Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act
Section 16-50gg. - Municipal location preferences.

When notifying a municipality pursuant to section 16-50l of an application for a telecommunications tower in said municipality, the Connecticut Siting Council shall request that the municipality provide to said council, within thirty days, any location preferences or criteria for the siting of said telecommunications tower. The council may consider regional location preferences from neighboring municipalities.

(P.A. 07-222, S. 2; P.A. 12-165, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 07-222 effective July 6, 2007; P.A. 12-165 added provision re location preferences of neighboring municipalities, effective July 1, 2012.

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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.