Ned Lamont waded into the dispute over the transmission line by writing a letter to the Siting Council, asking it to postpone a final vote that had been scheduled for Thursday. Lamont’s office released a statement following the vote thanking the Siting Council for agreeing to a delay. Likewise, local officials from the two towns impacted by the proposed transmission line expressed relief at the delay. Earlier this month, the council held a non-biding straw poll in which a majority of council members voted to support the project. As a result, the original plan went back before the members of the Siting Council for reconsideration.