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www.CtGreenGuide.com Summer 2014 • Connecticut Green Guide 17 INDUSTRY INSIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT FINANCE PROJECT SITING & PERMITTING ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MURTHA CULLINA LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW MURTHALAW.COM CONTACT Paul R. McCary pmccary@murthalaw.com Paul R. Michaud pmichaud@murthalaw.com Mark R. Sussman msussman@murthalaw.com David J. McQuade* dmcquade@murthalaw.com GREEN PRACTICES BOSTON HARTFORD MADISON NEW HAVEN STAMFORD WOBURN * Not at attorney. Subscribe — You'll find it in print • Need to grow your busiNess? • research your competitioN? • FiNd hartFord's latest busiNess News aNd ecoNomic treNds? To subscribe call 845-267-3008 or go to www.HartfordBusiness.com Subscribe today and get access to the information that Central Connecticut business people and decision makers use every day. it's in print For more B2B news visit April 21, 2014 Volume 22, Number 22 $3.00 Subscribe online June 5, 2014 Only 7 weeks until C T B E x p o . c o m G r e at e r H a r t f o r d ' s B u s i n e s s n e w s w w w. H a r t f o rd B u s i n e s s . c o m Index ■ Reporter's Notebook: PG. 5 ■ Week in Review: PG. 6 ■ The List: Electric Suppliers PG. 10 ■ Deal Watch: PG. 12 ■ Nonprofit Notebook: PG. 17 ■ Opinion & Commentary: PG. 20 Filling an urgent need Two local business executives are preparing to open their second urgent care center in West Hartford. Read about how they represent a rare breed in a growing industry. PG. 14 Focus: EnErGy Sunny times CT's energy programs spur solar industry growth. PG. 8 State's subsidized housing preps for $700M facelift By Gregory Seay gseay@HartfordBusiness.com C onnecticut landlords and their neediest, frailest resi- dents are preparing for the biggest overhaul of the state's sponsored-housing portfolio ever which, when taxpayers' financial contribution is lever- aged, will approach $700 million. With a freshly prepared capital- spending blueprint in hand, staff from the state Department of Hous- ing and the quasi-public Connecti- cut Housing Financing Authority (CHFA) will begin meeting in com- ing weeks with dozens of public housing authorities and private landlords statewide, officials say. They will explain, authorities say, how and where the state will begin allocating proceeds from its initial batch of issued bonds, the sale of housing tax credits and its offering of technical expertise, starting with the neediest opera- tors and their properties. When completed early next decade, state finance and hous- ing policymakers say, Connecti- cut's inventory of subsidized dwellings will be vastly differ- ent than it is now: All or parts of Continued on page 13 State Housing Department Commissioner Evonne Klein, her deputy, Nick Lundgren, and staff will have their hands full with the makeover of hundreds of dwellings. P h o t o | P a b l o R o b l e s CT poised to lift three-year ban on wind turbines By Brad Kane bkane@HartfordBusiness.com K ey legislative leaders and energy officials have reached a tenta- tive agreement to lift the state's three-year ban on wind turbine development, just in time for a northeast Connecticut project to move forward. And the Kumbaya moment probably will fall on Earth Day. The ban likely will be lifted Tuesday, as the General Assem- bly's Regulation Review Committee is poised to approve wind turbine development regulations that have been at the heart of the three-year moratorium since 2011, according to the commit- tee's leadership. "I don't think [the regulations] will have a problem this time Continued on page 14 t u R b i n e i l l u s t R a t i o n | h e l i o s h a m m e R , V e c t o R s t o c k . c o m Multi-million dollar makeover The region's largest shopping center is undergoing its first significant renovations in years. Read about Westfarms Mall's new look and its future strategy in attracting consumers and top retailers. PG. 3 S p r i n g 2 0 1 4 Keeping it Burning Connecticut tries to keep trash-to-energy viable as industry faces crisis the Cost Burden of natural gas GREEN WARRIOR the $20M Woman ECOmpANy Bridgeport's Santa GreenGuide C o n n e C t i C u t A s u p p l e m e n t o f