Utility Bills

Connecticut lawmakers want state regulators to reject a 43% rate hike request from Yankee Gas.

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.

Yankee Gas, Connecticut’s largest natural gas distribution company, has announced that it will soon file a request with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for a $209 million rate increase.

Members of the Senate Republican Minority, business owners and labor leaders rallied at the Capitol to show their opposition to the NY Heat Act — calling for a cost-benefit analysis of New York’s climate policies that aim to align with the state’s clean energy vision. Climate activists say it’s too little too late.

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

Certain New Yorkers are eligible to have their utility debt canceled.

Nearly 10,000 low-income PSEG Long Island and National Grid customers have the opportunity to eliminate their utility debt through a new state program in New York.

The company defended itself during hearings before the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority over its controversial billing practices during the pandemic.

A COVID-19 payment plan for commercial utility consumers in Connecticut expired last month.

The head of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund is stepping down after almost 6 years on the job.