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Natural gas utilities Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas were fined a combined $81,000 for using banned repair methods in fixing plastic pipes, according to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

East Hartford utility Connecticut Natural Gas will break ground Thursday on a new 10-mile natural gas pipeline expansion into East Hampton, marking the first time the town's businesses and residents can use the fuel for heat.

Connecticut and Massachusetts utility parent UIL Holdings Corp. said its first-quarter profits rose 3.8 percent on cold weather and customers acquired from natural-gas conversions.

More than 990,000 Connecticut businesses, municipalities, and residents used the various Energize Connecticut programs last year, saving a total of $81 million in energy costs for the year.

Philadelphia's city council indicated Monday that it would not sign off on the sale of a city-owned gas utility to Connecticut utility parent UIL Holdings.

Now is the time for businesses to lock up their winter electricity pricing.

Higher natural gas and maintenance costs ate into UIL Holdings' second quarter profits, the New Haven parent of United Illuminating Co., Connecticut Natural Gas Corp., and Southern Connecticut Gas Co. reported.

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Berlin utility Yankee Gas on Monday will break ground on its natural gas system expansion, part of a statewide plan to make natural gas the fuel of choice in Connecticut through the addition of 280,000 customers.

New Haven utility parent UIL Holdings Corp. said Wednesday that it will continue to pursue its acquisition of Philadelphia Gas Works.