Hailstorms in Connecticut have become more frequent and widespread over the past 30 years — as have multi-day strings of hot days.
United Illuminating
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Eversource, UI say CT officials exceeded authority with 2025 energy bill
Eversource and UI sued CT officials, accusing them of trying to impede the federal government’s regulation of interstate transmission.
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Measles, landfill solar and a bridge over the Sound: CT Politics news
Plus: CSCU’s investigation, rural healthcare, utility profits, brownfields funding, and Chris Murphy’s loneliness legislation.
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Lamont: Utilities need to ‘earn’ right to operate in CT
The governor proposed reforms targeting excess profits and requiring utilities to periodically seek permission to maintain their monopolies.
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Eversource, UI drop lawsuit against Connecticut regulators
The lawsuit, filed last January, accused former PURA Chair Marissa Gillett of wielding near-total control over the authority.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
UI sues to overturn ruling opposing Fairfield-Bridgeport transmission line
The lawsuit alleges that political pressure influenced the Siting Council’s decision last year to oppose the project.
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CT public benefits charge cut; electricity rates to fall by nearly 15%
The changes will result in about $30 off the average Eversource monthly bill and about $34 off United Illuminating monthly bills, PURA said.
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Plug-in solar panels can help lower electric bills. Will CT make them legal?
The smaller panels are widely used in other countries, often on balconies, where they can help apartment renters offset electricity costs.
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UI asks regulators to take another look at proposed power line
UI doesn’t expect the Siting Council to change its mind, but it’s a necessary step before filing a lawsuit seeking to overturn the decision.
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CT rejects controversial UI monopoles plan in Fairfield, Bridgeport
The CT Siting Council voted 5-3 to reject United Illuminating’s application to build the Fairfield to Congress Railroad Transmission Line.
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Lamont seeks delay on vote over transmission line in Fairfield, Bridgeport
The Fairfield to Congress Railroad Transmission Line plan sparked local opposition from people who object to the use of 195-foot steel poles.
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Eversource, United Illuminating drop website references to ‘DEI’
Despite quietly scrubbing references to ‘diversity, equity and inclusion,’ the utilities say they remain committed to fostering diverse and inclusive workplaces.
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Lamont accuses utilities of campaign to oust state’s top regulator
Ned Lamont called Eversource and United Illuminating’s lawsuit against PURA and Marissa Gillett ‘a full-court press to get her out of there.’
Posted inEnergy & Environment
One of CT’s hottest issues of the summer cools on the campaign trail
Electric rate charges have become a political issue in CT — though not one that’s fresh in the minds of all voters leading up to Election Day.
