Connecticut officials mull utility fines over storm response
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Eversource Failed Us : PURA Imposes Strict Penalties For Tropical Storm Isaias Response
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Originally published on April 19, 2021 10:17 pm
State regulators met Monday to hear directly from utility Eversource about its response to Tropical Storm Isaias. At issue were potential fines for the company due to a storm response that was highly criticized in a draft decision issued by the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) last month.
In the decision, PURA cited what it characterized as multiple failures in Eversource’s response to Isaias, which knocked out power to about half of the utility’s customer base in August last year.
Some of those power restorations took days, with Eversource ultimately estimating about $230 million in storm-related costs.
PURA: Scammers asking CT customers for utility payments via gift card
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Crews work on downed power lines on South Street, at Oakland Heights, in Bethel, Conn, on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Power was out in multiple locations due to a storm that moved through the area overnight.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media
Connecticut authorities are warning utility customers to be on the lookout for scammers posing as representatives for various utility companies and demanding payment through pre-paid gift cards.
In a tweet, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority said the agency “is aware of incidents where scammers are posing as utilities asking customers to pay utility bills via an app, gift card or pre-paid credit card.”