Galvin said an extension of the state moratorium on residential shutoffs along with new relief for small businesses would help the economy recover from the rough, snowy winter.Ĭremations increase - as does interest in survivors for a fitting urnĪPEX, N.C. Galvin wrote a letter Friday to Angela O’Connor, chairwoman of the state Department of Public Utilities, asking for her agency’s assistance in encouraging the utilities to honor the extension request. He’s also asking the companies to offer the same grace period for small businesses, even though they aren’t typically protected by the winter moratorium. But given the hardships posed by the snowstorms, Galvin wants utilities to honor the moratorium through April 15. The state’s two major utilities have already agreed to extend the moratorium this year to March 31. Galvin was a co-sponsor of that 1979 legislation when he was a state representative. Massachusetts law prevents gas and electric companies from shutting off service to residential customers experiencing financial hardship during the heating season of Nov. Secretary of State William Galvin wants the state’s utilities to give small businesses more time to repay delinquent bills they racked up after the severe winter weather cut into sales. The state’s Center for Health Information and Analysis fined Steward in November for failing to turn in the documents, but Steward is disputing the $5,000 penalty. In December, Steward shuttered the 196-bed Quincy Medical Center. Elizabeth’s Medical Center and Carney Hospital in Boston. Steward, backed by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, operates 10 hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts, many of them struggling. But it also lost more on operations - $55 million, up from $22 million. The documents, which include redactions of what Steward called proprietary information about nonhospital business, show the company had nearly $2.1 billion in revenue in 2013, up slightly from 2012. Steward submitted its consolidated statements to state officials this week, resolving a dispute that began many months ago when the information was first requested.
The for-profit hospital chain Steward Health Care System more than doubled its operating losses to $55 million in 2013, according to financial documents. Among the properties operated by Steward Health Care System is Carney Hospital in Dorchester.
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