Connecticut Water solar projects generate more than 1 million kilowatt hours in 2025, reducing costs for customers
Company continues efforts for the benefit of customers and the environment.
CLINTON, Conn., April 20, 2026 — Connecticut Water reached a milestone in 2025, generating more than 1.03 million kilowatt hours of energy through seven solar installations at company facilities. Generating power through solar highlights the company’s commitment to protecting the environment and protecting our customers from unpredictable increases in electricity pricing.
Treating and delivering high-quality drinking water takes a lot of energy. Increases in energy prices creates a ripple effect on consumers – in addition to their own power bills increases, they also see increased costs for many goods and services, including energy intensive industries like water treatment and distribution. By generating electricity with solar panels, Connecticut Water protects customers from unpredictable increases in electricity pricing. Connecticut Water installed seven solar projects at company facilities over the past five years, which now save the company, and our customers, about $119,000 each year in electricity costs.
“Solar projects just make sense. They’re good for our customers, for the environment and for our business,” Connecticut Water President Craig Patla said. “Affordability is often on peoples’ minds. At Connecticut Water, we’re committed to doing our best to hold utility costs down while ensuring customers still get what they need - high-quality, reliable water service. Solar projects are part of that commitment.”
Connecticut Water, alongside our partners at Ellington-based Earthlight Technologies, installed two additional solar projects in the last year – one at the Phillip B. Hopkins Treatment Facility in Killingly and additional panels at the William C. Stewart Treatment Facility in Naugatuck. The Hopkins project went into service last fall, pushing the annual total kilowatt hours past the 1 million mark for the year despite only being operational for the final 3 months of 2025.
Connecticut Water previously installed solar arrays at our Rockville Drinking Water Treatment Facility, Farmington Work Center, Clinton Work Center and a facility in Colchester. In the future, the company plans to keep looking for opportunities for adding solar generation.
Customers and the environment begin seeing benefits from solar generation right away because the company no longer pays the rates charged by the local electric utility. The company’s solar generation also reduces more than 450,000 kilograms of greenhouse gases emitted into the environment each year, according to an EPA estimation calculator.
