Energy

A host of experts and leaders in energy industries and policymakers discussed challenges and innovation at last week’s Advanced Energy Conference (AEC), a forum on energy needs and future outlooks on the energy landscape worldwide.

Connecticut energy company Eversource plans to seek an 11% rate hike in the coming weeks. They also want hundreds of thousands of documents about the request to be kept confidential.

The Connecticut General Assembly will convene for the first day of its 2026 legislative session on Wednesday. Top lawmakers, who also happen to be candidates, are already proposing major legislation.

Funding for more than 300 clean energy projects nationwide has been canceled by the federal government.

Plans for major natural gas pipelines in New York have sparked tension between the state and federal governments, but Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said he’s been in talks with both sides and may support the project to bring gas to his state.

Connecticut lawmakers have acted on a bipartisan bill to reduce the high cost of electricity as part of a frenzy of activity leading up to the end of their legislative session on Wednesday.

Connecticut Democrats' energy proposals this year include an override of the state’s 40-year moratorium on nuclear power plants to allow for the construction of small modular reactors.

Two more Connecticut utility companies have had their credit ratings downgraded. State lawmakers are at odds over who is to blame and what the next move should be.

United Illuminating, one of Connecticut’s leading energy providers, announced a 4.7% rate increase for the first half of 2025.

Avangrid-owned Connecticut Natural Gas and Southern Connecticut Gas say the PURA decision to cut their rates could lower their credit ratings.