Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act
Section 16-50cc. - Reconfiguration or burial of electric transmission facility.

If legislation adopted on or after January 1, 2004, results in the reconfiguration or burial of a proposed facility described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i, all prudent costs incurred by an electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, associated with the reconfiguration or burial shall be deemed to be reasonable pursuant to sections 16-19 and 16-19e and shall be recovered by the electric distribution company in its rates.

(P.A. 04-246, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 04-246 effective June 3, 2004, and applicable to applications for a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need that was originally filed on or after October 1, 2003, for which the Connecticut Siting Council has not rendered a decision upon the record prior to June 3, 2004.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 16 - Public Service Companies

Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act

Section 16-50aa. - Tower sharing: Policy, requests, feasibility proceeding, compensation, expenses.

Section 16-50bb. - Municipal participation account.

Section 16-50cc. - Reconfiguration or burial of electric transmission facility.

Section 16-50dd. - State-wide telecommunications coverage data base.

Section 16-50ee. - State-wide telecommunications coverage plan.

Section 16-50ff. - Local telecommunications coverage assessments.

Section 16-50g. - Legislative finding and purpose.

Section 16-50gg. - Municipal location preferences.

Section 16-50h. - Short title.

Section 16-50hh. - Restoration and revegetation of the right-of-way.

Section 16-50i. - Definitions.

Section 16-50ii. - Electric generating facility: Flammable gas to clean piping prohibited; requirements prior to issuance of certificate to build. Penalty.

Section 16-50j. - Connecticut Siting Council. Membership. Regulations. Consultation with state agencies.

Section 16-50jj. - Meeting conducted during construction of electric generating facility.

Section 16-50k. - Certificate of environmental compatibility and public need. Transfer. Amendment. Excepted matters. Waiver.

Section 16-50kk. - Regulations re wind-powered generation.

Section 16-50l. - Application for certificate. Notice. Application or resolution for amendment of certificate. Consultation with municipality.

Section 16-50ll. - Annual report re backup power for telecommunications towers and antennas during electric service outages. Study re feasibility of backup power requirements.

Section 16-50m. - Public hearing. Notice.

Section 16-50n. - Parties to a certification or amendment proceeding or a declaratory ruling. Grouping of parties. Intervenors. Counsel and consultant to council. Limited appearances.

Section 16-50o. - Record of hearing. Rights of parties. Administrative notice re electromagnetic fields.

Section 16-50p. - Certification proceeding decisions: Timing, opinion, factors considered. Telecommunications and community antenna television facilities: Additional factors considered, conditions. Modification of location. Amendment proceeding decis...

Section 16-50q. - Judicial review.

Section 16-50r. - Report of forecast of loads and resources. Confidential information. Regulations. Investigation of life-cycle costs for overhead and underground transmission lines: Scope, hearings, consultants, assessment.

Section 16-50s. - Expenditures by utilities as consideration in proceedings.

Section 16-50t. - Regulations and standards. Hearing. Certain expenditures excluded in computation of fair net return.

Section 16-50u. - Enforcement of certificate and standards requirements.

Section 16-50v. - Administration expenses. Assessments. Fees. Staff. Consultants. Late fees.

Section 16-50w. - Conflicting provisions.

Section 16-50x. - Exclusive jurisdiction of council; exception. Eminent domain after certification. Municipal regulation of proposed location.

Section 16-50y. - Location application for electric generating facilities.

Section 16-50z. - Acquisition of real property for transmission facility. Regulations. Public service company acquisition of residential real property by condemnation.