The Oct. 29 snowstorm and its aftermath will do more damage to Connecticut’s economy than any short-term boost it offered to tree-trimmers, restaurants, and merchants selling chainsaws and batteries. But several Connecticut economists also said that while the burdens this storm has placed on the economy could reach into the tens of millions of dollars, […]

One day after failing to meet a long-promised power restoration deadline, Connecticut’s largest electric utility offered a new pledge Monday morning–and almost in the same breath warned it might miss that one as well. Connecticut Light and Power Co. crews scrambling Sunday to restore power in the Farmington Valley and in Tolland County found both […]

Local elections officials in nine towns have relocated some of the polling places in their respective communities because of still-unresolved power outages stemming from the Oct. 29 snowstorm, Secretary of the State Denise W. Merrill announced Monday afternoon. And officials in a 10th town, Farmington, tried unsuccessfully in state court Monday afternoon to convince a […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy predicted his new probe of Connecticut Light & Power Co. would uncover “some level of malfeasance” in the utility’s response to the Oct. 29 snowstorm, and hinted that the company’s top management needs change. “A monopoly is a trust with the people they serve,” Malloy said, referring to the franchise that […]

Though Connecticut Light & Power Co. officials have said repeatedly that last weekend’s snow storm caused more damage than Tropical Storm Irene in late August, it was not until Friday–the sixth day after last Saturday’s Nor’easter–that power restoration crew totals surpassed those called in for the earlier outage. Company president and CEO Jeffrey Butler said […]

A new credit system launched in September that allows offenders to shorten their sentences by participating in re-entry programs could shrink prison populations by several hundred inmates this fiscal year, a key official in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration said this week. But according to Michael Lawlor, who heads the administration’s Criminal Justice Policy and […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy toughened his stance Friday on Connecticut Light & Power Co.’s efforts to restore power outages, launching an independent assessment led by a former federal emergency management official and leaving open the door for a special legislative session. Malloy, who began the week expressing skepticism about CL&P’s ability to complete work by […]

Connecticut Light and Power Co. didn’t precisely hit its power outage restoration goal for Thursday morning, but came “reasonably close” enough, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said during a briefing at the state armory. But the governor, who said he would continue to hold the state’s largest electric utility to its daily restoration goals, also announced […]

The one-two weather punch that produced more than 1.5 million power outages across Connecticut in just over two months also has generated a bumper crop of ideas. Legislators, private interest groups and even Gov. Dannel P. Malloy have unveiled proposals in recent days and weeks about how the state can better avoid or at least […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy directed the Connecticut National Guard on Thursday evening to begin supplementing utility company crews performing tree removal work as part of statewide power restoration efforts. The governor, who said four teams composed of about 100 guard members would begin work Thursday night in Avon and Simsbury, two communities with exceptional levels […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy stopped short Wednesday evening of endorsing a call to fine electric utilities for slow restoration efforts, but warned his confidence in Connecticut Light & Power Co. could slip as early as Thursday morning if new goals for returning service to customers aren’t met. Meanwhile, CL&P President Jeffrey Butler apologized for creating […]

Dissatisfied with Connecticut Light & Power Co.’s response to last weekend’s snow storm, leading House Democrats said Wednesday it’s time for state government to set power outage restoration standards and issue millions of dollars in fines if utilities don’t get the job done well and on time. House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan of Meriden and […]

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy launched the new labor-management panel charged with finding efficiencies across state government by pledging Tuesday to cooperate with workers to help them transform state services–and the costs associated with them. And the governor’s chief negotiator, Office of Policy and Management Deputy Secretary Mark Ojakian, also told the panel–which was supposed to […]

As Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vented his own frustrations, the head of Connecticut’s largest utility conceded his company is struggling to mobilize the workforce it needs to respond more quickly to last weekend’s snow storm. But Connecticut Light & Power Co. President and CEO Jeffrey Butler refused to back off his projection that all power […]