Dive Summary:

• Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz have sent a letter to Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) seeking a response from Northeast Utilities (NU) regarding broken agreements made during the company's merger with NSTAR.
• The agreement requires 30 days advance notice to the state regarding layoffs; NU has acknowledged that 155 employees have either left or been laid off since April, but say that the terms of the agreement do not require notice to the state for "broad layoffs."
• Jepsen and Katz have asked the PURA to force the company to provide more information within 10 days on the grounds that NU is deliberately skirting the initial terms of the merger.

From the article:

The agreement requires 30 days advance notice to the state about any “facility closing or layoff of employees.” It also requires that any work force reduction is fair, equitable and proportional to reductions in other states, Jepsen and Katz contend.

NU has acknowledged that 155 employees have left the utility since the merger was completed in April. Some of those who left were laid off. ...