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Governor Ned Lamont on Wednesday signed a bill aimed at holding state utility companies in the state accountable.

The Connecticut Senate passed a bill Thursday aimed at creating a performance-based system for utilities that would hold the companies accountable, determine rates, and help protect customers during long-term outages. The House of Representatives passed the bipartisan proposal late Wednesday on a 136-4 vote. It was one of nearly a dozen disparate bills, including legislation to give local election officials…

Connecticut lawmakers have passed a bill aimed at creating a performance-based system for utilities that would hold the companies accountable, determine rates, and help protect customers during long-term outages.

The Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would require regulators to create a performance-based system tied to penalties and rate increases to hold Connecticut’s utility companies accountable. Part of the bill requires electric companies to compensate customers if power remains out after a certain amount of time. While the name is never said in the bill,...

The Connecticut House of Representatives has passed a bill targeting changes in regulating utility companies, including plans to require compensation for ratepayers left without power for days.

The public got a chance to air their grievances Thursday before the state regulators who oversee public utilities in Connecticut.

The legislature’s Energy and Technology Committee heard testimony Tuesday about proposed legislation that would compensate ratepayers for almost every day they spent without power this summer following Tropical Storm Isaias. The legislation would also change how regulators look at setting rates.  “This bill reflects a lot of the urgent challenges ratepayers have been experiencing over the last few months...

The state legislature is discussing getting residents reimbursements for power outages, whether in the past for moving forward.

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.

Five utility companies were on the agenda to speak before the Energy and Technology Committee Thursday, but most of the attention was on Eversource, which provides power for most of Connecticut and accounted for a majority of the outages after Tropical Storm Isaias earlier this month. “I have heard so comments critical of Eversource and that the company is in…

After hundreds of thousands in the state lost power, now Eversource’s response to Tropical Storm Isaias, as well as rate hikes back in July, will be part of the focus of a legislative forum on Thursday. “We really want the ratepayers to understand what they’re getting and what they’re paying for,” said Sen. Norm Needleman, D – Deputy President...

Eversource’s response to Tropical Storm Isaias, as well as rate hikes back in July, will be part of the focus of a legislative forum on Thursday.

With the potential for damaging winds from a strong line of storms on Thursday, some are rushing to try and get tree damage left behind by Isaias cleaned up.

The power has gone back on, but some Connecticut residents have been lacking confidence in the electric utilities serving most of the state. This, after a tropical storm caused outages lasting a week or more in some cases, right after sizeable rate hikes went into effect. For Marsha and Jerry Tomlinson of Bristol, losing electricity is no laughing matter due…

Connecticut regulators heard calls Monday to break up the state’s largest electric utility in the wake of large rate increases and lengthy delays in restoring power following Tropical Storm Isaias. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority held what was expected to be a day-long hearing by videoconference on Eversource rate hikes that went into effect on July 1, which led to the...

Eversource is answering to customers and state regulators after recent rate hikes paired with a highly criticized response to Tropical Storm Isaias have caused outrage across the state.

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.

Regulators will hold a hearing today on utility rate increases for Eversource customers.

The power has gone back on, but some Connecticut residents have been lacking confidence in the electric utilities serving most of the state.