John Hritcko Quotations

Our goal is to do everything practical to make Broadwater the best possible solution to meet this region's growing energy needs. We understand that no major energy project will be embraced by everyone when first introduced, but we are confident that the facts and extensive analysis presented in this filing will demonstrate to all that Broadwater will be safe, reliable, and environmentally sound energy supply source, as well as one with a profound impact on the regional natural gas prices faced by rate payers.

We have also witnessed members of the task force announcing their intentions to do what they can to stop Broadwater, even before the review and analysis by FERC. This has raised continued concerns about the impartiality of the task force, and this forum.

Both meetings were productive. A lot of people came with some good questions. That's the purpose of the meetings: To get face-to-face with officials and ask questions.

They're making the assumption that there's no use of the waterway other than purely recreation. Long Island Sound has a very significant commercial aspect to it and always has. About 4,000 commercial vessels traverse the Sound every year.