Press Releases

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• PURA Extends Bid Deadline for Clean Energy Programs

• Aquarion Water Company Issues Mandatory Irrigation Ban

• PURA Commissioner Caron Named 2nd Vice President of National Utility Association

  The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) today is announcing that Commissioner Michael A. Caron has been elected as 2nd Vice President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

• PURA to Release Final RFP in Equitable Modern Grid Proceeding on May 6

• PURA Unanimously Adopts Final Decision of Supplier Marketing Standards Proceeding

• PURA Announces May 5 Webinars to Communicate Resources Available to Customers of the State's Regulated Public Utility Companies in Response to COVID-19

• PURA Issues Final Decision in Yankee Gas Case

• PURA Resets Electric Utility Regulatory Framework to Better Serve the Public

  The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on April 26, 2023 issued a Final Decision as part of its investigation into a Performance-Based Regulation framework for the state’s electric distribution companies.

• PURA Ruling Sets Distribution Rates for United Illuminating Customers

  PURA today approved a Final Decision that rejects The United Illuminating Company's proposed distribution rate increase of $131 million over three years.

• PURA to Expand Scope of its Investigation to Address Issues Arising from the COVID-19 State of Emergency

• PURA Calls for Third-Party Electric Suppliers to Cease Door-to-Door Sales during COVID-19 Crisis

• PURA to Investigate Eversource Delivery Fee Increases

• PURA Encourages Eligible Residents to Access the Federal Lifeline Program to Stay Connected During the COVID-19 Crisis

• Revised Electric Standard Service Generation Rates

  The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) is advising Eversource and United Illuminating (UI) residential and business customers of revised standard service generation rates that become effective January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021.

• PURA Makes Sweeping Changes to Electric Rate Adjustment Process Following Investigation into July Bill Increases

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) issued a ruling today after concluding its parallel investigations into the unexpectedly high electric bills received in July and August by customers of the Connecticut Light and Power Company d/b/a Eversource Energy (Eversource) and The United Illuminating Company (UI).