Posted on November 24, 2020 by jdooley
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
I want to wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. This Thanksgiving, many families are making decisions on how to celebrate safely. Health professionals have suggested that families limit their Thanksgiving holiday dinners to immediate family and limit travel. We will miss our son Matthew this holiday but believe it is best he not travel from Washington DC, where he’s one semester away from graduating GWU Law.
I understand many of you have faced personal…
Posted on October 26, 2020 by jdooley
PURA Docket No. 20-08-03 Public Comment Hearings Regarding Accountability of Eversource
For Failed Storm Isaias Response and Over-Recovery Ratepayer Delivery Charges
October 21, 2020 / 11:00AM via Zoom
Good morning distinguished members of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. I want to thank you for holding this hearing in response to the legislature’s request for a thorough review of Eversource’s response to Tropical Storm Isaias, the Company’s reductions in restorative services,…
Posted on October 16, 2020 by jdooley
NEWTOWN- State Rep. Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) is reminding Newtown residents that Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) will be holding a public hearing on Eversource response to Tropical Storm Isaias on October 21 and 23.
“This is a formal opportunity for us to comment, on the record, and have our voices be part of PURA’s formal investigation of Eversource’s terrible storm response. But, it is more. Eversource and PURA failed Newtown and our surrounding communities. I have already registered…
Posted on October 14, 2020 by jdooley
In August, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) initiated a docket 20-08-03 to review the electric distribution companies’ responses to Storm Isaias. Three public hearings have been scheduled through online Zoom calls. Any legislator or member of the public wishing to speak may do so by registering through the web links:
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Posted on October 14, 2020 by jdooley
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 1.3 percent in 2021, the Social Security Administration announced today.
The 1.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 64 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2021. Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on December 31, 2020. (Note: some people receive both Social Security and SSI benefits).…
Posted on September 16, 2020 by jdooley
Last night, Governor Lamont signed Executive Order No. 9B – his 70th – which amends current self-quarantine guidelines for travelers from other states with high COVID-19 levels and imposes fines for people who do not properly wear certain protective equipment.
With regard to the implementation of fines, the order enacts:
Authorization for the issuance of fines: Authorizes the commissioner of Public Health, local health departments, municipal chief elected officers, and state and local police to issue…
Posted on September 16, 2020 by jdooley
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Posted on September 3, 2020 by jdooley
I want to let constituents know that the state’s Acting Consumer Counsel Richard E. Sobolewski announced that all Eversource customers will be provided another opportunity for public comment on Eversource Energy’s recent rate increases and related issues.
The additional public comment hearing comes following the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority’s (PURA) consideration of the Office of Consumer Counsel’s (OCC) Motion requesting further opportunity for live public comment on behalf of those ratepayers…
Posted on September 3, 2020 by jdooley
HARTFORD – In a plea to reintroduce the voices of all Connecticut residents to state government and public process, State Rep. Mitch Bolinsky (R-Newtown) stood alongside his fellow House Republican colleagues Wednesday in opposition to Governor Ned Lamont’s request for a 5-month extension of his executive powers, initially granted by the legislature during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The order granting these powers is set to expire on September 9, 2020 but, the Governor’s request would…
Posted on August 31, 2020 by jdooley
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the scheduled shift of I-84 westbound traffic on the Rochambeau Bridge in Newtown and Southbury. During the evening of Wednesday, September 2, 2020, westbound traffic on I-84 will be shifted onto the existing eastbound portion of the bridge structure, utilizing crossovers through the existing center median prior to and after the bridge.
The traffic shift will remove active traffic from the westbound portion of the structure to facilitate…
