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Tropical Storm Isaias knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Connecticut and caused millions of dollars in property damage. But for one neighborhood, the real damage happened when the lights came back on, and those homeowners say they have been left footing a chunk of the bill. The list of appliances residents say were damaged by a… Eversource Nov 6, 2020
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Friday approved an electricity rate increase for Eversource and United Illuminating. The new rates will go into effect from Jan. 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021. For Eversource, the new rate will amount to around an increase of $7.11 per month on the supply portion of the bill for a customer who averages around 700…
Connecticut reached an agreement with United Illuminating to provide rebates to the electric utility’s customers as part of the state’s COVID-19 relief.
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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.