Governor Lamont Receives Notification From Marissa Gillett Announcing Her Plans To Step Down From PURA

(HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has received a letter from Marissa Paslick Gillett informing him that she will be resigning from her position with the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) effective October 10, 2025. Gillett has served on PURA since 2019, including as chairman.

"Marissa is one of the most experienced and qualified public utility regulators in the country," Governor Lamont said. "Her breadth of knowledge, analytical skillset and experience in energy policy, combined with her commitment to fairness and her ability to navigate complex cases were beneficial to our state and ratepayers. Marissa brought an outsider's perspective and a fresh set of eyes to help advance our policy goals of bringing cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable power to the people of our state. Among her accomplishments are instituting critically needed reforms and leading rigorous reviews into the distribution rates of five regulated utilities that led to rate reductions. At a time when we are working to manage the cost of energy, PURA has aided in those efforts. On behalf of our state, I am appreciative of her public service and dedication to our state and its ratepayers."

"With the help of PURA's amazing staff, my fellow commissioners and I have championed an approach that provided rigorous but fair scrutiny to utility rate increase requests and other matters," Chairman Gillett said. "I can confidently say that we fulfilled our statutory mission and held the regulated utilities to a high standard of accountability. I am deeply grateful for the opportunities and the people I've met through my work at PURA, and I will do all I can to ensure a smooth transition of my responsibilities. I have every confidence that the staff, whom I admire so greatly, as well as my capable colleagues, will continue to champion the important reforms underway as the result of our work to enhance transparency and accountability for the regulated utilities in this state. The ratepayers of this state, whom I have been so proud to serve, deserve nothing less."

Under Chairman Gillett's leadership, PURA led rigorous reviews into the distribution rates of five regulated utilities, leading to rate reductions for three utilities and holding the rate increases for the remaining two to only what was proven as necessary to run the utility franchise. Additionally, PURA created the Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement, which has become a national model for public engagement and is even being replicated in other states and at the federal level.

**Download: Letter from Chairman Gillett