Michael O’Connor, who is better known for leading the Millstone Nuclear Power Station for many years, is the new executive director at the Connecticut Port Authority.
The authority is a quasi-public agency that was set up in 2014 with a mission to market and coordinate the development of the state’s ports and maritime industry. Along the way, the authority has struggled through some high-profile issues with its finances, and now is fighting to get its State Pier Project completed in New London at a sum that is more than three times its originally estimated cost.
In that time the agency has had several different people take on the role of executive director, but now it is O'Connor's turn.
–Brian Scott-Smith reporting
