At the Capitol:
Legislative Office Building, Room 3902
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
(860) 240-8585 | 1-800-842-8267
Vickie.Nardello@cga.ct.gov
Legislative Office Building, Room 3902
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
(860) 240-8585 | 1-800-842-8267
Vickie.Nardello@cga.ct.gov
In the District:
8 Laurel Lane
Prospect, CT 06712
(203) 758-4219
8 Laurel Lane
Prospect, CT 06712
(203) 758-4219
Current News & Issues
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December 2, 2011 WITT REPORT ON UTILITIES' RESPONSE SUPPORTS NEED FOR LEGISLATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY The report shows that utility companies need to change their practices to ensure that what happened in October never happens again. READ MORE |
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November 22, 2011 HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS REQUEST PURA ACTION ON STORMS House Speaker Donovan and House Energy Chair Nardello have written to PURA requesting two actions: expand their Docket to look at utility staffing, communication, staff training and reviews, tree trimming, and accountability; and to engage a consulting firm to audit utility companies' response to Irene and the October Nor'easter. READ MORE |
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November 9, 2011 UTILITIES MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE TO CONSUMERS Democratic legislative leaders are calling for a series of measures that wold hold utility companies accountable to consumers for their performance before, during and after disasters. Those initiatives would include requesting financial compensation for customers, directing PURA to expand the current storm docket to establish performance standards for utilities with fines for non-compliance, and a request for an in-depth, independent audit of the utility companies' storm performance. READ MORE |
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November 2, 2011 PROPOSAL WOULD CREATE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR UTILITIES With hundreds of thousands of CT residents still without power, House Speaker Chris Donovan and Energy Chair Rep. Vickie Nardello announced today that legislation will be introduced that would direct PURA to create standards of acceptable performance for utility companies with respect to serving customers and power restoration following outages. READ MORE |
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September 14, 2011 AFTER IRENE: HEARINGS ON STATE’S READINESS AND RESPONSE SET FOR SEPT. 19 & 26 Four committees will hear from utilities, the general public, municipalities, workers and communications firms as part of the legislature's examination of the quality and effectiveness of Connecticut's readiness and response to Tropical Storm Irene. READ MORE |
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September 6, 2011 LEGISLATIVE LEADERS CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON IRENE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE They say that with power restored to most homes, now is the time to look at how prepared utilies and communications companies were for the storm, and what needs to be done to ensure a better response in the future. READ MORE |
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