When Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel C. Esty sat through his first nomination hearing almost a year ago, he couldn’t have predicted how much time he’d spend on storm response, but it was a prominent topic at his second confirmation hearing.

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Tags: Daniel C. Esty, nomination, Department of Energy and Environmental protection, Tropical Storm Irene, Len Fasano

It was more than three years ago that CTNewsJunkie.com started paying a diverse group of columnists to contribute their opinions to the site. The addition of commentary to an already steady stream of hard news from the Capitol helped the site grow its community of readers, and eventually led to the next logical leap last week when an editorial board was formed.

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Tags: ctnewsjunkie editorial board, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Heath W. Fahle, Melissa Ozols, Sarah Darer Littman, Susan Bigelow, Terry Cowgill

Sen. Len Suzio is trying to get the public pumped up about capping the state’s second gas tax because without their support it’s unlikely the concept will be raised by the Democrat-controlled legislature.

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Tags: gross receipts tax, gas, Cheshire, Len Suzio

It may sound “mundane” but Sen. President Donald Williams said last year’s extreme weather and resulting power outages helped his caucus produce a set of proposals to make sure the state will be prepared for future storms.

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Tags: energy, storm, response, penalty, regulation, PURA, John Fonfara

About 192,000 Connecticut residents who were without power for more than a week following the October snowstorm will get a $140.22 credit on their Connecticut Light and Power bill this month.

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Tags: Connecticut Light & Power, October Nor'easter, Malloy, Power outages

Performance standards for utilities and a statewide disaster drill are just two of the items Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is asking the General Assembly to put forward this year to improve the state and utilities response to major weather events.

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Tags: storm, Utilities, weather, snow storm, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Connecticut Light & Power, PURA, regulation

A panel convened to assess the state’s response to two devastating storms last year turned over a report with 82 recommendations on how the state can better prepare for future disasters.

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Tags: Irene, weather, Nor'Easter, snowstorm, Connecticut Light & Power, Two Storm Panel, storm, Hugh McQuaid

In a draft decision released Wednesday, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority reversed its position that it did not have the authority to review a proposed merger between Northeast Utilities and Massachusetts-based NSTAR.

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Tags: Northeast Utilities, NSTAR, merger, jepsen, PURA, Hugh McQuaid

The secret to better solar panels just might be in a big magnet.

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State utility regulators declined in January to review a proposed merger between Northeast Utilities and Massachusetts-based NSTAR. However, Attorney General George Jepsen asked Friday that they reconsider in light of NU’s power restoration performance this year.

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Tags: jepsen, cl&p, Northeast Utilities, NSTAR, merger, utilities, power outages, witt associats, Hugh McQuaid