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Rep. Boyd Named House Chair of Veterans Affairs Committee

December 4, 2020

Speaker of the House-designate Matt Ritter and House Majority Leader Jason Rojas have tapped State Representative Pat Boyd to serve as House Chair of the legislature's Committee on Veterans' Affairs for the 2021 legislative session which convenes January 6, 2021.

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Drought Assistance for Farmers

October 26, 2020

All eight counties in Connecticut have received federal disaster declarations due to ongoing drought that has negatively impacted the state's farming industry. The declaration allows farmers who suffered qualifying farm-related losses caused by the designated disaster to apply for assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA).

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PURA Schedules Hearing on Eversource Rate Increase

August 12, 2020

You have the opportunity to express your opinion on the recent rate increase by Eversource. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has announced a hearing is scheduled for Monday, August 24 to conduct a review of Eversource to determine if the utility is benefiting from increased revenues at ratepayer expense.

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Addressing Rising Energy Costs

July 29, 2020

After hearing an outcry from customers and constituents on the recent rising energy costs, the Energy and Technology Committee and bi-partisan legislative leaders issued a communication to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) requesting suspension of the July 1 delivery rate increase and related charges.

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