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OP-ED | State Officials Should Encourage UI Employees to Speak Up, Even When...
A Trustee with the Utility Workers Union of America speaks up in favor of United Illuminating's rate hike request.
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UI Appeals PURA’s Rate Decision in Court, Warning of Dire Financial Consequences
United Illuminating is turning to the courts following the August decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, whose commissioners unanimously rejected UI’s proposed distribution rate...
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Office of Consumer Counsel Steps In to Defend PURA’s Rejection of UI’s Rate Hike
The Office of Consumer Counsel is intervening in the lawsuit United Illuminating filed last month claiming the rate request regulators rejected will force it to operate at a loss. The Public Utility...
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Battle over United Illuminating’s Rates Continues
In addition to its appeal in Superior Court, United Illuminating filed a report this week with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority alleging that its August decision to reject the company’s rate...
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Customers May Pay Less For Heating Than Last Winter, Utilities Say
While both United Illuminating and Eversource have announced their standard service supply rate filings – which they both say will mean lower electricity bills over what customers paid over the same...
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PURA Sets New Electric Supply Rates
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority this week approved electricity supply rates that, while they are more than what customers are currently paying, reflect a decrease from last winter.
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Attorney General Files Opposition to UI’s Request for Rate Increase
Attorney General William Tong had some strong words for United Illuminating as his office this week filed a response in opposition to the company’s recent request for an interim rate increase, arguing...
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OP-ED | Why UI’s Interim Rate Request Is Essential To Providing The Service...
Guest opinion columnist Ted Novicki, Director of Regulatory Affairs for Avangrid’s Connecticut companies, says United Illuminating's excellent reliability record did not occur spontaneously or by...
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PURA Declines UI’s Request For $14 Million Interim Rate Relief
Calling it nothing more than a “collateral attack,” the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has declined to open United Illuminating’s request for $14 million in interim rate relief.
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United Illuminating Fires Back At Attorney General
United Illuminating on Wednesday fired back at Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, calling his office’s filing of an enforcement action an attempt to change an existing agreement the utility had...
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Office of Education, Outreach and Enforcement Helps Utility Customers Where...
The public-facing arm of the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) handled 16,000 utility customer complaints and inquiries in 2023. While both PURA and its Office of Education Outreach...
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Eversource, UI Request Rate Increases; PURA Says Proposals Will Be Scrutinized
While Everource and United Illuminating (UI) have both filed for rate increases with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, state officials are stressing that the filings are just the first step in...
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Connecticut Will Tap Clean Energy Technology To Find Emission-Cutting...
Connecticut regulators have approved the first round of pilot projects in a new program aimed at accelerating innovation across the electric grid. Seven tech companies have received the go-ahead to...
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With Utility Shutoffs Returning May 2, State’s Consumer Counsel Warns...
As utility service shutoffs for non-payment will start again on May 2, the state’s Consumer Counsel is warning residents about a possible scam targeting utility customers whose bills are overdue.
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Utility Rate Increase Approval By PURA Raises Alarm in State Legislature
The decision by the Public Utility Regulatory Authority to approve rate increases for Eversource and United Illuminating elicited a strong reaction from the state Capitol Friday.
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