Judge Orders CT PURA Chief to Submit to Questioning After Text Message Deletion

Judge orders CT PURA chief to submit to questioning after text message deletion

A court on Wednesday ordered the state’s chief utility regulator to submit to questioning under oath by utility lawyers days after she acknowledged deleting — she says inadvertently — a controversial text message exchange that could help explain who was behind an unusual news opinion column vilifying the utility industry. Superior Court Judge Matthew J. Budzik issued the order late Wednesday concluding in part that the deletion — which occurred …

PURA chair Marissa Gillett admits to deleting texts, fueling criticism

Criticism of Connecticut’s top utilities regulator ratcheted up again this week, after it was revealed in court that she had deleted text messages being sought by a pair of gas utilities in an ongoing lawsuit challenging last year’s cuts to gas rates. During a hearing in that case Monday, an attorney for Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Chair Marissa Gillett said text messages on the chair’s personal cell phone were set to automatically del…

Closer to the truth: Judge grants gas companies’ motion to depose Gillett and Govert in op-ed mystery. — Daily Ructions

Damn you! Two natural gas utilities have won a complete victory in their quest to determine the roles of PURA Chairperson Marissa Gillett and Chief of Staff Theresa Govert in the writing of an anti-utility screed that appeared in the CT Mirror on December 19th. Judge Matthew J. Budzik ruled Wednesday that the companies may together depose Gillett and Govert separately in the next within the next 15 days. Gillett in a text exchange with state Rep…