(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any regulation or any decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, any municipal electric utility, including its affiliate or subsidiary, which on July 1, 2007, is the holder of a second franchise to provide community antenna television service in a defined franchise area in the state shall be eligible to be a certified competitive video service provider for all purposes, regardless of the technology or technologies used to provide video programming, and may file an application to the authority for a certificate of video franchise authority pursuant to section 16-331e. Such certificate, if granted, shall (1) replace the certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide community antenna television service previously issued to such municipal electric utility, its affiliate or subsidiary, which shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of sections 16-331e to 16-331o, inclusive, (2) not limit the services in addition to video programming that said certified video service provider may offer subscribers within its service area footprint, and (3) be expressly limited to the service area footprint in which the franchise holder is authorized to provide community antenna television service as of July 1, 2007. The requirements of sections 16-331 to 16-333p, inclusive, and of any regulations adopted pursuant to said sections shall not apply unless specifically made applicable to certified competitive video service providers.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any regulation or any decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, any municipal electric utility, including its affiliate or subsidiary, may apply to the authority to become a certified competitive video service provider for all purposes, outside of its existing community antenna television company franchise area as of July 1, 2007, if applicable, pursuant to section 16-331e, regardless of the technology or technologies used to provide video programming. Such certificate, if granted, shall not limit the services in addition to video programming that said certified competitive video service provider may offer subscribers within its service area footprint. The requirements of sections 16-331 to 16-333p, inclusive, and of any regulations adopted pursuant to said sections shall not apply unless specifically made applicable to certified competitive video service providers.
(P.A. 07-253, S. 34; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 16 - Public Service Companies
Section 16-330a. - Definitions.
Section 16-330b. - Broadband Internet access service map.
Section 16-330c. - Broadband Internet access service grant program. Report. Report to Governor.
Section 16-330e. - Access by broadband Internet service providers to occupied buildings.
Section 16-331a. - Community access programming and operations.
Section 16-331aa. - Imposition of civil penalties by authority.
Section 16-331b. - Members of community antenna advisory councils to serve without compensation.
Section 16-331bb. - Municipal video competition trust account.
Section 16-331e. - Certificate of video franchise authority.
Section 16-331ee. - State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council. Membership.
Section 16-331g. - Discrimination based on income prohibited.
Section 16-331h. - Certified competitive video service community access programming.
Section 16-331hh. - Transfer from municipal video competition trust account to General Fund.
Section 16-331i. - State-wide Video Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Funding.
Section 16-331k. - Video programming and rate changes.
Section 16-331l. - Interrupted video service.
Section 16-331m. - Video service providers' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems.
Section 16-331n. - Free video service for libraries and schools.
Section 16-331o. - Imposition of civil penalties by authority.
Section 16-331q. - Requirements for holders of certificates of cable franchise authority.
Section 16-331r. - Discrimination based on income prohibited.
Section 16-331t. - Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Advisory council.
Section 16-331v. - Cable franchise authority companies' programming and rate changes.
Section 16-331w. - Interrupted cable franchise authority service.
Section 16-332. - Leases by public service companies of facilities for community antenna purposes.
Section 16-333b. - Service to franchise area. Underground service lines.
Section 16-333c. - Availability of equipment for subscribers who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Section 16-333d. - Discrimination among subscribers prohibited.
Section 16-333e. - Credit or refund for interrupted service.
Section 16-333f. - Programming and rate changes. Regulatory authority. Industry cooperation.
Section 16-333g. - Free basic service for libraries and schools.
Section 16-333h. - Extension of service to schools. Instructional channels.
Section 16-333i. - Procedures for restoring interrupted service and improving substandard service.
Section 16-333k. - Office operating requirements. Office hours. Complaint or dispute procedures.
Section 16-333l. - Company offerings and charges. Billing and billing dispute procedures.
Section 16-333m. - Limitations on charges for disconnection or downgrade of service.
Section 16-333n. - Penalty for reduction of community antenna television service without notice.
Section 16-333o. - Rate regulation of community antenna television systems.