Norwich Among public power companies across the nation, Norwich Public Utilities is a straight-A student in the grading of its record on providing a reliable and safe electric service, according to the American Public Power Association.
Every three years, the association invites public utilities to apply for a designation as a Reliable Public Power Provider, called an RP3 designation. An 18-member panel rates each utility’s reliability, safety, workforce development and system improvement.
NPU scored a 99 out of a possible top score of 100, earning the highest Diamond Level rating, Eric McDermott, NPU electric integrity manager, who coordinates NPU’s application, told the Board of Public Utilities Commissioners on Tuesday.
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Norwich The financial outlook for the Norwich Community Development Corp. has improved greatly this spring after the agency’s two main funding sources plan to boost allocations for the first time in over a decade to support its economic development activities.
NCDC in January had asked the City of Norwich and Norwich Public Utilities to each increase their annual $150,000 contribution by $125,000 to help meet the increased expenses and growing staffing needs of the agency.
Neither entity will meet that request, but late Tuesday, the Norwich Board of Public Utilities Commissioners voted unanimously to increase its allocation to NCDC by $75,000, to $225,000, starting with the 2021-22 fiscal year in July. Norwich City Manager John Salomone included an additional $50,000 for NCDC, bringing the city’s total contribution to $200,000.
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Canterbury A Norwich Public Utilities employee was killed in a one-car crash on Route 169 Monday evening, when his 2010 Jeep Wrangler crossed into the opposite lane, struck a stone wall on the shoulder and overturned, state police at Troop D in Danielson said.
Raymond W. “Bill” Coughlin, 60, of 336 Barstow Road, Canterbury, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at 4:01 p.m. Monday.
Witnesses told police Coughlin’s Jeep was traveling north on Route 169, crossed the center line and continued to the shoulder of the southbound lane, where it struck the wall and overturned. Coughlin was wearing a shoulder and lap seat belt, police said. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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