Connecticut
United Illuminating Seeks 12% Rate Increase, Effective May 1
CONNECTICUT — United Illuminating has filed for a rate increase with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. If approved, the hike would take effect May 1, 2024, and average around 12.3 percent, or $30 for residential customers.
The move Friday came just a day after Eversource filed its ask for a $38, or 19 percent, increase.
The two power companies largely attribute their request of the regulators to a 2019 state deal cut with Dominion Energy, which operates the Millstone nuclear power station in Waterford. The arrangement locked in a minimum rate for Dominion over the next decade. The Dominion facility is the state’s largest source of clean power.
State initiatives adopted during the COVID pandemic to shield low income and medical hardship customers from high energy bills are also bearing blame for the rate increases. “Overdue customer balances are paid for by all customers,” Eversource officials said in a news release Friday.
UI is the smaller-by-far of the two utilities, serving customers in 17 communities, including Milford, New Haven and Bridgeport.
“While the cost increases are outside UI’s control, we understand their impact on our customers,” said Sarah Wall Fliotsos, a spokeswoman for the Avangrid subsidiary.
Three Rocky Hill firefighters were honored Monday night for their part in a rescue on the Connecticut River in March.
Emergency crews responded to Ferry Park in Rocky Hill on March 23 in response to a report of a vehicle in the river.
When they arrived, they found a woman in a Jeep about 35 feet out from the riverbank.
Crews broke a window and pulled the woman to safety after about 10 minutes, according to fire officials.
The woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Monday evening, Captain William Kelly, Captain Roberto Leone, and Lt. Travis Gerace-Hicks were awarded the fire department’s valor award for their rescue efforts.
ROCKY HILL — A man from South Carolina is facing charges after cutting down light poles along the highway in Rocky Hill, Connecticut State Police said.
Lamont Carlson Tucker, 62, of Myrtle Beach, is charged with first-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree larceny, police said.
Police said troopers responded to reports of “an individual cutting light poles” around 5 a.m. Saturday.
Tucker was released on a $3,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at state Superior Court in New Britain June 12, police said.
The North Haven Police Department is continuing to investigate after a male was shot while riding a moped on Sunday night.
According to police, a 20-year-old male was shot in the area of Whitney Avenue near the Hamden town line.
The victim sustained non-life-threatening serious injuries and was transported to the hospital.
No other information has been released.
Police are continuing to investigate, and say that there will be a heavy police presence in the area of Whitney Avenue and Skiff Street.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the North Haven Police Department.
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