Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Consumer Counsel Mary Healey announced that — immediately after they presented argument at a public hearing today — the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) agreed to indefinitely bar layoffs at Connecticut Natural Gas (CNG) and Southern Connecticut Gas (SCG).
As Blumenthal and Healey urged, the gas companies are prohibited from laying off employees until the DPUC investigates whether the job cuts threaten safety and reliability and conflict with rate orders.
Customer complaints of billing irregularities by Connecticut Natural Gas continue despite CNG’s embarrassing episode last year when four of its meter readers made up readings for hundreds of customers.
Two CNG customers complained recently about CNG billing, including one that appears to be a systemic problem.
Joe Guenther of Manchester wrote me that he and probably others [...]