HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is taking a new look at how utility customers get their electricity.

The legislature has directed state regulators to research the feasibility of establishing or expanding municipal utilities. Lawmakers want to know whether smaller, town-run utilities can get the lights back on faster than the state’s two big utilities, Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating.

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