Bordonaro: Public fights between PURA, utility companies reflect challenges of industry regulation

by Joelyn Leon | Feb 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

What type of relationship should exist between a regulator and the regulated? It’s an age-old question that local, state and federal governments often struggle with. Most reasonable people would agree some tension ought to exist between an industry regulator and the...

Siting Council Rejects UI Rail Line Project in Nonbinding Vote

by Joelyn Leon | Feb 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

Under the $225 million proposal, UI would have swapped aged transmission lines with new 100- to 135- foot monopoles south of the Metro-North railroad line, requiring 19.25 acres of easements and 6.5 acres tree clearing. Officials, including U.S. Sen. Richard...

Steinberg Embraces Nuclear Energy, Supports Third Nuclear Reactor at Millstone

by Joelyn Leon | Feb 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

Once a skeptic of nuclear energy, Energy and Technology Co-Chair State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, D-Westport, is now one of its staunchest supporters. Steinberg told CT Examiner this week that, like many of his contemporaries, he questioned the benefits of using nuclear...

East Hartford Mayor Connor Martin’s vision for Main Street includes a ‘Parkville Market East’

by Joelyn Leon | Feb 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

Martin, speaking at town hall meeting Thursday, said he envisions a revitalized Main Street area, with streetscape and traffic-calming improvements, as well as the possibility of traffic circles in high accident areas. Martin said residents could soon begin to see...

Westport’s former Bridgewater Associates site planned for affordable housing, office space

by Joelyn Leon | Feb 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

The former Bridgewater Associates property is prepping to become new office spaces and housing, including affordable housing for people with disabilities, while paying homage to the outdoors in its aesthetic. The development would be called The Glendinning Village,...