Press Releases

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• PURA Announces May 5 Webinars to Communicate Resources Available to Customers of the State's Regulated Public Utility Companies in Response to COVID-19

• PURA Directs Utilities to Cease Residential Shut-offs During COVID-19 Outbreak

• FCC Confirms PURA Commissioner Caron to Advisory Board

  The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously appointed Michael Caron, Commissioner of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), to the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service.

• Senate Reappoints PURA Vice Chairman Betkoski III as Utility Commissioner

  The state Senate voted Friday to reappoint John W. "Jack" Betkoski III as one of three commissioners of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA).The state House of Representatives also recently voted to reappoint Betkoski.

• PURA Ruling Sets Base Rates for Connecticut Water Company Customers

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) today issued a final decision regarding rate changes for customers of The Connecticut Water Company (CWC) that become effective July 28, 2021. The company provides water and fire protection service to approximately 105,000 customers, or 360,000 people, across 60 communities in the state.

• PURA Commissioners to Vote on Amended UI Settlement; Development of Interim Small Business Tariff Option

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) on Wednesday will vote on two decisions that provide targeted economic relief for certain residential and small business customers.

• PURA Establishes New Residential Renewable Energy Program

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) announced today it has established a successor residential renewable energy program that will change how solar owners are compensated for the power their systems produce and provide to the local electric grid.

• PURA Approves Settlement Agreement with Third-Party Electric Supplier Over Alleged Marketing Violations

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) today approved a settlement agreement negotiated by state officials that requires Clearview Electric Inc. (Clearview or Company) to pay $500,000, voluntarily withdraw from the Connecticut electric supplier market for six years and reimburse certain customers in resolution of claims that the Company violated electric supplier marketing laws.

• PURA Launches Social Media Presence

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) is pleased to announce that it has launched new social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn.

• PURA Investigation Recovers $9.4M for Ratepayers Overbilled by Retail Electric Suppliers

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) recovered more than $9.4 million for ratepayers following an investigation that found dozens of electric suppliers failed to abide by existing customer protection regulations.

• PURA Commissioner Caron Named 1st Vice President of National Utility Association

  Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) today announced that Commissioner Michael A. Caron has been elected 1st Vice President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

• PURA Establishes Statewide Electric Storage Program

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) today issued a final decision as part of its Equitable Modern Grid initiative that establishes a nine-year, statewide Electric Storage Program for all residential, commercial, and industrial customers in an effort to foster a more reliable and resilient electric distribution system.

• Governor Lamont Proclaims April as ‘Call Before You Dig Month’

  In accordance with Governor Ned Lamont’s proclamation that April is officially ‘Call Before You Dig Month,’ PURA is reminding homeowners, commercial excavators and utility operators about the importance of digging safely by visiting www.cbyd.com or calling “8-1-1” before you dig.

• PURA Releases 2020 Connecticut Public Utility Annual Cybersecurity Report

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) today released its annual ‘Public Utilities Critical Infrastructure Report’ reviewing 2020 cybersecurity vulnerabilities and policies of regulated electric, gas and water utilities, as well as information pertaining to cyber attacks that occurred in the previous year.

• PURA Implements Customer Credit, Spoilage Compensation Provisions from ‘Take Back Our Grid Act’ for Future Storm-Related Electricity Outages

  Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) issued a final decision Wednesday establishing standards and procedures for residential customers to receive credits and other compensation for spoiled food and medicine from the Connecticut Light and Power Company d/b/a Eversource Energy (Eversource) and The United Illuminating Company (UI) after future weather-related emergencies, implementing another key measure included in the last year’s ‘Take Back Our Grid Act (PA 20-5).