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Ned Lamont: “Your electric bills starting at about eight days and I think…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

Lower electricity rates approved in Connecticut

Published April 22, 2026 | Video Starts at 14:20

So next year at this time we'll be much better prepared to be able to handle a very cold weather at that. That said I think there's some good news coming in. Your electric bills starting at about eight days and I think it's going to continue for the near term. Thank you, Governor. Any questions? I just want to confirm these changes mean the entire public benefit charge will now appear as a credit. Yes. (14:20–14:26)

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Asserts that electric bills will decrease starting in about eight days and continue to do so in the near term.

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“We'll probably be the only state in the country that's saying your electric rates are going down in eight days.”
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“Starting in about eight days, your Eversource bill is going to be about $30 less.”
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“For those on UI, it'll be about $34 a month.”
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“Millstone, our nuclear power plant, was threatening to pull the plug and end nuclear power in this state.”
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“We made them a deal. We said almost 5 cents a kilowatt hour.”
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“We've been able to really eliminate the public benefits charge, you know, for the foreseeable future, say the next year or so.”
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“Electricity prices spiked up a lot this January.”
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“If we had had our wind power going at about almost 10 cents a kilowatt hour, that would have stabilized prices.”
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“The good news is revolution wind. The turbines are spinning now.”
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“Next year at this time we'll be much better prepared to be able to handle a very cold weather.”
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“We're making money on the nuclear hedge. It'll continue as long as the price of natural gas is elevated like it is now.”
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“Rates are going to go down in eight days.”
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“Your bill will be going down at least $30 a month.”
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“We have relatively high electric rates compared to the rest of the country.”
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