Increasing Equity, Accessibility, and Stakeholder Engagement (EASE) at PURA
What is the EASE docket?
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) is discussing how to increase equity and accessibility to their decision-making processes. PURA is focusing on four key topics to better inform how PURA will expand and increase equity and access:
Easier, meaningful, and more efficient stakeholder participation
Constraints and obstacles that limit effective stakeholder participation
Information to help customers better understand what PURA does
Key accessibility tools and services PURA should offer
These topics are being addressed through a formal regulatory process (known as a docket), a series of public and technical meetings, and small-group discussions.
Why is this topic important?
PURA is responsible for making sure that Connecticut's electric, natural gas, water, and telecommunications utilities provide safe, clean, reliable, and affordable service. To make its decisions, PURA opens formal spaces to discuss specific issues (called dockets). PURA can only make decisions based on the information that stakeholders add to a docket. To make the best decisions possible, PURA is exploring ways to bring more perspectives into the decision-making process. This means making it easier for Connecticut ratepayers to share their expertise, lived experience, and ideas with PURA.
Learn more about PURA through the one-pager fact sheet.
Share your Voice.
Get involved with EASE
Public Meeting #2
May 13, 2025, 6pm - 7:15pm
Ives Main Library, New Haven
Join the EASE team to talk about equity, access, and inclusive engagement. We want to hear about your experience and ideas for improvement. This meeting will primarily focus on PURA’s outreach, engagement, and website.
Technical Meeting #2
June 24, 2025, 12:30pm
Virtual On Zoom
Join the EASE team to talk about expanding equity, access, and inclusive engagement. Agenda and topics to be announced.
Previous EASE events
Public Meeting #1
March 20, 2025, 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Hartford Public Library, Center For Contemporary Culture
This event has passed. Join the EASE team to talk about equity, access, and inclusive engagement. We want to hear about your experience and ideas for improvement. Join us at 5:30pm for food and informal conversations.
Technical Meeting #1
April 10, 2025, 12:30pm
This event has passed. Join the EASE team to talk about the highlights and input gathered at the Public Meeting #1 and reports from several stakeholder groups about the results of their stakeholder engagement and research. We will also talk about barriers to participation, as well as opportunities to expand access to decision-making processes at PURA.
Visit the EASE Docket
View official materials and notices for the EASE effort.