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NU Profits Jump 21%, But CT Residents Won't Be Saving Any Money on Gas or Electric
As Connecticut residents prepare to pony up some of the highest rates for electricity in the country, Connecticut Light & Power’s parent company announced a 21 percent jump in profits in the first half of 2011 compared to the first half of 2010....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Elections, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Connecticut
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Utility Companies Say They Won't Raise Rates "At This Time"
Connecticut Light & Power is not looking to pass on the costs of storm cleanup to ratepayers, at least "not at this time," says spokesman Mitch Gross.
"We have no plans for any rate applications at this time," Gross says. "There have been many...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Hurricane Irene (2011), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Economy, Business and Finance
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Clown-O-Meter: Naked Man Leaps in Front of Vehicle, Screams Obscenities
-Daniel C. Esty, commissioner of the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, asked subordinates to reconsider rejecting a proposal from Connecticut Light and Power to install new meters across the state. The Hartford Courant later found...Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Voting, Referenda, Companies and Corporations, Stamford
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September 25, 2011: Can I Get a Witness
The state legislature is holding hearings on Connecticut Light & Power's response to Hurricane Irene. Right now they're talking to municipal leaders, but on Monday, citizens will get their shot.
For the first time in history, the state will allow...Tags: Nikola Tesla, Facebook, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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11/4/2011-Where Do They Find These Executives?
Several years ago, I made Homer Simpson the head of Northeast Utilities over a different fiasco. Well, Homer's back, but this may be the last time I can use that metaphor for the world's most incompetent power plant manager. Word's out that this season...Tags: Homer Simpson (fictional character), Television, The Simpsons (tv program), Entertainment
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Towns Seething On 7th Night Without Power; CL&P Pledges 99 Percent Restoration By Sunday Night; Some Town Officials Simply Don't Believe It
As mayors and first selectmen were seething Friday on the seventh night without power for many homeowners in their towns, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered an independent review of the response by state electric companies to a freak pre-Halloween storm that...Tags: South Windsor, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Companies and Corporations, Government, Tropical Storms
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CL&P's Profit Jump, Staffing Levels Will Draw Scrutiny
The Hartford CourantThe ranks of line crews at Connecticut Light & Power Co. are so thin that it's not unusual for workers to be on call eight out of 13 weekends, especially during the summer vacation season, a longtime line worker said. "It puts a lot of pressure on your...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Tropical Storms, Dannel P. Malloy , Career and Workplace, Service Electric Inc.
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Snowstorm Upsets Campaign Calculus
The Hartford CourantPolitics-as-usual ended Oct. 29 when the snow started falling. The unusual October snowstorm and the widespread power failures it caused ruined the traditional get-out-the-vote push in the last week before Election Day. There wouldn't be any knocking on...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Elections, Southington, Local Elections
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CL&P Union Leaders: Staffing Too Low, Executive Pay Too High
The Hartford CourantLeaders at two unions representing line workers at Connecticut Light & Power Co. attacked the company as frustration over the pace of power restoration grew Wednesday, arguing that staffing levels are too low to allow quick response to a crisis of the...Tags: Tropical Storms, Government, Companies and Corporations, Shareholders, Lotto
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How Could CL&P Not Know What We Were In For?
The Hartford CourantThe first priority is to get the electricity back on and to make sure all citizens, particularly elderly residents living alone, are safe. But it's also time to ask what Connecticut Light & Power was doing in the days and hours before the storm when a...Tags: Government, Dannel P. Malloy , Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Halloween, Litchfield County
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CL&P Says Plenty Of Power Restored; Butler Says 97 Percent With Power After Storm Worse Than Irene
After getting blasted repeatedly by mayors, first selectmen, and his own customers for the past week, embattled utility president Jeffrey Butler spent time Monday night giving perspective on the intensity of the pre-Halloween storm and the difficulty to...Tags: Tropical Storms, Companies and Corporations, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Halloween, Pike Electric Corporation
Aug 12, 2011
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Sep 20, 2011
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Sep 27, 2011
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Sep 23, 2011
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Nov 3, 2011
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Nov 4, 2011
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Nov 6, 2011
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Nov 5, 2011
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Nov 4, 2011
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Nov 2, 2011
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Nov 2, 2011
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Nov 7, 2011
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