It hasn't been easy to live in Connecticut the last couple years. First Hurricane Irene slammed through the state in August 2011, leaving some residents without electricity for weeks. A freak Halloween snowstorm two months later brought wires down again. Then Hurricane Sandy hit a year later, felling trees that, in turn, took down 11 separate transmission lines. With his state's residents clamoring for more reliable electricity supplies, Gov. Dannel Malloy has taken steps to bring power to the people in a fairly literal fashion.
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