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Senate expected to pass utility reforms after Aug. outages

by Associated Press
| October 1, 2020 12:03 PM

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Senate was expected Thursday to give final legislative approval to a bill that could ultimately base electric rates on a utility's performance, a move that's in response to thousands of electric customers being left without power for more than a week after Tropical Storm Isaias hit the state in August.

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