15+ hour, 46+ min ago  (605+ words) Aquarion is asking the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to reject a filing by the state's attorney general and to move forward with its initial decision to approve Aquarion's sale and conversion into a nonprofit entity. Attorney General William Tong and…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (413+ words) HARTFORD, CT " Did the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority miss a half-billion in rate increases? Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Counsel Claire Coleman say it did, and the result would be harmful to ratepayers. "This is a bombshell that blows…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (523+ words) NEW BRITAIN, CT " Water company officials are predicting customers will see benefits of the $2. 4 billion Aquarion Water Co. acquisition by the Regional Water Authority soon, although state officials remain doubtful. "The economics of this deal made zero sense. It's a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (588+ words) HARTFORD, CT " Connecticut regulators have finalized a decision allowing United Illuminating to increase its annual electric distribution revenues by roughly $68 million while eliminating a financial penalty tied to the company's handling of the contaminated English Station site in New Haven,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (507+ words) HARTFORD, CT " State and municipal elected officials made their voices heard Tuesday as the Energy and Technology Committee heard testimony on a bill that supporters say would protect utility ratepayers and preserve regulatory oversight in response to the proposed $2. 4 billion…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (345+ words) Nearly10years after Massachusetts announced plans to buy1. 2gigawatts of carbon-free hydropower from Canada, the clean electrons are finally set to start flowing into thestate. As soon as this Friday, the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line could begin commercial operations. "This is…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (285+ words) Eversource is taking the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to court. In a complaint filed Tuesday in New Britain Superior Court, the parent company of Aquarion Water Co. appealed PURA's rejection last month of a proposed $2. 4 billion sale of the…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (393+ words) NEW BRITAIN, CT " The monthly gas bills of about 250, 000 Yankee Gas customers will be heading up after the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority authorized an $802. 2 million revenue requirement for the company. The company currently is authorized just under $720 million in…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (407+ words) HARTFORD, CT " Elected officials are hailing a decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Wednesday to reject a $2. 4 billion sale of Aquarion Water Co. from Eversource to a newly created quasi-public agency. The plan had been widely opposed by Attorney…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (669+ words) The need for decisive action from utility commissions is becoming more acute'as electricity prices climb'almost everywhere in the country and many states push to meet decarbonization goals. The regulatory status quo just doesn't lend itself to the systemic changes needed…...