Eversource

This is the first time the water utility has asked the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for a rate increase since it was acquired by the region’s largest power company, Eversource, in 2017. But the company did raise its standard service rates for customers twice last year.

Spiking winter energy prices are the result of a crisis that has been a decade in the making, after New England opted to bet on natural gas.

Connecticut and Massachusetts regulators have been told that an increased supply of natural gas is needed to bring down the cost of electricity.

Connecticut officials have reached a deal with the state’s two largest electric utilities, Eversource and United Illuminating, to provide some short-term relief to electricity customers this winter.

The delay in creating different electric rates for lower-income Eversource and United Illuminating customers in Connecticut is raising concerns among lawmakers.

The state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority also told the electricity providers, along with their affiliated natural gas companies, that shut-offs cannot begin until May 2023.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has announced a $1.8 million settlement with Eversource over allegations of deceptive marketing for natural gas.

The state's two largest utilities, Eversource and Avangrid, the parent company of United Illuminating, developed a new flexible payment plan to replace a COVID-19 pandemic plan that ended last month. It's for commercial customers and took effect on July 1.

New England’s largest energy provider, Eversource Energy, is partnered on three offshore wind projects in different stages of development with Danish power company Orsted. That could change if the buyout is big enough.

The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is investigating the collection practices of Eversource and Avangrid to determine if lawsuits against customers violated their orders. The companies deny wrongdoing, saying any litigation started before the pandemic.