Politics & Policy

Connecticut regulators signaled their intention to approve the sale of the Aquarion Water Company to a quasi-public entity on Friday.

Lawmakers are proposing the state’s first community solar program, which would allow electric customers to subscribe to a shared solar or battery storage system and receive credits on their electric bills — without installing any equipment on their own property.

State lawmakers are advancing legislation that would require large electricity users — including data centers — to supply their own power rather than draw from Connecticut’s already strained electric grid.

State lawmakers are again considering whether cities and towns should be allowed to publish legal notices on their own websites instead of in local newspapers.

State lawmakers are considering legislation that would create a new state watchdog agency tasked with uncovering fraud, waste and abuse in government programs following recent controversies involving state grants to nonprofit organizations.

The group said it would use the funds to accelerate blight remediation by acquiring, maintaining, redeveloping and then selling more than 100 additional properties.

Connecticut’s utility regulator has approved a nearly $68 million rate increase for United Illuminating, granting the electric company that serves the New Haven and Bridgeport areas additional revenue and erasing all financial penalties tied to its failure to clean up a contaminated former power plant.

Connecticut’s major energy companies are backing a proposed overhaul of the state’s clean energy incentive programs — but with strings attached, as they raise concerns about ratepayer costs and program design.

Connecticut will receive a $154 million federal grant to help improve health care access and outcomes in rural communities, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday.

Emergency medical workers are asking to be included in a proposal by Gov. Ned Lamont that offers...