NEW LONDON — Connecticut electric customers will have a chance to tell state regulators how Eversource’s proposed rate increase would affect them at 5:30 p.m. Monday, November 16, at the Red Barn at Mitchell College, 629-A Montauk Avenue.
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is taking testimony in docket 26-05-10. Anyone who wants to speak can sign up at the hearing, and PURA advises arriving a few minutes early. The hearing takes comments for the case record. Customers can also submit written comments to PURA’s executive secretary with the docket number.
At the November 9 hearing in New Britain, customers urged regulators to reject the increase on affordability grounds, NBC Connecticut reported. The station reported that Eversource’s $757 million proposal, including storm costs, could add about $33 a month to a typical residential bill. Eversource told the station that recovering those costs through a separate mechanism would put the proposed increase in this case at $451 million, or about $20 a month. The final effect depends on what regulators approve and how storm costs are collected.
Additional public comment sessions are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. November 23 in Danbury and noon December 9 online. The online session requires registration.