Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

Don’t Mess With Gombossy In Sunday’s edition, The Hartford Courant’s new Consumer Watchdog, George Gombossy , brings the president of Connecticut Light & Power, Raymond Necci, to heel – with a little help from the paper’s friends. CL&P has been unable to shed it’s arrogance as Connecticut’s former state supported energy monopoly. It could not be brought to admit that its meters might possibly malfunction and overcharge its customers. When several consumers complained to Gombossy that their meters appeared not to be working properly, Gombossy produced a front page story on the issue, the paper enlisted the help of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, and before you could say “You’re gonna get sued,” the president of CL&P was on his knees, begging for mercy. In yet another front page consumer column in Sunday’s edition, Gombossy pulls no punches. “CL&P and its parent company, Northeast Utilities,” he writes, “are under pressure from the state attorney general's office...