Eversource bore the brunt of the criticism. They found UI’s performance underwhelming but markedly better Author: Doug Stewart (FOX61) Updated: 4:25 PM EDT April 28, 2021
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority issued a ruling Wednesday critical of the response by Eversource Energy and The United Illuminating in preparing for and responding to, Tropical Storm Isaias in 2020.
The agency also said their failure to respond appropriately created a significant risk to public safety.
PURA s ruling said each did not meet certain acceptable performance standards when it came to their actions before and after the storm.
The agency also ordered Eversource and UI to reduce their rates to reflect a downward adjustment of 0.90% and 0.15%, respectively, in their allowed rate of return on equity (ROE). This is meant to align the [companies’] management performance in future storm response efforts with their financ
PURA finds UI, Eversource did not meet acceptable performance ahead of Isaias
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Updated on:Apr 28, 2021, 11:17am EDT
Connecticut s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has found that the state s two largest power companies did not meet certain acceptable performance standards in preparing for and responding to Tropical Storm Isaias.
Today s final decision concludes an eight-month investigation following Gov. Ned Lamont s request for PURA to investigate how Connecticut s Electric Distribution Companies Eversource and United Illuminating prepared for and responded to the Aug. 4, 2020 storm.
An estimated 1 million Connecticut residents were in the dark, some for as long as two weeks, after the tropical storm tore through Connecticut.
Aquarion Water Co. to acquire Plainville-based NESC, owner of utilities in three states
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Officials with Aquarion Water Co. said Friday the Bridgeport-based utility has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire New England Service Co., a Plainville firm that operates water companies in Connecticut and two other states.
The agreement has been approved by both boards of directors and calls for all NESC employees to keep their jobs. The deal will add about 10,000 customers to Aquarion’s existing customer base of 216,000, which is spread across Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
NEXT s Morgan Springer interviews attorney Aigné Goldsby.
Aigné Goldsby’s mom was a hairdresser. So as a kid, Goldsby would flex a variety of hairstyles. But at her majority white school, kids would do things like pull on her weave, Goldsby recalled.
When Goldsby grew up and became a lawyer, she didn’t feel at ease bringing her full self to work.
“As a Black woman it’s been difficult for me, and it’s certainly been a process for me to feel comfortable in predominantly white spaces,” she told
The American Bar Association says only 5% of lawyers in the U.S. are Black, and Goldsby noted that there are even fewer Black women in the profession. She coaches BIPOC prelaw and law students through her company Black Esquire and is a staff attorney at the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
New England Service Company To be Acquired by Aquarion Water Company
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Aquarion Company (Aquarion), parent of Aquarion Water Company, and New England Service Company (NESC) (OTC Pink Sheets Trading Symbol: NESW) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Aquarion will acquire all outstanding shares of NESC and NESC will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aquarion. Aquarion is a water supply company and holding company based in Bridgeport, Connecticut, providing regulated water service to customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. NESC is a holding company based in Plainville, Connecticut providing regulated water service to customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.