Gov. Lamont names new PURA chairman

Lamont nominates four new PURA commissioners

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D).(Molly Ingram / WSHU)Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated four new commissioners for the state’s Public Utility Regulatory Authority.The nominations complete the embattled agency’s five-member board for the first time in six years.One of the nominees is Thomas Wiehl, the legal and regulatory director of the state’s Office of Consumer Counsel.“He knows the staff well. He knows the players well and what’s o…

Lamont names 4 to PURA board, including Thomas Wiehl as chief

Gov. Ned Lamont began his rebuild of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on Monday, appointing four new members to the body and naming its new chief, the consumer advocacy attorney Thomas Wiehl. Wiehl, of Madison, will replace Marissa Gillett, who resigned from her role as the state’s top utilities regulatory earlier this month. Joining him will be three new commissioners: former state Rep. Holly Cheeseman of East Lyme, energy po…

CT begins process of repairing embattled energy regulatory agency. Here are those nominated to serve

The current and new members of PURA bring to the table financial expertise and an understanding of the utility investment model

Lamont Names Four To CT’s Public Utility Regulatory Authority, Including New Chair

Rehabbing the relationship between public utility companies and the state agency that regulates them is one of the priorities of the reformed Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) chairman.

Lamont announces PURA appointments following chair resignation

Gov. Ned Lamont announced the appointment of four new commissioners to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority following the resignation of PURA chairman Marissa Gillett amidst a scandal and a lawsuit by Connecticut’s major utility companies, giving the regulatory body its full roster of five commissioners for the first time since state statute required it in 2019.  Lamont named former Republican state representative Holly Cheeseman to the Aut…

Gov. Lamont nominates 4 people to serve as PURA commissioners

The governor has nominated Janice Beecher, Holly Cheeseman, Everett Smith and Thomas Wiehl to serve as commissioners.