Attorney General George Jepsen asked state utility regulators Tuesday to require Northeast Utilities and Boston-based NSTAR to demonstrate how their proposed merger is in the public interest. “The Applicants must prove that customers will be better off as a result of the proposed merger, not worse,” Jepsen said in a statement before the Public...
Acting in response to a motion filed Tuesday by the Attorney General and the Consumer Counsel, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has ruled that Northeast Utilities and NStar “must demonstrate that the proposed merger is in the public interest in order to gain PURA approval.” In their one-page decision issued Wednesday, the regulators...
The Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund in partnership with Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) and The United Illuminating Company (UI) is making Connecticut the first state in the nation to provide consumers with a new on-line guide to retail locations where they can find appliances and electronics with the greatest efficiency and savings available. State...
Ct Governor Dannel P. Malloy today called Connecticut Light and Power’s (CL&P) consumer reimbursements following the long-term outages that occurred as a result of the October Nor’easter a good first step, but said he expects more to be done to protect consumers. “These reimbursements are a good first step in compensating our residents for...
