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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.
Eversource makes second attempt for rate increase after initial request suspended last summer
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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
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Four weeks after Tropical Storm Isaias devastated the Connecticut grid, a dead tree lies on power lines under blue skies and light breezes, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.Alexander SouleShow MoreShow Less
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Betty Perrone speaks with Eversource Executive Vice President Joseph Nolan while carrying her chainsaw in front of her home on Damascus Road in Branford on August 28, 2020 while Governor Ned Lamont viewed storm damage from tropical storm Isaias blocking the road and knocking down power lines.Arnold Gold / 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.
Hungary s second renewables auction concludes with lowest bid of $0.0549/kWh
The auction has been significantly oversubscribed and has seen 36 successful projects among 257 submitted. Around 390 GWh of power was contracted and will be provided exclusively by PV projects. The Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (HEPURA) has published the list of the 36 renewable energy projects that were successful in the country s second technology-neutral renewable energy auction, that was launched in October. Despite being open to several power generation technologies, 256 of the 257 projects that competed in the procurement exercise were relying on the PV source .
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