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VICTIM SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG,
CUTS, AND BRUISES.
NEW AT NOON... STATE ENERGY
REGULATORS HAVE FINED THREE
MASSACHUSETTS UTILITIES NEARLY
$25 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THEIR
RESPONSE TO TWO MAJOR STORMS IN
2011.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES ANNOUNCED THE
PENALTIES TODAY AFTER AN
INVESTIGATION THAT TOOK MORE
THAN A YEAR. SOME RESIDENTS WERE
WITHOUT POWER FOR A WEEK AFTER
TROPICAL STORM IRENE IN AUGUST
2011 AND A SURPRISE OCTOBER
SNOWSTORM THAT SAME YEAR. THE
FINES ARE AGAINST NATIONAL GRID,
NSTAR AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
ELECTRIC COMPANY. UNDER A NEW
STATE LAW PASSED EARLIER THIS
YEAR, THE FINES WILL BE RETURNED