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Connecticut regulators propose a maximum penalty of $30 million against Eversource for Tropical Storm Isaias failures

Connecticut regulators propose a maximum penalty of $30 million against Eversource for Tropical Storm Isaias failures Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant © Kassi Jackson/The Hartford Courant A large tree was uprooted and fell onto Ray and Monica Lamoureux s two car garage and was being disassembled and removed by crews Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, in West Hartford as cleanup efforts continue after Tropical Storm Isaias impact earlier in the week. Connecticut regulators on Thursday proposed the maximum allowed penalty of $30 million against Eversource Energy and another $2.1 million against United Illuminating for failures to prepare properly for and respond to Tropical Storm Isaias last August. The civil penalties proposed by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority are the first since the agency was authorized by state law to consider fines after destructive storms in 2011 and 2012. PURA said the fines were in response to the utilities’ failure to “comply with s

Eversource Failed Us : PURA Imposes Strict Penalties For Tropical Storm Isaias Response

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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