康涅狄格州的州长米歇尔,否决了以降低电力成本、促进可再生能源为主题的493法案，这个法规在本月初已经被国家众议院和参议院批准。
该法案包含了一些关于太阳能的条款，包括开始着手取代康涅狄格州清洁能源基金的已无效的商业太阳能装置的回扣计划。
米歇尔十分担心此项措施会提高消费者花销的费用，而不是像法案中说的那样，减少花销，虽然她赞成为太阳能光伏发电技术立法—包括可再生能源激励方案的改进，但是她并不认为，493法案是国家纳税人的最佳选择。她认为，此次立法过程的透明度和公众参与度都不够，才会导致该法案通过。
Gov. M. Jodi Rell, R-Conn., has vetoed Bill 493, titled An Act Reducing Electricity Costs and Promoting Renewable Energy. The legislation had been approved by both the state House and the state Senate earlier this month .
The bill contained several provisions for solar energy, including instituting a program to replace the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund's defunct rebate program for commercial solar installations. Environment Connecticut had projected that this move alone would create 300 MW of solar deployed statewide. In addition, the Public Utilities Control Authority would have been renamed the Connecticut Energy and Technology Authority and would have been tasked with promoting the use of renewable energy.
However, Rell expressed "deep concerns that the measure would raise utility rates for consumers - not reduce them, as bill sponsors claim." Although she praised certain components of the legislation - including enhancements to current renewable energy incentive programs, primarily in solar photovoltaic technology - she concluded that Bill 493 "is not in the best interests of the ratepayers or taxpayers of our state."
Rell additionally noted that she was "deeply troubled by the lack of transparency and critical public input leading up to the passage of the bill, crafted in the final days of the legislative session."
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