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title: "Eversource seeks first CT rate increase in a decade"
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description: "Eversource is requesting an up to 18% rate increase for Connecticut customers, citing inflation and maintenance costs. This marks the company's first rate case in a decade. The proposal has faced strong opposition; State Attorney General William Tong criticized it as a 'tone-deaf insult' given existing high utility bills, while the Acadia Center also intervened in the proceedings."
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# Eversource seeks first CT rate increase in a decade

Eversource is seeking an up to 18% rate increase from Connecticut ratepayers. The company cited inflation and higher maintenance costs for its first rate case in a decade. State Attorney General William Tong called it a "tone-deaf insult" given residents already pay some of the nation’s highest utility bills. Kate McAuliffe, senior Connecticut policy advocate for the Acadia Center, a clean energy advocacy group acting as an intervenor in the...

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