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www.HartfordBusiness.com March 27, 2017 • Hartford Business Journal 7 WHAT'S AHEAD: ■ 4/3 Focus: Women in Business Awards ■ The List: Women-owned Businesses ■ Nonprofit Profile: Knox Inc. CALENDAR FRIDAY, APRIL 21 CT Health Council Breakfast The Connecticut Health Council will host an April 21 breakfast called "Sustaining the Transition to Value in a Time of Policy and Market Turmoil," at Infinity Music Hall & Bistro, 32 Front St., Hartford. The event, which runs from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., will feature David Lansky, president and CEO of Pacific Business Group on Health, as the keynote speaker. Lansky will review trends including the expansion of Health Savings Accounts, consumers' growing importance in the market, employers' use of centers of excellence, advanced medical homes and accountable care organizations, and high-deductible health plans. There will also be a panel discussion featuring Christine Carmody, executive vice president, human resources and Information technology, Eversource; Paul Grady, partner, Mercer; Jess Kupec, president and CEO, St. FrancisCare Partners; Dr. Wayne Rawlins, VP, chief medical officer, ConnectiCare Inc. Cost to attend is $25 for members, $50 for nonmembers. For more information or to register go to: http://metrohartford.com/. ENERGY & UTILITIES Debate over Millstone's future heats up Lobbyists crowded into a committee room at the General As- sembly last week to watch the inevitable advance of a bill that sponsors say would simultaneously lower electric rates and stabi- lize profits generated by the Millstone Nuclear Power Station. Op- ponents say the bill would cost ratepayers and produce a windfall for the plant's owner, Dominion Resources of Virginia. The legislature's Energy and Technology Committee voted 17-7 to send the bill to the House floor without the benefit of an inde- pendent analysis of how it would impact a state energy market that is often described as a hybrid — deregulated within certain broad parameters set by the state. Standing cautiously between Dominion and a coalition oppos- ing the bill was the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, which would be given authority to determine if Mill- stone would be allowed to sell up to half its power in a new mar- ket under long-term contracts. It would bid against power gener- ated by biomass and trash-to-energy plants. – Mark Pazniokas | CT Mirror MANUFACTURING Fenton named to manufacturing post Connecticut's leading manufacturers' lobby has named M. Ed- ward Fenton as its new executive director, effective July 1. Fenton, who will continue to hold his same post at the Wire & Cable Manufacturers Association in East Haddam, officially as- sumed his duties last week at the New Haven Manufacturers As- sociation (NHMA), said NHMA President Jeffrey Paz. Fenton eventually will take over from Jerry Clupper, a retired chemical engineer who began his involvement with the nonprofit lobby as a volunteer. Clupper's NHMA retirement is effective June 30. LEGAL Nix's Hartford faces new legal pressure for unpaid rent The landlord of Hartford's Front Street Entertainment District has filed a second lawsuit against Nix's Hartford restaurant, ac- cusing the tenant of failing to pay rent, according to documents filed in Hartford Superior Court. According to the new complaint, filed on March 6, Nix's Hart- ford since Sept. 1 has failed to pay rent and other charges associ- ated with its lease at 40 Front St. Landlord HBN Front Street District Inc. is seeking to recoup cur- rent and missed rent payments and other unspecified damages. "Despite previous demands by the plaintiff to cure the defaults, the defendant has failed and refused to pay the rent and other monthly charges under the lease," the complaint states. At the end of 2016, Nix's in Hartford and Nix's Kitchen in South Windsor had been sued by separate landlords, including HBN Front Street District Inc., for owing tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid rent, according to the lawsuits. Nix's Managing Partner Abner Kurtin said the lawsuits stem from financial problems the restaurant is experiencing as a result of a foul odor at its Hartford property, which is hurting business. 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