CT officials, United Illuminating reach agreement to reduce and stabilize customer electric bills
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A sign in front of the United Illuminating Operations Center on Marsh Hill Rd. in Orange photographed on August 10, 2020.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media
State officials have struck a deal with The United Illuminating Co. for a $46.5 million COVID-19 relief bill credit from the Orange-based company, a move that Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said Wednesday will decrease and stabilize electric rates into 2023.
The deal between the utility and the state will only result in about a $1 average decrease on a typical residential customer’s monthly bill, depending upon how much electricity they use. But UI has also told state officials they will not seek an increase in distribution rates until sometime after May 2023.
Officials seize goats from home of environmental activist
DAVE COLLINS , Associated Press
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Connecticut authorities have seized dozens of goats from the home of a longtime environmental activist, in response to citizen complaints and surveillance that revealed animal welfare concerns, according to the state Department of Agriculture.
State and local officials said they executed a search and seizure warrant Wednesday at the home of Nancy Burton, the founder of the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone, a watchdog group that has been critical of the Millstone nuclear power complex in Waterford, Connecticut, for the past two decades.
The department said it received a complaint in October about “injured goats and general care issues” on Burton’s property in Redding, Connecticut. Officials said the search and seizure warrant was approved after citizen complaints and surveillance “that revealed animal welfare concerns, including mob
Police and state officials seize goats from Redding property
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The Connecticut Department of Agriculture, with assistance from the Redding Police Department and the Town of Redding, executed a search and seizure warrant for goats located at 147 Cross Highway, in Redding, Conn., on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Nancy Burton records the The Connecticut Department of Agriculture removing one of the goats from her Redding property. The DoAg, with assistance from the Redding Police Department and the Town of Redding, executed a search and seizure warrant for goats located at 147 Cross Highway, in Redding, Conn., on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Eversource makes second attempt for rate increase after initial request suspended last summer
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A Westport Police Officer stands at an Eversource truck as crews clear a fallen tree on Bridge St. that closed the road and the William F. Cribari Bridge over the Saugatuck River on Thursday March 8. 2018 in Westport Conn.Alex von Kleydorff / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Four weeks after Tropical Storm Isaias devastated the Connecticut grid, a dead tree lies on power lines under blue skies and light breezes, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.Alexander SouleShow MoreShow Less
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Betty Perrone speaks with Eversource Executive Vice President Joseph Nolan while carrying her chainsaw in front of her home on Damascus Road in Branford on August 28, 2020 while Governor Ned Lamont viewed storm damage from tropical storm Isaias blocking the road and knocking down power lines.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less