Connecticut’s consumer-friendly energy marketplace is threatened by pending legislation that, if approved, would eliminate existing variable-rate contracts consumers have with their energy providers.
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United Illuminating to hold storm preparation discussion at headquarters in Orange on June 18
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jun 01, 2021, 9:07am EDT
United Illuminating will hold a discussion about what it has done to improve its readiness and response after recent storms in Connecticut.
The discussion was supposed to be held today at 1 p.m. at UI Headquarters but was postponed until June 18.
Many in the state were left without power for more than a week following Tropical Storm Isaias last year.
UI and Eversource were immediately under fire for their response to the storm.
Gov. Ned Lamont had requested an investigation soon after.
By Zachary Vasile
When the Hartford Business Journal asked Connecticut manufacturers, regulators and researchers about the viability of large-scale energy storage devices, or batteries, in 2017, they agreed that while the technology would one day be useful or even transformative, numerous obstacles, including cost, were making widespread adoption impractical.
Four years later, however, the view among industry insiders is much different, with many noting that batteries are, and have been, “ready for prime time,” in the words of Melissa P. Gillett, chairperson of the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
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Melissa P. Gillett
PURA last year issued a straw proposal laying out what regulators would hope to achieve through the adoption of energy storage systems, including hardening the grid against disasters like Tropical Storm Isaias, which left around 800,000 customers without power, some for more than a week.