Clean Energy Nonprofit Files Intervenor Status In Eversource Rate Case

HARTFORD, CT — A nonprofit organization focused on clean energy has been granted intervenor status in Eversource Energy’s 2026 rate case currently before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA).

The Acadia Center, a 25-year-old group with offices in New York, Boston, Hartford, Providence and Rockport, Maine, is represented in the case by Middletown-based Michaud Law Group, LLC. An intervenor is a non-party in a legal case that is allowed to join the case.

“Connecticut families and businesses deserve an electric system that is affordable, reliable, and prepared to meet future energy goals,” said Kate McAuliffe, Acadia’s senior policy advocate for Connecticut. “Customers should know that the investments they’re being asked to fund are necessary, cost-effective, and building a reliable, resilient grid for the state while insulating ratepayers from expensive and volatile fossil fuel energy.”

McAuliffe added that the decisions made during the proceeding would lay the groundwork toward a modern electric system for decades. The decisions made during this proceeding will lay the groundwork towards a modern electric system for the decades ahead.”

Paul Michaud, the law group’s managing member attorney, called PURA’s review of Eversource’s rate application “an important opportunity to ensure that the costs customers are being asked to bear are reasonable, necessary, and supported by the evidence.”

During a rate case, utility companies seek approval from PURA to recover costs of capital investments and other expenses. While other factors may cause electric distribution rates to change outside a rate case, this process has the potential for significant, long-term impact on rates, according to Acadia.

As the rate case moves forward, Acadia Center said it would advocate for a transparent review of Eversource’s proposal to ensure that investments deliver lasting public value.

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