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Times like this, it's best to be direct: I owe NStar chief executive officer Tom May a sincere apology.

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz had asked for the ruling by the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

State utility regulators' approval of the proposed merger of Northeast Utilities and Boston-based NSTAR should only be given if the two utiltities prove that the deal will benefit the state's electric ratepayers, Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz said in a joint motion filed Tuesday with the state's Public ... (more)

More than 192,000 Connecticut Light & Power residential customers who were without power as of noon, Nov.

The 2012 session of the Connecticut General Assembly begins in one week and Northeast Utilities and United Illuminating are gearing up to make sure Connecticut policymakers don't do anything drastic, like hold the companies accountable for their actions.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a "Notice of Violation" to the Connecticut Yankee nuclear facility over the apparent partial ownership by two foreign companies of the dismantled power plant on the Connecticut River in Haddam Neck.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, like a sleeping giant, has finally stirred and asserted itself on the proposed merger of Northeast Utilities, the parent company of Connecticut Light & Power, and NSTAR, a Massachusetts-based utility giant.

The company will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, Jan. 26. NSTAR is a holding company which is engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the energy delivery business.

State utility regulators say they will complete their review of the proposed merger of Northeast Utilities and NSTAR by April 2, two weeks in advance of the companies' deadline to complete the deal.

The Hartford, Conn.-based utility announced Thursday it submitted its application to Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

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A final decision issued Wednesday morning confirmed a draft ruling that the state's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has jurisdiction to review and approve the proposed merger between Northeast Utilities and NSTAR.