Escalating Conflict with Utilities Leads to Resignation of Top Conn. Regulator

The forthcoming resignation of Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) Chair Marissa Gillett has created high-stakes questions around the state’s adoption of a comprehensive performance-based regulation (PBR) framework, with three key votes set to occur just two days before Gillett is scheduled to step down.

Noah Berman, utility innovation program manager at the Acadia Center, said he would be “surprised to see a major pivot” in the PBR dockets from the proposed rulings.

“The question is whether the utilities decide to act in good faith on what is being established, or to put aside the years of work that have gone into these frameworks in favor of trying to delay and relitigate under a new chair,” Berman said.

He expressed concern about a “post-resignation inquiry” that Avangrid submitted in the three PBR dockets, which argues Gillett “must have no further involvement” in all open dockets involving the company.

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