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NutmegYankee

(16,484 posts) Sat Dec 17, 2011, 12:17 AM Dec 2011

Conn. utility eyes $2.2B power system improvements

TheDay.com (AP Feed)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut Light & Power has recommended a $2.2 billion program that would strengthen its electrical system following the rare October snow storm.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CT_OCTOBER_SNOW_RECOMMENDATIONS_CTOL-?SITE=CTNLD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Conn. utility eyes $2.2B power system improvements (Original Post) NutmegYankee Dec 2011 OP

we should have been doing this over the past 20 years NewJeffCT Dec 2011 #1

Agree. NutmegYankee Dec 2011 #2

Amazing how that worked NewJeffCT Dec 2011 #3

NewJeffCT

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1. we should have been doing this over the past 20 years

Reply to NutmegYankee (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 08:18 PM

Dec 2011

but, with Republican governors, this sort of infrastructure investment has been ignored & forgotten.

NutmegYankee

(16,484 posts)

2. Agree.

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 10:23 PM

Dec 2011

My frustration is that we have such a shoddy grid for such high rates. It would be one thing if we had low rates and our current grid, but we pay the highest electric rate in the Continental US. I checked on the web and our delivery portion (including $16 connection fee) is higher than the total rate (generation+delivery) paid in 10 US states.

I had a lot of time in the dark this past year to let my blood boil with rage as I read about the CEO making $8.25 million, our high rates, and the lack of investment. The Republican dream of "Deregulation" sure worked out didn't it?

NewJeffCT

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3. Amazing how that worked

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 10:22 AM

Dec 2011

deregulation for a couple of decades and we fall behind on tree trimming and need billions in upgrades to our power grid.

(The $2.2 billion was just a start, if I recall. The total cost was like $4 billion)

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