Press Releases

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

• 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.

• 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 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 Orders Rate Decrease for Aquarion Water Customers

  The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA or the Authority) today approved a Final Decision that rejects Aquarion Water Company’s proposed multi-year distribution rate increase and instead reduces current customer rates effective immediately..

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

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

• PURA Letter to CT Congressional Delegation

• PURA Dismisses Frontier’s Change of Control Application Press Release

• PURA Approves Revised Standard Service Electric Rates