No Surprise With Butler's Resignation

After a tropical storm and the recent fall snowstorm disaster, it was not very surprising to most when .

“Jeff Butler’s resignation was expected but I thought it happened much sooner then than I had anticipated,” Somers First Selectwoman Lisa Pellegrini said. 

Pellegrini said that she felt Butler lost credibility when he continued to assure Connecticut residents that power would be restored by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday night. 

However, she said that he depended on the people that worked for him for that information and she would have hoped that he would have implemented some immediate corrective actions after he recognized what went wrong. 

“That is unfortunate,” Pellegrini said. “My hope is that the new leadership will grab the bull by the horns and address the immediate issues so that future emergency situations are dealt with effectively and timely and in partnership with local municipalities.”

State Sen. John Kissel feels that Butler handed in his resignation because he believed people's feelings were he was impeding CL&P's ability to move forward from the Halloween nor'easter.

He echoes Pellegrini’s sentiments about moving forward and providing better service.

“I still believe we need to learn from all of the reports that are being created, so that CL&P can provide more reliable service to the people of Connecticut,” Kissel said.