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PURA denies change-of-control for Aquarion, flags managerial and local-control concerns
Summary
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on Nov. 19, 2025 adopted a decision denying docket 250403 — a joint application in which Aquarian/Aquarion would be acquired by Aquarian Water Authority — finding the transaction met financial and technological standards but failed managerial suitability and local-control tests.
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on Wednesday adopted a decision denying a proposed change of control in docket 250403, in which Aquarian/Aquarion’s operations would have been acquired by the Aquarian Water Authority (AWA). Authority staff recommended denial after concluding the transaction met financial and technological suitability tests but failed the managerial-suitability and local-control requirements.
“Accordingly, the decision before you denies the application,” Authority staff attorney Josh Coker told the panel, summarizing the record and statutory standards that the authority applied in the contested proceeding. Coker identified the statutory evaluation factors as the applicants’ financial, technological and managerial suitability and the burden to show a transfer is in the public…
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