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Connecticut regulators propose a maximum penalty of $30 million against Eversource for Tropical Storm Isaias failures Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant © Kassi Jackson/The Hartford Courant A large tree was uprooted and fell onto Ray and Monica Lamoureuxs two car garage and was being disassembled and removed by crews Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, in West Hartford as cleanup efforts continue after Tropical Storm Isaias impact earlier in the week. Connecticut regulators on Thursday propo...

Connecticut Officials Mull Utility Fines Over Storm Response Connecticut regulators have criticized the state’s two largest electricity distributors and said they are considering fines over what they called the companies’ failures in their preparation and response last August to Tropical Storm Isaias, which left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the dark for days. Isaias knocked down scores of trees and utility wires, causing more than 740,000 outages at its peak and a total ...

Arborist Tom Higgins works to take down a tree at American Legion Post 27 in Litchfield in 2020. Republican-American archives HARTFORD – Connecticut regulators on Wednesday criticized the state’s two largest electricity distributors and said they are considering fines over what they called the companies’ failures in their preparation and response last August to Tropical Storm Isaias, which left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the dark for days. Isaias knocked down scores ...

Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public State regulators on Wednesday issued a final decision highly critical of how utility Eversource responded to Tropical Storm Isaias. The decision will reduce Eversource’s allowable profits from state ratepayers and could also pave the way for monetary fines announced as early as next week. Isaias hit Connecticut last August and cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers with some restorations taking more than a week.  The three-member Public Util...

Tornado warning ends in Litchfield County, more than 4,700 without power in CT FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 A file photo of a United Illuminating crew working on utility poles in 2016.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 A file photo of an Eversource Energy crew working in 2019.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of3 A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for most of western Connecticut Wednesday afternoon, as a cold front pushed a line ...

Tornado warning ends in Litchfield County, more than 3,600 without power in CT FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 A file photo of a United Illuminating crew working on utility poles in 2016.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for most of western Connecticut Wednesday afternoon, as a cold front pushed a line of storms and rain through the state. A tornado warning was briefly issued for part of Litchfield County shortly before 3 p.m., ...

Tornado warning ends in Litchfield County, more than 4,700 without power in CT FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 A file photo of a United Illuminating crew working on utility poles in 2016.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 A file photo of an Eversource Energy crew working in 2019.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of3 A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for most of western Connecticut Wednesday afternoon, as a cold front pushed a line ...

CT officials, United Illuminating reach agreement to reduce and stabilize customer electric bills FacebookTwitterEmail A sign in front of the United Illuminating Operations Center on Marsh Hill Rd. in Orange photographed on August 10, 2020.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media State officials have struck a deal with The United Illuminating Co. for a $46.5 million COVID-19 relief bill credit from the Orange-based company, a move that Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong...

Eversource warns of scammers targeting utility customers FacebookTwitterEmail An Eversource Energy truck parked across from the Prospect Street electrical substation in Greenwich, Conn., Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. On Tuesday, more than 10,000 Greenwich residents sustained a loss of electricity for nearly two hours according to Eversource Energy.Bob Luckey Jr. / Hearst Connecticut Media Kim Masse of Northeast Garage Door Systems is used to getting telephone scammers calling her Plainville busines...

Demand for natural gas service in CT continues despite pandemic FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedInRedditPinterest Photo: Contributed photo Efforts to expand natural gas service to more Connecticut residents in 2020 were slowed by the coronavirus pandemic, but are still ongoing, according to officials with the state’s three largest utilities that provide the fuel. The effort to expand natural gas service was launched in 2014 at a time when natural gas prices were at historic lows. Those prices have ...