Letter to the Editor: Providing Protections from Underperforming Utilities
Monday, 04 January 2010 12:54
Last month, the Legislature, led by the legislative delegation from Fitchburg, Ashby, Townsend and Luneburg, unanimously passed landmark legislation that protects consumers in the event of severe power outages by increasing the accountability of public utilities to those they serve.

This legislation comes on the heels of the devastation that occurred in North-central Massachusetts after last December's ice storm and Unitil's complete mismanagement of its response. The communities that were affected by this utility's failure to uphold their obligation to provide safe and reliable service lived through a nightmare - some individuals and business were without power for as much as two weeks, right in the middle of the holiday season.

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