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Lawmakers are working on legislation in response to skyrocketing electric bills and some people losing power for up to a week following Tropical Storm Isaias.

State regulators held an hours-long hearing on Monday to look into recent Eversource rate hikes and heard testimony from some calling to break up the utility giant.

The body that regulates Connecticut’s utility companies is opening an investigation into an alleged failure to anticipate and respond to Tropical Storm Isaias. Connecticut woke up almost two days after the tropical storm with more than 600,000 customers without power. As of Thursday evening, a significant chunk of our state still in the dark. Leaders in Vernon and surrounding east…

Local and state leaders have questioned the run up to this storm and the utility company’s preparation before Isaias

Eversource customers have been sounding the alarm all week about a substantial increase in their electricity bills. Those types of complaints are not uncommon and are not new. Anger over the cost of operating gas-fired street lamps caused Wallingford to start their own electric division more than a century ago. “It’s what’s called public power and that’s who we’re...

Anger over the cost of operating gas-fired street lamps caused Wallingford to start their own electric division more than a century ago.

: Many Eversource customers, and even some lawmakers, want answers on why there has been a sudden increase in their electricity bills this summer.

We are hearing from thousands of people concerned about their recent electric bill from Eversource. Some are reporting it’s the most they’ve ever been charged. So what’s behind the spike? The company says a scorching summer is one of the main reasons people are paying more for electricity. They say it’s largely being driven by people using more electricity...

Eversource explains why electric rates could be higher than normal.

With many people working and learning from home, things like our computers, chargers, lights that are typically off while you’re not at home are now sucking up way more energy than normal. But there are a few things you can do to keep your bills down and save energy. “We’re being very conscious about turning off lights when we...

At least 33 people are dead and dozen dozen more are wounded after a string of tornadoes tore a path from the Deep South to the East Coast on Easter Sunday. The devastation stretches across multiple states, where homes and business were left in ruins. Mississippi was especially hard hit, with damage reported across nearly the entire state.

After a deadly storm system raged across much of the country Sunday and Monday, killing at least 33 people and battering homes and power lines, more than 500,000 people across the South and East coasts are still without electricity, NBC News reports.

The same storm that produced deadly tornadoes across the southeast United States delivers damaging wind to New England on Monday – but just how bad will it be, and what does it mean for our new, COVID-19, #StayAtHome lives? The expected rain all day, although making for slippery roads, has a much lesser impact than it might if New Englanders…

Pacific Gas & Electric began restoring power Thursday to some of the 120,000 people it intentionally blacked out to ease the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

PG&E continues to downsize the scope of its latest round of proactive power shutoffs as weather conditions improved Wednesday.

Foodshare kicked off its 20th annual Turkey Tuesday food drive in Hartford on Tuesday.

Italy’s government declared a state of emergency Thursday in flood-ravaged Venice, seeking to release funds to repair the historic lagoon city after it was damaged by the highest tide in 50 years. A cabinet meeting approved a special decree that included 20 million euros ($21.7 million) in immediate financial aid aimed at helping the city recover. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte...

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has inspired millions across the world to stage protests urging leaders to better tackle global warming, has declined an environmental prize, saying “the climate movement does not need any more prizes.” Two fellow climate activists spoke on Thunberg’s behalf at an award ceremony Tuesday in Stockholm for the regional inter-parliamentary Nordic Council’s prizes, reading...

California’s governor declared a statewide emergency with nearly 200,000 people ordered to flee their homes because of wildfires fueled by historic winds, while millions were without electricity after the largest utility cut power in some areas as a precaution to prevent other fires. Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement that officials are deploying “every resource available” to respond to...