United Illuminating

United Illuminating submitted its notice of intent to file its Reliability Investment Plan with Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) on Monday. If approved, customers could see a 9 to 10 percent increase.

Electricity bills could be going up again if United Illuminating gets its way.

Electricity bills could be going up again if United Illuminating gets its way. The utility company is looking for another $105 million from state regulators, which would be raised through your electric rates. This comes after a summer of frustration from customers already paying more. If approved, customers could see a 9 to 10 percent increase. For example, if your…

Not everyone is affected by the recent increase in electricity rates.   Municipal electricity companies are not regulated by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and thus do not have to carry the public benefits charges.  The means people in Wallingford, covered by one of six public electric companies, aren’t impacted by the same July 1 hike that has Eversource and...

The price of power has been an ongoing debate in Connecticut for years and since a new state regulator took the helm as commissioner, it’s gotten more and more contentious. Now, both United Illuminating and Eversource are taking the state to court after recent requests for rate increases were dramatically reduced. And then this week, both announced another request...

A United Illuminating official talks about the company’s decision to appeal PURA’s denial of its rate increase request.

Pending approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), electricity supply costs are expected to decrease from January through June of 2024 compared to the same winter period in 2023. “We’re stuck with utility bills so if it can come down, it’s kind of out of our control and it would be welcome,” Matt Menard, of Madison, said. In 2024,…

While electric rates this winter are expected to be lower than last year’s historically high rates, Eversource and UI have asked regulators to increase rates next year.

Frank Reynolds, president and CEO of United Illuminating, explains why the utility is suing PURA over its recent decision to grant UI a 2% rate increase instead of the requested 8%. He wants ratepayers to hear UI’s side.

Power has been restored to hundreds of people in Bridgeport after an equipment failure amid extreme heat. At one point, approximately 1,750 customers were without power. Now, power has been completely restored, according to United Illuminating. The outage was specifically caused by an equipment failure on one of the provider’s underground lines, UI said. It took a few hours to…

A win for Connecticut consumers as state regulators deny power company United Illuminating a significant rate increase.

A win for Connecticut consumers as state regulators deny power company United Illuminating a significant rate increase. The lengthy, hotly-contested case wrapped up after roughly a year. Regulators did make concessions to the Connecticut utility in its final decision. It serves 17 towns and cities in southwestern Connecticut, one of the state’s most densely populated areas. United Illuminating, or UI,...

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has rejected proposed rate hikes for United Illuminating customers and now the electric company is filing for an appeal. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said PURA rejected the majority of a $131 million rate hike, and what could have been a 35% rate increase for customers, over the course of three years. Officials approved…

Downed wires caused power outages in Hamden Monday. United Illuminating said there were two sections of downed wire at Benham Street and Paradise Avenue and there were around 1,100 power outages at the peak.   Power has been restored. United Illuminating urges customers to stay away from downed wires and to assume any downed wires are active. You can report…