1+ hour, 27+ min ago   (626+ words) Gov. Ned Lamont and his Republican challenger, state Sen. Ryan Fazio of Greenwich, practiced campaign talking points on electric costs Tuesday while seated together at a meeting of the state Bond Commission and then in back-to-back press conferences in the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (427+ words) Avangrid Inc. has named Elin Swanson Katz, Connecticut’s former Consumer Counsel and top utility ratepayer advocate, as its new vice president of energy policy. In her new role, Katz will lead energy policy strategy across Avangrid’s electric and gas utilities…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1055+ words) A proposed merger between two utility giants could have big implications for the future of nuclear power in New England. NextEra Energy, the owner of New Hampshire’s Seabrook Nuclear Power Station, announced plans last month to acquire Dominion Energy, the…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (722+ words) Connecticut Water Co. wants to raise rates 21.4%, and the regulator that will decide whether it can has been almost completely remade since the utility’s last rate case. The Clinton-based utility, which serves more than 108,000 customers across 60 communities, filed its application…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (244+ words) Hartford Business Journal 🔒Eversource, UI parent and PURA move to end lawsuit over Gillett-era practices Eversource, United Illuminating’s parent company and state utility regulators are asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit over the decision-making practices the Public Utilities Regulatory…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (605+ words) Connecticut’s largest power plant would change hands under a merger announced Monday, in which Florida-based NextEra Energy would acquire Dominion Energy, the owner of the Millstone Power Station in Waterford. Millstone is the only operating nuclear plant in Connecticut, and…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (473+ words) Connecticut’s two major electric utilities, Eversource and United Illuminating, announced plans on Friday to lower electric supply rates starting July 1. In a statement, Eversource said that it had filed notice with regulators to drop its standard service rate from 12.64 cents…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (162+ words) Andrew joined the Hartford Business Journal as web editor in May 2022 after working as a reporter at the Republican-American, a daily newspaper in Waterbury, for 13 years. In addition, he completed two summer internships at the Republican-American in college. He has…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (530+ words) Connecticut regulators approved a $450.8 million annual revenue requirement for United Illuminating on Tuesday, a decision that increases the amount proposed in a draft decision six weeks ago, but falls far short of the utility’s request for $105 million in additional revenue....

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (810+ words) Connecticut’s utility regulator gave final approval Wednesday to the $2.4 billion sale of Aquarion Water Co., completing a reversal of its own unanimous denial just four months ago. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approved the change of control in a 3-0 vote, with…...