The Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) partnered with Current powered by GE, SunLight Solar Energy and CT Green Bank to install solar energy systems at three campuses in order to reduce energy consumption and decrease operating expenses. Construction began in 2017 at Manchester and Middlesex Community Colleges as well as Southern CT State University with the goal of extending to other campuses including Central, Housatonic, Asnuntuck, Quinebaug, Tunxis and Western by 2019. The solar energy initiative is funded entirely with private capital sourced by Connecticut Green Bank and once fully implemented is estimated to save CSCU more than US$10 million within the first 20 years.