Dive Summary:
- Attorney General Martha Coakley’s review of electric utilities in Massachussetts continues to produce fine recommendations, with NStar now facing as much as a $10 million penalty for storm response efforts that Coakley has deemed "inadequate."
- Coakley's office recommended the fines to the Department of Public Utilities on Tuesday.
- NStar maintains that it was in compliance with state-approved standards.
From the article:
The Massachusetts attorney general is seeking a nearly $10 million in fines from electric utility NStar for what she calls ‘‘inadequate’’ responses to two major storms last year that left hundreds of thousands of customers without power, some for days. ...