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PURA oral argument proceeds as utilities, intervenors weigh settlement and recusal motions
Summary
Commissioners at the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority held oral argument in United Illuminating’s rate case docket 24-1004 while parties discussed possible procedural extensions, motions to recuse staff and commissioners, and a negotiated settlement to avoid appeals.
Vice Chairman David Arcanti reconvened oral argument in Docket 24-1004, the United Illuminating Company (UI) rate case, after a series of recesses while parties conferred on whether additional procedural steps are needed following the chair’s recusal and resignation.
Parties raised competing procedural requests that afternoon. Avangrid and Eversource notified the authority that they have filed a joint motion seeking recusal of PURA’s general counsel, and several intervenors urged that any further procedural accommodation be open to all parties. UI told the panel it was willing to seek an extension of the authority’s statutory deadline only on terms that would “hold harmless” the commission for time lost while parties negotiate a settlement. The authority said it…
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