Nearly 40 percent of Connecticut households can’t afford to pay their energy bills this winter as aid from the federal government shrinks, according to a new report from a nonprofit advocacy group.

Operation Fuel also said these households will face, on average, $2,363 in bills they won’t be able to pay this winter.

“Many Connecticut families are being forced to choose between paying their energy expenses or paying for food and other basic necessities,” Patricia Wrice, Operation Fuel’s executive director, said Thursday during a news conference in the Legislative Office Building.

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