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The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has ordered a rate decrease for Aquarion Water customers and it is effective immediately. Aquarion Water Company had proposed a $36 million rate increase. PURA rejected the rate increase and ordered the decrease on Wednesday. According to Attorney General William Tong, the requested rate hike would have increased water rates by more than…

One of the state’s largest water companies is planning to raise its rates by over 13% this year. Aquarion Water applied for the rate hike this summer and is now awaiting approval from the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA). PURA still needs to complete its review and decide on the proposal. The plan, though, is facing pushback from...

Aquarion Water Company has submitted a proposal to the state to raise rates for customers 13% this year.

A proposal by the Aquarion Water Company aims to gradually increase costs for consumers, reaching up to a 27% increase. The water company filed a notice with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) indicating their intent to seek a rate increase. In a statement, the company said it’s been nine and a half years since its last rate review and…

State regulators are calling for an end to a program funded with ratepayer money that offers incentives to switch to natural gas. Shannon Laun, of the Conservation Law Foundation, spoke with NBC Connecticut about the impact.