Conn. mulls cut in utility profit over outages

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut regulators harshly criticized the state’s biggest utility on Wednesday for its “deficient and inadequate” handling of two massive storms last year and held out the possibility of cutting its allowed profit as punishment for extensive outages affecting hundreds of thousands of customers.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority issued its final decision in a months-long review of how Connecticut Light & Power prepared for and responded to Tropical Storm Irene in late August and a freak October snowstorm.

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