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• Press Releases

• PURA Establishes Statewide Electric Vehicle Charging Program

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) today issued a final decision as part of its Equitable Modern Grid initiative that establishes a nine-year program to support the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the state, focusing on equity and inclusion.

• PURA Commissioners to Vote on Amended UI Settlement; Development of Interim Small Business Tariff Option

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) on Wednesday will vote on two decisions that provide targeted economic relief for certain residential and small business customers.

• PURA Vice-Chairman Jack Betkoski named President of NARUC

  Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Vice-Chairman John W. "Jack" Betkoski, III today assumed the presidency of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

• Connecticut Water Planning Council Seeks Public Comment on Draft of State Water Plan

  The members of the Connecticut Water Planning Council (WPC) today announced that they have published a draft version of the State Water Plan that they have been developing onto the council’s website (www.ct.gov/water) and have opened a public review period to give Connecticut residents, businesses, and other stakeholders an opportunity to provide feedback before it is finalized early next year.

• PURA Commissioners Elect Chair and Vice-Chair

  Today the Commissioners of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority re-elected Commissioner Katherine S. Dykes as PURA's Chair and Commissioner John W. “Jack” Betkoski, III as Vice-Chair.

• State Announces Series of Public Meetings On Draft Connecticut State Water Plan

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• DEEP Launches Resource Assessment in Response to Executive Order 59

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) have launched a joint process that will lead to a study of the current and projected future viability of the Millstone nuclear generating facilities, the role of such facilities as well as others in meeting Connecticut’s carbon and other emission targets, and mechanisms to achieve those targets.

• PURA Opens Rate Adjustment Proceeding After Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

  Today, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) initiated a proceeding to consider adjustments to rates that may be appropriate for Connecticut customers of regulated utilities, to account for revisions to tax laws—including corporate tax rates--contained in the recently enacted Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act).

• DEEP and PURA Release Final Resource Assessment, Appraisal, and Determination of Millstone Report

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) today released the final Resource Assessment, Appraisal, and Determination of Millstone Report regarding the current and projected future viability of the Millstone nuclear generating facilities, the role of such facilities as well as others in meeting Connecticut’s carbon and other emission targets, and mechanisms to achieve those targets.

• Governor Lamont Nominates Marissa Paslick Gillett to Serve as a Commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is nominating Marissa Paslick Gillett of Baltimore, Maryland to serve as a commissioner of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), the state entity responsible for regulating the rates and services of Connecticut’s investor-owned electricity, natural gas, water, and telecommunications companies.

• Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Announces Landmark Equitable Modern Grid Framework

  In a decision expected to have far-reaching implications for the state’s electric sector and green economy, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA or the Authority) voted yesterday to approve its plan to modernize the electric grid.

• PURA to Hold Public Comment Hearings on CNG and SNG Rate Application

  PURA today announced it will hold public comment hearings to receive ratepayer feedback on the application of Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation and The Southern Connecticut Gas Company to amend the companies’ existing rate schedules.

• PURA Releases Inaugural Annual Report

  The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA or the Authority) today released its first Annual Report to underscore the agency’s work in 2022 and preview major topics in the current year.

• PURA Releases Fourth Quarter Newsletter

  The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) today released its quarterly newsletter highlighting major docket decisions adopted during the fourth quarter in the electric, water, natural gas, and telecommunications industries.