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Background and News Coverage:
PURA Technical/Public Comment Meetings
Docket 12-01-10, Tree Trimming
March 5, 2014 (CL&P) and March 6, 2014 (UI)

Agendas
CL&P Technical Presentation for 3/5/2014

UI Technical Presentation for 3/6/2014


PURA's draft decision in PURA Docket 12-01-10, to which the State Vegetation Management Task Force has filed Exceptions, approves the use of ETT/ETR, a rigid line clearance standard.  PURA's final decision in this docket regarding utility tree pruning and removal will apply to both utilities.  

To see public comments (correspondence) that have been submitted and all other filings, click PURA Docket No. 12-01-10.
  (Note: submissions are ordered by month of filing, and within that, by year.)

For an undetermined period of time, written comments may still be made by e-mail to Pura.executivesecretary@ct.gov and Nicholas.neeley@ct.gov or via U.S. mail to PURA, 10 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT 06051.  Be sure to include a reference to Docket No. 12-01-10.   These may be particularly effective if based on what occurred at the meetings.
To prepare your remarks, you also may find it useful to consult The Benefits of  Street Trees, A Summary of Points, and the List of Documents, including past GCNH submissions to PURA, items 5 (Testimony at PURA Hearing in July of 2013 and Comments to PURA Public Meetings, March 5 and 6, 2014), 19, 20 and 21.

Newspaper and Radio Coverage (Click to read):

Free Speech Radio News, March 4, 2014
Hartford Courant:
    March 4, article on Governor Malloy and FoxCT news segment with Chris Ozyck before the            meetings
New Haven Register:
    March 5, PURA, New Britain (CL&P)

    March 6, Hamden Middle School (UI)

    March 8, Randall Beach re: March 6 meeting (UI)
Television Coverage of March 6 PURA Meeting, Hamden Middle School (Click to watch):

NBC Connecticut

Channel 8, WTNH
Channel 3, WFSB meeting coverage
Channel 3, WFSB pre-meeting coverage
FOXCT

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Updated January 18, 2021