New England energy companies and
regulators are proposing that customers in several states equally
share the cost of improvements to the area of Connecticut that
went dark in last week’s blackout, the Boston Globe said.
The area, which includes wealthy suburbs such as Westport and
the financial center of Stamford, faces a bill of at least $700
million to build two transmission lines that would improve
delivery of electricity in the southwestern part of the state, the
Globe said.
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Regulators in Maine and Rhode Island oppose the plan, which
was drafted last month by New England Power Pool and ISO New
England Inc., which runs the power grid. The opponents contend
customers in their states would receive little benefit from the
improvements, the paper said. Costs would be based on the portion
of power used by each state. Massachusetts would pay 46 percent of
the costs, and Connecticut would pay 27 percent.
Rhode Island and Maine will file to block the cost-sharing
plan this week, the paper said. Such action might delay
construction.
Bloomberg News
