Press Releases

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• PURA Approves Revised Standard Service Electric Rates

• PURA Announces Extension of Shut-Off Moratorium for Business Customers; Residential Shut-Off Moratorium Continues 

• PURA Extends COVID-19 Payment Program Enrollment Date

• PURA Extends Coronavirus Payment Program Enrollment Date Through February 9 2021

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) is reminding all customers that the enrollment period for the COVID-19 Payment Program for both residential and non-residential customers is extended through at least February 9, 2021. Further, the Winter Protection Program, which protects eligible households against heat source shut-offs during the winter months, is also in effect from November 1, 2020 through May 1, 2021.

• PURA Recognizes April as Call Before You Dig Month

• PURA Directs Utilities to Cease Residential Shut-offs During COVID-19 Outbreak

• Third-Party Electric Supplier Targeting Low-Income Households Amid COVID-19 Crisis

• CT PURA Letter to Industry

• PURA Awards $7MM in PEGPETIA in Grants

• PURA Broadens Scope of Energy Affordability Investigation to Focus on Commercial and Industrial Customers

• PURA Responds to Governor Lamont’s Request to Investigate the Electric Utilities’ Preparation for and Response to Tropical Storm Isaias

• Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Orders Eversource and United Illuminating to Overhaul Education and Outreach Efforts Related to Energy Assistance Programs  

• 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 Issues Final Decision in Yankee Gas Case