United Illuminating

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

Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has issued Requests for Proposals to energy companies for energy efficiency measures that could lower residents’ bills.

United Illuminating, the power company that serves more than 340,000 Connecticut households, wants to raise its rates. But state lawmakers aren't on board.

Connecticut Republicans are again urging Gov. Ned Lamont to call the legislature into a special session to deal with rising electric rates.

Democratic leaders of the legislature’s Energy and Technology Committee have formally asked PURA to reconsider their decision. GOP leaders want Gov. Ned Lamont to call a special session.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a law to reform the board that approves utility projects. The legislation was championed by lawmakers who oppose United Illuminating construction in Fairfield and Bridgeport.

Donning yellow T-shirts that said, “It’s U&I vs. UI,” around 150 people listened to a panel of state senators and representatives, first selectmen and community organizers discuss what they were doing to stop UI from putting in new telephone poles.

A group of Fairfield and Bridgeport residents, called the Sasco Creek Neighbors Environmental Trust (SCNETI), is holding an informational session with lawmakers at the end of May to discuss UI’s proposed electricity upgrades.

United Illuminating wants to install dozens of monopoles near Metro-North railroad tracks in Southport, Fairfield and Bridgeport. The company said it's needed to bring power to the community — but residents want the cables buried.

United Illuminating filed a request to raise its electric rates by 12%, costing an average residential customer an additional $26 a month.