Latest News - 2015
December 29, 2015 - PURA issued a final decision accepting, with minor revisions, a settlement agreement negotiated by the OCC and Iberdrola for the purchase of United Illuminating, CT Natural Gas Corporation, and Southern Connecticut Gas. The Settlement resulted in significant economic benefits to customers.
December 2, 2015 - STATE INVESTIGATION RAISES ALLEGATIONS OF DECEPTIVE MARKETING PRACTICES AGAINST ELECTRIC SUPPLER PALMCO; CONSUMER COUNSEL ASKS PALMCO CUSTOMERS TO VOICE THEIR COMPLAINTS - OCC Press Release
December 1, 2015 - CSBO's Vallee presented CTgig Powerpoint to Manchester Brd of Directors discussing the plan being prepared to support the CTgig Project. Video starts at 1hr, 16 mins- http://ow.ly/VqK56November 16, 2015 - Standard Service Elec Rates OKed 1st half 2016
November 16, 2015- FTTH Council /RVA, LLC poll results= over 50% of North American's 1,000 FTTH providers expect to be offering a Gigabit by 2020; fiber deployments in the United States grew 13 percent in 2015.
November 9, 2015 Wilson, NC Brief, supporting the FCC's order to remove the anticompetitive “‘thicket’ of purely commercial measures” to forestall municipal competition which prevent municipalities from fulfilling their historical initiatives to meet community needs.
November 4, 2015 - Updated OCC Fact Sheet: Customers on Electric Suppliers Paid $32.9 million more than standard service from January through September, 2015
October 27, 2015 - Water Bill Comparison ( Effective October 1, 2015)
October 19, 2015 - Most Customers of Electric Suppliers Paid More Than The Standard Service Rate In August; Overall Cost To Electric Supplier Customers Is $23 Million Extra This Year
October 19, 2015 - OCC Releases Fact Sheet Regarding Electric Supplier Market
October 13, 2015 - Major Transmission Project Proposed For Greenwich, CT
September 30, 2015 - OCC & AARP Connecticut Provide Know Your Rights Community Seminars on Electric Bills & Electric Market
September 30, 2015 - PURA INTERIM DECISION CONFIRMS LEGISLATIVE BAN
September 23, 2015 - FERC Accepted the NEPOOL Proposal Over the ISO NE Proposal on Winter Reliability
September 16, 2015 - Consumer Counsel Attends Women’s Energy Summit in Chicago
August 31, 2015 - Cost Effectiveness and Non-Energy Benefits
August 6, 2015 - THE ENERGY.GOV WEBSITE: AN ALL-AROUND RESOURCE FOR CONSUMERS
July 22, 2015 - Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz Announces Formation of Connecticut State Broadband Office and Promotes Internet Survey as First Official Action
July 20, 2015 - UCONN Broadband Survey
July 15, 2015 - White House, NYTimes, Congrats Meriden! ConnectHome, The Obama administration's program to connect thousands of public housing residents across the nation to the Internet at low prices or free. The sweeping effort is aimed at helping the many low-income Americans who have been left behind in an increasingly technology-driven nation to catch up. nyti.ms/1K7myoS
June 29 , 2015 - Connecticut Utility Customers To Benefit From New EnergyPricing Details on Monthly Electric Bills - OCC Press Release Handout of bill
June 29, 2015 - OCC Appears before Connecticut Supreme Court Regarding Multi-Million Dollar Contractual Pricing Dispute
June 29, 2015 - OCC ENTERS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE TORRINGTON WATER COMPANY AND AVON WATER COMPANY
June 15, 2015 - Utility Push for Steeper Mandatory Fees on Customers Opposed by 40-State Assoc. of Consumer Protection Officials - NASUCA Press Release
May 27, 2015 - RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS: IT’S TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SUMMER ELECTRIC GENERATION RATE!
May 13, 2015 - Introducing OCC’s Economist John R. Viglione
May 1, 2015 - NEW HAVEN CONFERENCE ON CTgig PROJECT THIS MONDAY WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER GIGI B. SOHN, COUNSELOR TO FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRMAN TOM WHEELER
New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz host event for state and municipal officials, including Comptroller Kevin Lembo, Senate President Martin Looney, Senate Appropriations Chairman Beth Bye, Energy & Technology Chair Representative Lonnie Reed, to discuss effort to bring Gig internet to the State.
New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz host event for state and municipal officials, including Comptroller Kevin Lembo, Senate President Martin Looney, Senate Appropriations Chairman Beth Bye, Energy & Technology Chair Representative Lonnie Reed, to discuss effort to bring Gig internet to the State.
April 30, 2015 - CT. TOWNS MOVE FORWARD ON FINANCING OPTIONS FOR GIG NETWORKS WITH MACQUARIE CAPITAL - CONFERENCE AT YALE WELCOMES ALL TOWNS TO JOIN CTgig EFFORT
April 28, 2015 - Consumer Counsel Elin Katz’s presentation at Governor Malloy’s Northeast Forum on Regional Energy Solutions on April 23, 2015
April 20, 2015 - EEB Responds to DEEP’s 2015 Plan Update Recommendations
March 24, 2015 - Connecticut Energy Efficiency Board Hosts Public Input Session
March 23, 2015 - OCC VICTORIOUS IN COURT REGARDING AQUARION RATES
March 19, 2015 - ELECTRICITY SUBMETERING APPLICATIONS
March, 12, 2015 - Consumer Counsel is Panelist at Energy, Environment, and Economic Development Conference
April 20, 2015 - EEB Responds to DEEP’s 2015 Plan Update Recommendations
March 25, 2015 - Some customers say, they're 'legally robbed' by deregulated power - http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2015/3/26/deregulated-electricity-fraud.html
March 24, 2015 - Connecticut Energy Efficiency Board Hosts Public Input Session
March 23, 2015 - OCC VICTORIOUS IN COURT REGARDING AQUARION RATES
March 19, 2015 - ELECTRICITY SUBMETERING APPLICATIONS
March 10, 2015 - Consumer Counsel and Other State Officials Attend Historic FCC Hearing on Net Neutrality
March 10, 2015 - Office of Consumer Counsel Active at State Legislature
February 26, 2015 - CONNECTICUT BROADBAND LEADERS WITNESS HISTORIC FCC VOTE ON INTERNET, DISCUSS CT ‘GIG’ PROJECT WITH FCC CHAIR
February 5, 2015 - Things to Consider When Deciding If You Should Stay on Standard Service
February 4, 2015 - OCC Presents on Energy Efficiency Matters to Legislative Committee
January 22, 2015 - WILL CONNECTICUT BE THE FIRST GIGABIT STATE? PRIVATE SECTOR OFFERS PLANS FOR MUNICIPALITIES SEEKING PARTNERS TO DEVELOP ULTRA-HIGH-SPEED “GIG” INTERNET NETWORKS
January 20, 2015 - New System Resiliency Charges for CL&P Customers in 2015
January 7, 2015 - OCC Files Appellate Court Brief in Siting Council Appeal
January 6, 2015 - Future Rate Reconciliation Proceedings
January 6, 2015 - PURA Conducts Forum on Frontier’s Operations, at the Request of OCC