UNITED ILLUMINATING

Sen. Norm Needleman (D- Essex), co-chair of the Energy and Technology Committee, discusses how the legislature will tackle rising electricity costs.

Gov. Ned Lamont has announced a new plan to help customers amid historically high electric prices.

Eversource and United Illuminating filed rate hike requests that would raise customers’ electric bills by nearly 50% each month beginning in January.

Eversource and United Illuminating Thursday filed rate hike requests that would raise customers’ electric bills by nearly 50% each month beginning in January.

United Illuminating expects to increase the rate of supply costs by more than double, according to the Office of Consumer Counsel. That, in turn, would cause customers’ bills to go up roughly 50%. Right now, the fixed standard service rate for residents is $0.1062 kWh. With the proposed increase, that number will go up to 0.2149 kWh, which is about…

A scramble is on to prevent controlled power outages this winter.

A scramble is on to prevent controlled power outages this winter. It comes amid worries it might be tough to ship enough natural gas to New England to keep all the lights on if the region gets hit with a frigid blast. “We obviously are facing unprecedented energy challenges globally,” said Joseph R. Nolan, Jr., Eversource Energy president and CEO….

There were thousands of power outages as a powerful storm moved through Connecticut, bringing snow, sleet, and strong winds to different parts of the state. Southeastern Connecticut saw gusts above 60 miles per hour overnight. United Illuminating was reporting 10,087 power outages as of 6:40 a.m., but there were around 150 as of 1:45 p.m. Eversource was reporting more than…

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...

A nor’easter that moved into Connecticut Tuesday and Wednesday knocked out power to thousands of customers statewide.

Power was out and branches were down in Meriden after the October nor-easter.

There are around 6,000 power outages across Connecticut due to an October nor’easter. Eversource is reporting around 5,600 power outages as of 3 p.m. See the full list here. Officials from Eversource said crews have been working shifts all night and have restored power to thousands of customers.    United Illuminating is reporting around 350 outages. See the full list…

A strong Nor’easter that brought heavy rain to Connecticut on Tuesday is bringing strong winds to the state this morning.

Eversource officials say while Tropical Storm Henri was less damaging than expected, it will still take a few days to get power back to everyone.

Eversource officials provided an update Sunday afternoon on power outages and estimated restoration times following Tropical Storm Henri.

Governor Ned Lamont addressed the state after Tropical Storm Henri made landfall on sunday.

Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in Rhode Island early Sunday afternoon, caused damage in parts of Connecticut and there are several power outages. Eversource is reporting around 6,500 power outages as of noon. See the list here. According to Eversource, crews have restored power to nearly 60,000 customers during the storm restoration. Officials estimate the vast majority of customers will…

The state’s utility companies are preparing for possible impacts and outages from Tropical Storm Henri.