United Illuminating has asked the Connecticut Supreme Court to take over its appeal of a rate decision that cut nearly all of the utility’s requested revenue increase. The dispute stems from the Public Utility Regulatory Authority’s August 2023 ruling on UI’s 2022 rate request, in which the company sought about $131 million in additional annual […]
United Illuminating has asked the Connecticut Supreme Court to take over its appeal of a rate decision that cut nearly all of the utility’s requested revenue increase.
The dispute stems from the Public Utility Regulatory Authority’s August 2023 ruling on UI’s 2022 rate request, in which the company sought about $131 million in additional annual revenue over three years and a 10.2% return on equity.
PURA approved a roughly $23 million increase and set the utility’s ROE at 9.1%, but imposed a 20-basis-point penalty — costing the company about $1.9 million per year — for what it cited as poor management, customer service failures, delayed accounting changes and missed environmental commitments at the former English Station power plant in New Haven.
UI challenged the decision in Superior Court. Judge Matthew Budzik
largely upheld PURA’s decision in a March 2025 ruling, saying the authority acted within its regulatory discretion.
UI appealed to the Appellate Court in March 2025 and filed a motion on March 16 asking the Supreme Court to take the case directly. The appeal focuses on the English Station ROE penalty, the Bridgeport Avenue sale disallowance and the $458,000 environmental cost denial.
The Supreme Court has not yet ruled.
