Officials: Raiding carbon funds will increase power costs

… In a statement, the Acadia Center called the proposed raid shortsighted. “The raid would disadvantage consumers, increase pollution, undermine the state’s leadership on climate, and further erode confidence in the predictability of policy making,” said Jamie Howland, director of Acadia’s Climate and Energy Analysis Center.”It puts at risk Connecticut’s hard-earned credibility as a founding participant in the nation’s first carbon emissions trading program…”