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Face the Facts: How Legislators Plan to Tackle Rising Electricity Costs
Sen. Norm Needleman (D- Essex), co-chair of the Energy and Technology Committee, discusses how the legislature will tackle rising electricity costs.
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Biden Admin Unveils $13.5 Billion in Funding to Help Americans Lower Energy Costs
The Biden administration said Wednesday it is making $4.5 billion available through a low-income home energy assistance program to help with heating costs heading into what is expected to be a brutal winter.
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Keeping Electric Bills Low When the Temperature Is High
Heat waves can make you sweat for a number of reasons, including how they can impact your electric bill.
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Power Restored to Over 1 Million After Massive Blackout in Puerto Rico
The majority of power customers in Puerto Rico who were left in the dark earlier this week following a massive blackout that affected over a million residents had their electricity restored on Saturday.
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Grid Operator Warns of Winter Power Outages
If New England has a prolonged cold snap this winter, the operator of the electric grid warned they may have to shut off the power to homes and businesses. “NOAA is predicting better than average temperatures so things are looking good for this winter, if it’s a mild season we should be fine,” ISO New England President and CEO...
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Electricity Rates Going Up In January
It’s been a little over a week since the state announced that Eversource customers would be getting money back for the slow response to Isaias. However, electric heating costs will go up this January anyway. “It is a complicated mess talking about regulation,” Gov. Ned Lamont says. The state has control over only a part of electricity rates. “There’s...
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Home Heating Costs Predicted to Spike this Winter
“I’ve fallen behind. I can’t keep up,” said Wanda Flores, inside her Beacon Street home in Hartford. Flores, who has been in a wheelchair for decades because of a rare genetic disease, owes Eversource $1,194 for electricity, a bill that she’s been struggling to catch up on since May. “I’ve never had a bill this high in my entire life,”...
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Puerto Rico Is on the Brink of a Power Supply Crisis
Puerto Rico residents will see another increase in their electricity bill, even though they already pay twice as much as mainland U.S. customers for unreliable service.