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buried_lede t1_iyb11rf wrote

Reply to comment by Lilcoqui17 in Come out against Eversource by Lilcoqui17

So this is already up and running? Ok. Well have to go for it then, but they might want to take out the antitrust thing, it doesn’t apply. Maybe something about breaking up Eversource ( so coops and munis can run things) but antitrust doesn’t apply. -

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buried_lede t1_iyb0cvl wrote

Reply to Come out against Eversource by Lilcoqui17

Gotta get the timing and demands right, but kudos for getting things going!

Hearings will be coming up. Might be better time.

We need a list of bidders that submit to Eversource and to Avantgrid and to the cooperatives/ municipals. Might not show the bids, but will show the mix of companies - which ones are bidding at Eversource but not at Avangrid, etc We need to drill down on these suppliers too.

I’ll try to find that

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buried_lede OP t1_iyaz1x9 wrote

Reply to comment by mweint18 in Wholesale price of gas paid by power plants by buried_lede

I’m ok with a narrow exemption, maybe temporary, for those tankers only. A total suspension of the Jones Act would decimate the American maritime industry. A NY tugboat operator explained that to us here one day.

But yeah, an exemption for LNG tankers. It doesn’t seem like it will harm anyone. I agree with you.

As for LNG, I haven’t looked up how much we use. It has to be a minuscule percentage compared to pipeline gas. So, I am dubious of any claims that it inflates my bill by even a penny per Klwh, not that I’ve read that claim anywhere. I just don’t want to assume, oh, so that will double my bill - uh, no.

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buried_lede OP t1_iyaw5wm wrote

Reply to Wholesale price of gas paid by power plants by buried_lede

And here is Eversource’s plain simple description of how they get the new price from suppliers ( of course, no explanation for why it’s higher than everyone else’s )

“ Under the state law that deregulated electricity, utilities like Eversource bid twice a year for power supplies, award contracts to low bidders, and pass along the costs to customers without marking them up. The Standard Service price changes on January 1 and July 1”

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buried_lede t1_iy9h0gs wrote

Reply to comment by SKIPPY_IS_REAL in Eversource, United Illuminating have spent millions to lobby Connecticut lawmakers by Toybasher

He’s got the right idea. It wouldn’t hurt if someone pulled out a pointer and rolled out some charts. I do want this anatomy laid out in detail and accurately and not shallow. Tired of the regurgitated press releases explaining why rates are high. They are all full of shit.

Lobbyists at Ever-score - - you know what they are giving to legislators? Loungewear catalogs with the latest Black Friday prices

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buried_lede t1_iy70bnn wrote

Reply to Eversource, United Illuminating have spent millions to lobby Connecticut lawmakers by Toybasher

Honestly, I think there is no excuse for Sen Needleman to be so uninformed in this area. He’s the chair of the Energy Committee. Nothing he said was wrong, but I expect someone in his position to know the subject thoroughly, to know all the problems with the ISO, to have at least a clue, through informed sources, what the generating plants are paying for fuel, who owns them and whether they are or are not subsidiaries with arms length relationships with supply and pipelines and whether they are gouging. He should know all of that. He should have big ideas rather than talking about pennies per kWh, he should be up on the Eversource sale of wind assets and should have been talking about it now for at least two months! (No one from the state has even mentioned it - it’s truly incredible!) And he should not be naive about infrastructure investment by Eversource - it’s a cash cow for utilities. ( Utilities can pass capital costs on to ratepayers but not operating costs, and it’s lucrative, so they are motivated always to propose grid improvements. Legislators have to have independent experts to tell them what’s bogus and what’s not) He serves as First selectman jn Essex too- is he spread too thin? I don’t know - I do know he’s not bringing much to the table on energy matters.

There should be subpoenas to the suppliers and Eversource for testimony and all documents related to price negotiations, including emails, receipts from lunch meetings, phone logs, all of it. If they meet for lunch, I want to know what they ate, where they ate, how long they were parked there, who was there and what was said. I want to know every step of their process, how they do it and how chummy or arms length it is. I want to know what, if any, consequences the price ends up having on gas company profits for both utilities’ gas subsidiaries - Avangrid and Eversource also own gas cos. Why hasn’t the legislature been on top of if?

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buried_lede t1_iy6fl0l wrote

Reply to Eversource, United Illuminating have spent millions to lobby Connecticut lawmakers by Toybasher

The only thing that could tick me off more than Eversource/Dereg/ISO-NE ( in that order) is if legislators go into those hearings underprepared and let Avangrid and Eversource run circles around them with mumbo jumbo about the difference in their energy pools etc.

Do not go to the hearing if you don’t know the facts and answers before you ask the questions.

Do Not ask how Munis do it if you do not know how munis do it!!!!!

Sen Duff- please note!

Call the munis before the hearings and find out. And get their opinions too about Eversource claims - they could have a lot of insight

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buried_lede t1_iy5xs05 wrote

Reply to comment by Vonderdonk in What are the richest towns in CT? Like with the nicest houses, cars, etc? by boxing1414

It’s the estate taxes. They have always done that. You know the adage is “Don’t die in Connecticut.

On top of that, our probate courts are still creepy, even after many reforms. They operate off the record, most of the time. The lawyers stuff their bills like it’s a Thanksgiving turkey and the judges just love that. No one wants to depend on CT probate courts, especially if you’re rich. And casual ex parte communications is shockingly common. I hate the CT probate system. I’d take NY probate over Ct any day- more professional

Screw them for dodging estate taxes, especially since they raised the cap, but the rest of it, rich or poor, probate practice in CT is corrupt.

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buried_lede t1_ixcuz0z wrote

Reply to comment by darkoblivion21 in Vehicle pursuit, Hartford, with AR15, just crashed by guesthost1999

And the time it would take because of sheer numbers - there are more guns than people here now - and how motivated they are to the extreme, which fosters homemade guns, ghost guns, 3D printed guns, criminal activity.

But ultimately, it works. Under Bloomberg, NY’s biggest gun problem were WVa’s lax gun laws and I-95

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buried_lede t1_ixciknf wrote

Reply to comment by Justinontheinternet in Vehicle pursuit, Hartford, with AR15, just crashed by guesthost1999

The mental health rhetoric from NRA interests is an excuse now, and a prelude to exploitation later.

If there weren’t access to the most lethal guns and ammunition, people’s mental health would be theirs and their family’s concerns and certainly not organized around gun licensing, which it would be if that were policy.

Maybe the misplaced paranoia about gun rights is a form of mental illness. How would the NRA folks like to be pushed back on their heels fielding that accusation?

The medical profession has no obligation to the gun lobby

Private militias are illegal too, but look at all of them. Is that mental illness or politically motivated? Who will be categorized as what? I’m suspicious of every argument from the gun lobby since the NRA was radicalized, years ago

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