOUTHBURY GREENWICH STAMFORD NEW CANAAN DARIEN WILTON WESTON BRIDGE- PORT EASTON TRUMBULL STRAT- FORD SHELTON MIDDLE- BURY WATERBURY WALLINGFORD CHESHIRE PROSPECT OXFORD MILFORD ORANGE NEW HAVEN WEST- HAVEN EAST HAVEN BRANFORD DURHAM WESTPORT GUILFORD EAST HADDAM MARL- BOROUGH HEBRON OLD SAYBROOK KILLING- WORTH CHESTER DEEP RIVER HADDAM PORTLAND LYME OLD LYME SALEM LEDYARD EAST LYME WATERFORD GROTON LEBANON PRESTON COLUMBIA GLASTONBURY EAST HAMPTON MONTVILLE NORTH STONINGTON VOLUNTOWN NORWICH GRISWOLD LISBON STERLING SCOT- LAND CANTERBURY PLAINFIELD FRANKLIN BOLTON SOMERS ELLINGTON VERNON TOLLAND WOODSTOCK WILLINGTON MANSFIELD CHAPLIN HAMPTON ENFIELD SOUTH WINDSOR EAST WINDSOR WETHERS- FIELD SALISBURY WOLCOTT BEACON FALLS MANCHESTER SIMSBURY WINDSOR ROCKY HILL BETHANY STAFFORD THOMPSON WINDHAM SPRAGUE NEW LONDON NORWALK Danielson Willimantic C o n n e c t i c u t R i v e r H o u s a t o n i c R i v e r T h a m e s R i v e r Yankee Gas Services Company Darker shade indicates location of customers Southern Connecticut Gas Company Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation City of Norwich Department of Public Utilities Natural gas not available Natural gas may not be available in all areas of towns served A natural gas well in the Midwest. The large number of new wells popping up on shale rock formations in places such as Texas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio caused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to create air quality regulations for the wells. The new rules are not expected to have a major impacting on the rising production of domestic natural gas. PHoTo | HBJ FiLe A work crew installs a section of a Yankee Gas pipeline that will carry natural gas from Waterbury and Wallingford. PHoTo | HBJ FiLe