House to vote on proposal that would lower your electric bill

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — One proposal being voted on Tuesday at the state capitol could save customers money by cutting their electric bills.

However, some lawmakers said the legislation doesn’t go far enough.

They said bills could be trimmed by around $200 a year. It wouldn’t be a game changer, but perhaps at least a step in the right direction.

Monday, the state Senate approved a bill that would slash the public benefits section of electric bills by 10 percent and save customers another $100 million in annual cuts through delivery and transmission costs.

State senators said that overall, the proposal would shave customers’ bills by hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years.

Lawmakers agreed that it was just one important step in hopefully lowering energy bills, which were considered among the highest in the country.

The bill still has to be approved by the state House of Representatives, but that was expected to happen on Tuesday.

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