True the $10,000 donation from United Illuminating to Residents for a Better Bridgeport occurred before Hurricane Sandy hit.
And true an extra $10,000 wouldn’t allow a substantively different response by UI to this natural disaster.
But with 41,794 UI customers still out of power as of 11:00 a.m. today – November 3rd, 2012, – a week after the storm hit, the symbolism is – let’s just say – shocking!
UI is a Connecticut public utility company; it provides a public benefit so it is regulated by the State of Connecticut. It exists because we, the people, allow it to exist.
Here we are, a state in which 10 percent of the people are unemployed and nearly 1 in 5