[5] By May 2019, this proposal grew into a $93 million partnership between the Connecticut Port Authority and Bay State Wind, a joint venture between Eversource and Ørsted.

[10] In May 2022, David Kooris, the Chairman of the Connecticut Port Authority since 2019, testified that his predecessors knew the initial $93 million cost of the partnership was unrealistic.

[13] The Connecticut Port Authority has faced substantial criticism in regards to its State Pier project in New London, due to numerous cost escalations and delays.

[7] In July 2021, a Republican official in the Connecticut House of Representatives criticized the project's high costs and "lack of transparency on the part of the Port Authority".

[9] An audit in late 2019 found that the Connecticut Port Authority spent thousands of dollars in previous fiscal years on expensive meals and liquor, incurred excessive legal fees and generally acted without clear policies governing purchases, personnel matters and ethics.

[12] Later, Seabury Capital was fined $10,000 for improper gifts to Connecticut Port Authority employees, and a board member, including National Hockey League tickets, and overnight stays at a club in the affluent town of Greenwich.