HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — In Hartford on Monday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal is expected to demand action to help reduce energy costs for Connecticut consumers.
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Blumenthal is demanding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) protect consumers over companies.
He’ll be speaking at the capital at 11:30 a.m. Monday morning, joined by members of the office of consumer counsel.
He’s asking FERC to provide oversight of costly local transmission projects that he says drive up energy prices for consumers.
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In a letter to the commission, Blumenthal called for this increased oversight, as well as for the addition of an independent review process.
He hopes that will ensure proposed upgrades or maintenance projects are truly necessary and that the costs are “reasonable and prudent.”
Blumenthal said Connecticut consumers pay for a portion of the costs of all transmission projects throughout the region and the number of these projects have “skyrocketed” largely because of the return on investment for utility companies.
The senator’s ultimate goal here: to make sure all repairs are necessary and not simply being done to benefit utility companies.
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