Utility Bills

The Trump administration’s latest round of cuts includes the entire staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The program is responsible for keeping the heat on for 200,000 Connecticut residents and more than 1.1 million New York residents.

According to the company, United Illuminating bills for Connecticut residents are expected to increase in May.

Connecticut Senate Democrats are condemning the state’s two major utilities—Eversource and Avangrid—for allegedly intimidating lawmakers to obtain rate increases.

Connecticut’s largest utility company, Eversource, has had its credit rating downgraded by the Standard and Poor’s agency. This means its customers in the state might have to pay higher rates.

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.