State Representative Steve Stafstrom

The fight is far from over!

Steve Stafstrom, a vocal critic of the overhead transmission line plan, called the appeal a “mind-boggling” waste of the company’s time and resources when it should instead be trying to negotiate a path forward. “The bottom line is we believe the Siting Council inevitably got it right, that UI’s proposal is wrong for Bridgeport, it’s wrong for Fairfield and wrong for the state of Connecticut as a whole,” Stafstrom said. He said the utility should be “doing what it should have done all along — get in the room with the relevant stakeholders and come to a reasonable plan with the affected communities that UI serves.”

UI appeals rejection of power line project in Bridgeport, Fairfield The utility is targeting the months-long roller coaster process the Siting Council conducted in reviewing its power line upgrade in Fairfield and Bridgeport.