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JUL 9, 2025
AARP Connecticut applauds the final decision by the Connecticut Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) to reject United Illuminating Company’s supplemental rate increase request. An approved increase would have significantly raised the cost of electricity for Connecticut ratepayers, who already pay the highest retail electricity price in the continental United States.
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JUL 7, 2025
AARP Connecticut encourages potentially impacted ratepayers to voice their position on the rate increase request.
JUL 1, 2025
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In a joint collaboration, AARP Connecticut, Borrow My Glasses and Quinnipiac University will take people on a journey towards a new way to think about aging by hosting a free forum featuring internationally acclaimed longevity expert Dr. Bill Thomas on Tuesday, Sept. 27, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The free event – Revolutionize Aging: A Masters Level Discussion on Disrupt Aging – will be held at Quinnipiac University’s North Haven campus.
AARP is urging Connecticut residents to challenge a proposal by United Illuminating (UI) that would call for a 30%+ increase of electric distribution charges to the ratepayer over the next three years. The proposal also allows UI to increase its profits with a higher return on equity and a new “earnings sharing mechanism” giving the company’s shareholders an opportunity to earn even higher returns via an automatic revenue retention plan.
United Illuminating (UI) has proposed a 30%+ increase to their electric distribution charges to you, the ratepayer, over the n ext three years. The proposal also allows UI to increase its profits with a higher return on equity and a new “earnings sharing mechanism” giving the company’s shareholders an opportunity to earn even higher returns via an automatic revenue retention plan.
By Natalie Missakian
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AARP Connecticut will have a presence at the 42 nd Annual Milford Oyster Festival on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., in Downtown Milford. The free event has 35,000 oysters and features the largest variety of oysters at any festival in the United States with 19 varities from eight East Coast states.
Movies for Grownups and AARP Connecticut invite AARP members and guests to a free screening of Hands of Stone, a new movie starring Edgar Ramirez and Robert DeNiro.
AARP members have an opportunity to secure their seats to their favorite NYC Broadway Week show as part of a special presale offer from August 15-17.
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