Connecticut regulators propose $30M fine against Eversource and $2 1M for UI over Tropical Storm Isaias response courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public
State regulators on Wednesday issued a final decision highly critical of how utility Eversource responded to Tropical Storm Isaias. The decision will reduce Eversource’s allowable profits from state ratepayers and could also pave the way for monetary fines announced as early as next week.
Isaias hit Connecticut last August and cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers with some restorations taking more than a week.
The three-member Public Utilities Regulatory Authority issued a final decision detailing how the state’s two major electric utilities, Eversource and United Illuminating, responded to the storm.
It concluded Eversource failed.
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