House Republican leader Larry Cafero strongly criticized the so-called "Millstone tax'' that the legislature's energy committee approved that would directly impact operators of the nuclear plants.
Lawmakers are debating the next move on the proposed tax, which would amount to about $330 million for the owners of the two Millstone nuclear reactors along Long Island Sound in Waterford.
Cafero predicted that the bill would fail from inaction and would face a veto if the bill reaches Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's desk.
"I think it's going to die,'' Cafero told The Hartford Courant's editorial board Wednesday. "He isn't going to sign that.''
Cafero charged that the legislature's Democratic-controlled energy committee, which passed the tax on a 12 to 9 vote last month, is guilty of "dysfunctionality.''