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State officials have reached a rate agreement with UI and issued a challenge to Eversource. (Chris Dehnel/Patch)
HARTFORD, CT Gov. Ned Lamont and state Attorney General William Tong Wednesday announced that the State of Connecticut has reached an agreement with United Illuminating to offer a $46.5 million COVID relief bill credit to decrease and stabilize electric rates into 2023.
Additionally, UI has committed to not change base distribution rates until at least May 2023 to provide further certainty for its customers, they said.
The agreement is subject to review and approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
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On the heels of the announcement, the state s top legal administrator challenged the state s other major electric utility Eversource Energy to follow suit. Eversourse earlier this month submitted a plan for for a rate increase.
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Total lack of empathy : Complaints detail toll of CT power outages after Tropical Storm Isaias
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Andrea Ollivierre inspects damage to her vehicle after a tree fell onto it during tropical storm Isaias on Thomas Street in West Haven, Conn., on Tuesday Aug. 4, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
A quadriplegic cancer survivor was left without power as the town s first selectwoman tried in vain to get the Eversource power company to prioritize the resident s case.
In another town, 200 roads were blocked for a week, putting scores of residents in danger of being closed off from emergency medical and law enforcement personnel.
Total lack of empathy : Complaints detail toll of CT power outages after Tropical Storm Isaias
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Andrea Ollivierre inspects damage to her vehicle after a tree fell onto it during tropical storm Isaias on Thomas Street in West Haven, Conn., on Tuesday Aug. 4, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Tree and wires down on Route 37 in New Fairfield following Tropical Storm Isaias.Contributed photo / Maria Evans, New Fairfield Emergency Management directorShow MoreShow Less
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Crews examine downed trees and power lines knocked down during Tropical Storm Isaias on Deep Valley Road in North Stamford, Conn. Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. While power had been restored to most Stamford residents since the storm hit Tuesday Aug. 4, a small number still remained without power.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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But the providers of that service are also watching with concern as Connecticut’s state government ramps up efforts to seek greater control over their plans, policies and checkbooks.
“It s critically clear in the 21st century the importance of having access to reliable internet,” state Budget Chief Melissa McCaw said during a recent briefing on the proposed state budget. “This is also about economic opportunity to the extent to which more remote work is done. There are sectors of our population that don t have access to those types of jobs without closing the broadband divide.”
Central to the issue is the state’s persistent digital divide, the difficulty that a portion of the community has in getting online. Gov. Ned Lamont’s office estimates that 23% of Connecticut’s population can’t access reliable internet, either because they lack service, skills or the right devices. Lamont’s focus for 2021 is building out the broadband infrastructure.
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