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CL&P Seeks 5.9% Increase In Electric Rates In Darien

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Connecticut Light & Power is seeking to raise electricity rates by 5.9 percent, mostly to fix utility poles, wires and other parts of an aging electrical grid, according to the Hartford Courant.

A CL&P lineman reconnects a power line in Norwalk after Hurricane Irene.

A CL&P lineman reconnects a power line in Norwalk after Hurricane Irene.

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The average customer using 700 kilowatt hours a month would pay $6.76 more in monthly charges, the story said.

CL&P has an operating deficiency of $117 million for capital investments in infrastructure needed to improve reliability and service to customers.

Read the full story here at the Hartford Courant. 

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