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High winds leave more than 1,500 without power FacebookTwitterEmail Several towns across Connecticut are experiencing power outages due to high winds that blew between Friday night and Saturday morning. Among the hardest-hit towns were Harwinton with about 298 outages, Middletown with 290, Newtown with 187 and Litchfield with 185. Woodstock and Weston have also reported over 100 outages as of 7:43 a.m. Saturday morning and there are other, smaller clusters of outages scattered around the state....

The $200 million remake of State Pier is not required for Connecticut to obtain renewable energy from offshore wind farms.

Skip to main content Currently Reading Blocked roads, a police station without power and a lost dog: Four Danbury area towns take aim at Eversources storm response FacebookTwitterEmail The Fung family, John and Rebecca with Aviva, 9, left; Adina, 6, and Aaron, 12, lost their dog Buddy, who was electrocuted by a downed power line after Tropical Storm Isaias.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media John and Rebecca Fung headed to the basement of their Newtown home with their three children ...

United Illuminating has struck a deal with Connecticut, agreeing to use accumulated savings from tax cuts and shareholder money to avoid a looming rate increase, the utility and state officials said Wednesday. Pat McDonnell, vice president for regulatory affairs, said UI saw the possibility of higher rates May 1 and “wanted to find some ways to avoid that if we could.” The utility, which ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut reached an agreement with United Illuminating to...

You probably looked at your last electric bill and starting shaking your head, well the utility company wants to charge you even more, and has petitioned for another rate increase.

Power outages caused by Monday night’s windstorm were scattered broadly across Franklin County, rather than clustered in particular areas, according to representatives from Eversource and National Grid. Although most outages were expected to be...

Thousands of Granite Staters were still without power Wednesday morning as crews continue to clean up downed trees and lines from strong winds.Winds have calmed, but gusts topping 50 mph for several hours Tuesday caused a significant amount of damage. View the latest outage numbers in these maps:Eversource Liberty Utilities New Hampshire Electric Co-op Unitil Downed lines were reported throughout the state. At the peak, tens of thousands of customers were without electricity. >> Weather al...

Matt Young / AP Energy companies Eversource and Orsted have reached a multi-million dollar multi-year host city agreement with New London, Connecticut, over the use of State Pier for future offshore wind projects. New London Mayor Mike Passero said despite the Connecticut Port Authoritys involvement in the project and their continued dysfunction, he doesn’t believe the deal was struck to take the media spotlight off them. “We were at a crucial point in that process so if anything was d...

Eversource makes second attempt for rate increase after initial request suspended last summer FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A Westport Police Officer stands at an Eversource truck as crews clear a fallen tree on Bridge St. that closed the road and the William F. Cribari Bridge over the Saugatuck River on Thursday March 8. 2018 in Westport Conn.Alex von Kleydorff / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Four weeks after Tropical Storm Isaias devastated the Connecticut grid, a dead tree lies...