Category: Energy
Renewable Energy Sources: Ct Atty Gen Says Proof Needed
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today he is urging the state Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to investigate the validity of claims by electric suppliers and generators about their reliance on renewable energy sources.
State law currently requires all electric suppliers and distributors — utilities and private retailers — to purchase a minimum percentage of renewable energy sources.
Some Cool Information from Spirit Airlines
There is information that is important (He’s a smoker) and there’s information that illuminates (He smokes Newports).You may really want to know that someone smokes but you may not care what he smokes; or, you may find that fact interesting. Take your pick. Good writers will include the detail; less good writers will overgimmick you [...]
Conn Officials Seek Investigation Into Turris Associates And Raymond Sanzone
ATTORNEY GENERAL, OCC SEEK DPUC INVESTIGATION, SUSPENSION OF ELECTRICITY BROKER FOR ALLEGED $180,000 FRAUD (Press Release)
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Consumer Counsel Mary J. Healey has asked the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to immediately investigate and suspend a Redding electricity broker and his company for allegedly defrauding a private schools organization of $180,000.
Blumenthal and [...]
Heating Oil Prices: Check Heating Oil Prices As Carefully As Gasoline Prices
We are all very conscious of gasoline prices and most of us know within a few cents what a gallon of gas costs us on any given day. We also have a good sense as to which stations have higher and lower prices. Some of us may even drive out of our way to save [...]
Monday Starts Appliance Rebates For Connecticut: Shop Smart
The small rebates available starting Monday should not be the primary reason for getting new appliances.
The primary reason should be reducing your energy costs.
The biggest electricity hogs are old refrigerators, freezers, dryers, air conditioners and dishwashers.
So if you have these old appliances – by old I mean more than 10 years old – consider buying [...]
CNG & SNG Get Green Light For Layoffs
Connecticut public utility regulators have given a tentative green light to Connecticut Natural Gas and Southern Connecticut Gas to lay off 65 workers.
The layoffs were opposed by state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal who claimed the layoffs were endanger consumer service and safety.
“My office will file formal comments strongly encouraging the DPUC to reconsider and revise [...]
Ct Atty Gen To Fight CL&P Rate Increase
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today he will fight Connecticut Light & Power’s proposed 5 percent rate hike that the company wants to phase in to erase a comparable rate decrease early next year.
F&S Oil Customers To Get Restitution
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today praised the court’s approval of a settlement providing about $1 million in restitution to thousands of F&S Oil Co. customers owed money or heating oil after the company’s abrupt closure in March 2008.
Superior Court Judge Grant Miller approved the settlement today during a proceeding at Hartford Superior court.
“This settlement provides [...]
CL&P Rates Decline Slightly, Still Too High
“This rate decrease makes a small dent in our highest-in-the-nation electricity rates — reflecting purchasing reforms ordered with my support by the DPUC, and lower gas prices. Even with this decrease, Connecticut’s rates will remain among the highest nationally,” Ct Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said in a release today.
“My office will continue to fight unnecessary [...]
Outdoor Wood-Burning Furnace Ban Sought
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today called on the General Assembly to ban outdoor wood-burning furnaces, which he claims “continuously emit toxic smoke that sickens neighbors and pollutes neighborhoods.”
The American Lung Association and Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI), a nonprofit health advocacy group, joined Blumenthal in urging the legislature to impose a statewide prohibition [...]
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