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Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 16-1. - Definitions. - (a) Terms used in this title and in chapters 244,...
Section 16-1a. - Reference to Public Utilities Commission deemed to mean Public Utilities Control Authority. - Obsolete. (P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69.)
Section 16-1b. - Department of Public Utility Control. Department head. - Section 16-1b is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 77-614,...
Section 16-2. - Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Utility commissioners. Staff. - (a) There shall continue to be a Public Utilities Regulatory...
Section 16-2a. - Office of Consumer Counsel. Office of State Broadband. Consumer Counsel. Staff. - (a) There shall be an independent Office of Consumer Counsel,...
Section 16-2b. - Term “Office of Consumer Counsel” deemed to mean Division of Consumer Counsel within the Department of Business Regulation. - Section 16-2b is repealed. (P.A. 77-614, S. 164, 610; P.A....
Section 16-2c. - Division of Adjudication. - There is established a Division of Adjudication within the Public...
Section 16-2d. - Office of energy efficient businesses. - There is established within the Department of Energy and Environmental...
Section 16-3. - Vacancy. - If any vacancy of a utility commissioner occurs in the...
Section 16-3a. - Appointment of initial members. Transfer of business between commission and authority. - Obsolete. (P.A. 75-486, S. 21, 69; July Sp. Sess. P.A....
Section 16-4. - Employees of public service companies, certified telecommunications providers and electric suppliers ineligible to serve on authority or in department. - No officer, employee, attorney or agent of any public service...
Section 16-5. - Removal. - Misconduct, material neglect of duty, incompetence in the conduct of...
Section 16-6. - Office and records. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall keep its office open...
Section 16-6a. - Participation in proceedings before federal agencies and federal courts. Expenses. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and the Office of...
Section 16-6b. - Regulations. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may, in accordance with chapter...
Section 16-6c. - Power to delay implementation of electric suppliers' generation portfolio standards. - Section 16-6c is repealed, effective July 1, 2003. (P.A. 99-225,...
Section 16-7. - Right of entry. Penalty. - The utility commissioners of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, or...
Section 16-7a. - Power to stop work. - The utility commissioners, as defined in section 16-1, or their...
Section 16-8. - Examination of witnesses and documents. Hearing officers. Management audits. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may, in its discretion,...
Section 16-8a. - Protection of employee of public service company, person involved in the transportation of gas, contractor or Nuclear Regulatory Commission from retaliation. Procedures. Regulations. - (a) No public service company, as defined in section 16-1,...
Section 16-8b. - Labor disputes at public service companies. Determination of unreasonable profits during dispute. Refunds. - Whenever a labor dispute at a public service company, as...
Section 16-8c. - Examination of witnesses and documents. Audits. Relationship between public service companies and subsidiaries. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or any director or...
Section 16-8d. - Recovery of costs, expenses, judgments or attorney's fees for an action brought under section 16-8a. - (a) No costs, expenses or judgments associated with any action...
Section 16-9. - Orders. - All decisions, orders and authorizations of the Public Utilities Regulatory...
Section 16-9a. - Party status in proceedings before authority. - In a proceeding before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the...
Section 16-9b. - Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to be party to proceedings before authority. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall be a...
Section 16-10. - Enforcement of statutes and orders. - The Superior Court, on application of the Public Utilities Regulatory...
Section 16-10a. - Revocation of franchises. Procedure. Reassignment. - (a) Whenever any person, firm or corporation, incorporated under the...
Section 16-11. - Safety of public and employees. Powers. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, so far as is...
Section 16-11a. - Nuclear Energy Advisory Council; composition; duties. - (a) There is established a Nuclear Energy Advisory Council which...
Section 16-12. - Complaints as to dangerous conditions. - Any person or any town, city or borough may make...
Section 16-13. - Procedure upon complaint. - Upon receipt of such complaint, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority...
Section 16-14. - Powers concerning electrolysis or escape of electricity. - Any town, city or borough, or any person or corporation...
Section 16-15. - Compliance with orders. Penalty. - Each public service company and electric supplier shall comply immediately...
Section 16-16. - Report of accidents. - Each public service company, person involved in the transportation of...
Section 16-17. - Duties as to accidents. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall examine the causes of,...
Section 16-18. - Powers concerning poles and wires. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall have power, after notice...
Section 16-18a. - Consultants: Retention, expenses, findings and recommendations. - (a) In the performance of their duties the Public Utilities...
Section 16-19. - Amendment of rate schedule; investigations and findings by authority; hearings; deferral of municipal rate increases; refunds; notice of application for rate amendment, interim rate amendment and reopening of rate proceeding. - (a) No public service company may charge rates in excess...
Section 16-19a. - Periodic review re gas and electric distribution companies' rates, services and performance. Approval of performance-based incentives and penalties. - (a)(1) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, at intervals of...
Section 16-19aa. - Excess generating capacity. Exclusion of costs associated with. Return on and depreciation of unrecovered investment in generating facilities. - Section 16-19aa is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 88-220,...
Section 16-19b. - Purchased gas adjustment clauses, energy adjustment clauses and transmission rate adjustment clauses. - (a) No adjustment clause of any kind whatsoever shall be...
Section 16-19bb. - Application or refund of electric distribution company rate moderation funds. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall require that any funds...
Section 16-19c. - Investigation of fuel cost adjustment and purchased gas adjustment charges. - Section 16-19c is repealed. (P.A. 74-216, S. 5, 8; P.A....
Section 16-19cc. - Semiannual reports from nuclear generating facility licensees re maintenance, refueling and shutdown schedules. Penalty for shutdown for a significant period of time. - Section 16-19cc is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 88-220,...
Section 16-19d. - Advertising not to be deemed an operating expense for purposes of rate-making. Disclosure of source of payment for advertising. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Advertising” means the...
Section 16-19dd. - Conservation and load management programs for agricultural customers. - All electric public service companies shall implement conservation and load...
Section 16-19e. - Guidelines for transfer of assets and franchises, plant expansion, internal utility management and rate structures. Public hearing. Policy coordination among state agencies. Parties to rate proceeding. - (a) In the exercise of its powers under the provisions...
Section 16-19ee. - Reports from electric distribution companies concerning electrical outages from power surges. - Each electric distribution company shall, in its periodic report to...
Section 16-19eee. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 14-12, 16-19fff, 16-19ggg,...
Section 16-19f. - Rate design standards for electric public service companies and municipal electric companies. Determination of appropriateness. Implementation. Electric vehicle charging stations. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Cost of service”...
Section 16-19ff. - Submetering. Regulations. Application process. - (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes to the...
Section 16-19fff. - Electric vehicle charging load projections. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall require each electric...
Section 16-19g. - Penalty for failure to report nuclear incident not an operating expense. - Section 16-19g is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 80-351,...
Section 16-19gg. - Factors to be considered during a rate proceeding. - (a) During each proceeding on a rate amendment under section...
Section 16-19ggg. - Public electric vehicle charging stations. Parking restrictions. - (a) The owner or operator of a public electric vehicle...
Section 16-19h. - Reopening of water company rate proceedings. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may reopen proceedings on a...
Section 16-19hh. - Implementation of flexible pricing and rates. Special contracts for electric service. Exemption from competitive transition assessment. Regulations. Gas rates for certain manufacturers. - (a) In order to encourage economic development and maintain the...
Section 16-19i. - Electric company residential customer service charge indicated on bill. - Section 16-19i is repealed, effective July 11, 2001. (P.A. 82-211,...
Section 16-19ii. - Use of electric resistance space heating. Differential rates. - Section 16-19ii is repealed. (P.A. 90-219, S. 8; P.A. 96-23.)
Section 16-19j. - Portion of authority staff to be made party to certain rate proceedings. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may require a portion...
Section 16-19jj. - Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, whenever it deems appropriate,...
Section 16-19k. - Costs of educational materials or information on water conservation included as operating costs. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may include the costs of...
Section 16-19kk. - Finding re conservation and load management programs. Rates of return for conservation and load management programs and programs promoting the state's economic development. Considerations in establishing company's authorized return... - (a) The General Assembly finds that if the earnings of...
Section 16-19l. - Authorization of rates that promote water conservation. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall authorize rates for each...
Section 16-19ll. - Submittal of legislation re encouraging conservation and load management programs, etc. - Section 16-19llis repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 91-248, S....
Section 16-19mm. - Consideration of external costs and benefits. - In its review of an electric, gas and water public...
Section 16-19m to 16-19q. - Decommissioning of nuclear power generating facilities; definitions. Decommissioning financing plan; contents. Decommissioning finance plans; updates; hearing approval. Review of plan; changes. Decommissioning costs; liabi... - Sections 16-19m to 16-19q, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 8,...
Section 16-19nn. - Encouragement of specific end uses of electricity and gas. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may permit electric and gas...
Section 16-19oo. - Approval of rate amendments for conservation and load management programs or programs promoting the state's economic development in proceedings other than rate proceedings. Approval of rate mechanisms to recover costs of natural ga... - In order to promote an electric distribution, gas, telephone and...
Section 16-19pp. - Uncontested proceedings before the authority. Participating parties. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not hold an uncontested...
Section 16-19qq. - Outages of nuclear power generating facilities; rate proceedings; rebuttable presumption of imprudent management. - Section 16-19qq is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 97-21,...
Section 16-19rr. - Rates charged by electric distribution companies and electric utilities to veterans' organizations. - Each municipal electric utility established under chapter 101 and each...
Section 16-19r to 16-19t. - Three Mile Island nuclear power generating facility damage costs prohibited from being placed in rate base or included as operating expenses. Revenues associated with construction of electric company facilities and Millsto... - Sections 16-19r to 16-19t, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 11,...
Section 16-19ss. - Solicitations for the provision of temporary electric generation facilities. - Section 16-19ss is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 03-135,...
Section 16-19tt. - Gas and electric distribution companies' distribution revenue decoupling. - (a) In any rate case initiated on or after June...
Section 16-19u to 16-19w. - Monthly reports from nuclear power generating facility licensees re construction costs and progress. Excess construction costs of Seabrook 1 nuclear power generating facility not included in rates. Prohibition on inclusion... - Sections 16-19u to 16-19w, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 8,...
Section 16-19uu. - Adjustments to competitive transition assessment with respect to economic recovery revenue bonds. - (a) At such time as economic recovery revenue bonds are...
Section 16-19vv. - Public service companies' customer deposits. - (a) No public service company, other than a telephone company,...
Section 16-19ww. - Natural gas infrastructure expansion plan. Hurdle rate; rate for new customers added pursuant to the plan; rate mechanism for gas companies to recover prudent investments made pursuant to the plan outside a rate proceeding; assignm... - (a) On or before June 15, 2013, the gas companies,...
Section 16-19x. - Phase-in of costs of certain large electric generating facilities. - If the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority finds that a public...
Section 16-19xx. - Deferral of public service company tax expense increase. - Any public service company, as defined in section 16-1, shall...
Section 16-19y. - Rate treatment of enhanced 9-1-1 service costs. - Section 16-19y is repealed, effective May 31, 1996. (P.A. 84-416,...
Section 16-19yy. - Compensation rate recovery for electric distribution companies, gas companies or water companies. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, in exercising its...
Section 16-19z. - Rate treatment of land purchased, owned or retained by water companies for water supply protection or future water supply use. - In any proceeding pursuant to section 16-19 on a rate...
Section 16-19zz. - Interim rate decreases, low-income rates and economic development rates for customers of electric distribution companies. - Not later than November 1, 2020, the Public Utilities Regulatory...
Section 16-20. - Inadequate service or unreasonable rates; petition to authority. Small community water system rates and service. - (a) As used in this section, “private water company” means...
Section 16-21. - Change of rates fixed pursuant to charter or contract. - Whenever any rate of any public service company chartered by...
Section 16-22. - Rates; transfer of assets or franchise; burden of proof. - At any hearing involving a rate or the transfer of...
Section 16-23. - Regulations and service prescribed by authority deemed reasonable. - All regulations, practices and service prescribed by the Public Utilities...
Section 16-24. - Classification of service. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall have power to require...
Section 16-24a. - Low-income discounted rates for electric and gas service. - (a) On or before June 30, 2012, the Department of...
Section 16-25. - Time and place of hearings. Notice. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall fix a time and...
Section 16-25a. - Hearings on Office of Consumer Counsel petitions. - If the Office of Consumer Counsel files a petition with...
Section 16-26. - Public hearing to be held in locality affected. - (a) In any matter within the jurisdiction of the Public...
Section 16-27. - Returns from public service companies. Reports from community antenna television companies. Penalty. Form 8-K reports. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, on or before...
Section 16-28. - Correction of returns and reports. - When a report filed by a public service company under...
Section 16-29. - Reports from municipalities. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, annually, on or before...
Section 16-30. - Returns from motor bus companies. Penalty. - Section 16-30 is repealed, effective June 29, 1993. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 16-31. - Remission of forfeitures by the Attorney General. - Section 16-31 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5145; P.A. 90-221,...
Section 16-32. - Annual audit report. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 16-32a. - Filing re procurement practices. Public hearing. Regulations re competitive bidding. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall by regulation require public...
Section 16-32b. - Regional water authority or water district to submit annual report. - Each regional water authority and each regional water district shall,...
Section 16-32c. - Water company rate adjustments. Application. Notice to customers. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16-19, a water company,...
Section 16-32e. - Emergency plans to be filed by public service companies, telecommunications companies, voice over Internet protocol service providers and municipal utilities. Hearings. Revisions. Staffing of electric distribution companies' emergen... - (a) As used in this section, “emergency” means any (1)...
Section 16-32f. - Gas company supply and demand forecast reports. - On or before October first of each even-numbered year, a...
Section 16-32g. - Electric wire maintenance plans. Regulations. - Not later than January 1, 2008, and annually thereafter, each...
Section 16-32h. - Performance standards for electric distribution companies and gas companies in emergencies. Emergency response report. - (a) As used in this section, “utility” means any electric...
Section 16-32i. - Performance review of electric distribution companies and gas companies after emergencies. Hearing. Penalty. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall review the performance of...
Section 16-32j. - Procedures for expedited road clearing after emergencies. - On or before January 1, 2013, the Department of Energy...
Section 16-32k. - Vegetation management practices review. Report. - On and after June 6, 2014, the Department of Energy...
Section 16-32l. - Residential customer credits for distribution-system service outage. Recovery of costs. Waiver of requirements. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “emergency” has the...
Section 16-32m. - Residential customer compensation for expiration of medicine and food due to distribution-system service outage. Recovery of costs. Waiver of requirements. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “emergency” has the...
Section 16-32n. - Cost-benefit analysis concerning resources expended and existing staffing levels during storm events. Minimum staffing levels and acceptable performance standards for electric distribution companies. Penalties. - (a) As used in this section, “electric distribution company” has...
Section 16-33. - Obstructing authority; false entries and returns to; penalty. - Any person who wilfully makes any false return or report...
Section 16-34. - Annual reports to Governor. - Section 16-34 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5424; P.A. 75-486,...
Section 16-34a. - Annual report re lost and unaccounted for gas. Docket to investigate. - (a) Not later than July 1, 2015, and annually thereafter,...
Section 16-35. - Appeals to Superior Court. Uncontested proceedings re acquiring electricity products or services. - (a) Any person, including but not limited to a company,...
Section 16-36 to 16-39. - Venue. Procedure on appeal. Notice when parties are numerous. Supersedeas. - Sections 16-36 to 16-39, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 16-40. - Rights and duties of trustees and receivers. - When any company is operated by a trustee or receiver,...
Section 16-41. - Imposition of civil penalties by authority. - (a) Each (1) public service company and its officers, agents...
Section 16-42. - Not to affect labor contracts. - Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize the...
Section 16-43. - Merger or sale of public service companies. Issuance and approval of securities. Net proceeds from sale of water company land. Allocation of economic benefits of sale of water company land. - (a) A public service company shall obtain the approval of...
Section 16-43a. - Validity of securities issued pursuant to order of authority. - Any stock, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness or...
Section 16-43b. - Definitions applicable to apportionment of land sales benefits. - For purposes of subsection (e) of section 16-43, “open space...
Section 16-43c. - Sale of water company land to certain municipal corporations for construction of a school. - Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or section 12-217dd, any...
Section 16-43d. - Sale of existing electric generation plants. - If any existing electric generation plant within the state is...
Section 16-44. - Notice of formation, consolidation or discontinuance of public service companies; change of name. Penalty. - Whenever any company is organized for the purpose of doing...
Section 16-44a. - Disclosure of salaries of directors and officers of public service companies. - (a) Each public service company, as defined in section 16-1,...
Section 16-45. - Increase or reduction of capital stock by public service companies. - Any public service company which is authorized to increase its...
Section 16-46. - Dissolution or termination of public service company. Cessation of public service operations. - (a) No public service company shall cease operations as a...
Section 16-47. - Holding companies. Approval of authority re exercise of control. Investigation and hearing. Annual reports. Injunctive relief. - (a) As used in this section and section 16-47a, (1)...
Section 16-47a. - Code of conduct for gas company transactions with affiliates. - (a) As used in this section, “affiliate” means a person,...
Section 16-48. - Electricity and gas; transmission between this state and other states. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is authorized to enter into...
Section 16-48a. - Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control Fund established. - There is established a fund to be known as the...
Section 16-49. - Expenses of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Bureau of Energy and Technology, the Office of Consumer Counsel, the Office of Policy and Management and the operations of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.... - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Company” means (A)...
Section 16-49a to 16-49c. - Appropriation. Council on water company lands established. Moratorium on sale of water company lands; duties of council. - Sections 16-49a to 16-49c, inclusive, are repealed. (1972, P.A. 138,...
Section 16-49d. - Applications for sales of water company lands submitted prior to June 25, 1975. - Section 16-49d is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 75-405,...
Section 16-49e. - Public service company may request identification from person opening an account. Telecommunications company may request identification prior to providing service. - (a) As used in this section, “identification” means a Social...
Section 16-49f. - Verification of Social Security number prior to opening new account. Minor not liable for services fraudulently obtained using minor's Social Security number. - (a) A public service company, as defined in section 16-1,...
Section 16-50. - Employees. Consultants. - Section 16-50 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5396; June, 1955,...
Section 16-50a. - Local filing of maps on acquisition of property. - Any public service company which acquires land or any easement...
Section 16-50b. - Declaration of policy. - It is found and declared that conservation of undeveloped lands...
Section 16-50c. - Notification of intent to dispose of unimproved real property. Approval or disapproval by authority. Hearing. - (a) Whenever any public service company, as defined in section...
Section 16-50d. - Action to acquire property. - (a) Within one hundred eighty days after approval by the...
Section 16-50e. - Notices to town clerk. - A copy of each notice required by sections 16-50c and...
Section 16-50f. - Solicitation of insurance applications from employees of public service companies. Payroll deductions. - (a) Any public service company providing payroll deduction services for...
Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act
Section 16-50aa. - Tower sharing: Policy, requests, feasibility proceeding, compensation, expenses. - (a) The General Assembly finds that the sharing of towers...
Section 16-50bb. - Municipal participation account. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 16-50cc. - Reconfiguration or burial of electric transmission facility. - If legislation adopted on or after January 1, 2004, results...
Section 16-50dd. - State-wide telecommunications coverage data base. - On or before January 1, 2006, the Connecticut Siting Council...
Section 16-50ee. - State-wide telecommunications coverage plan. - (a) On or before September 1, 2006, the Connecticut Siting...
Section 16-50ff. - Local telecommunications coverage assessments. - (a) On or before January 1, 2008, the Connecticut Siting...
Section 16-50g. - Legislative finding and purpose. - The legislature finds that power generating plants and transmission lines...
Section 16-50gg. - Municipal location preferences. - When notifying a municipality pursuant to section 16-50l of an...
Section 16-50h. - Short title. - This chapter shall be known and may be cited and...
Section 16-50hh. - Restoration and revegetation of the right-of-way. - As part of its supervision of construction activity in connection...
Section 16-50i. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (a) “Facility” means: (1) An...
Section 16-50ii. - Electric generating facility: Flammable gas to clean piping prohibited; requirements prior to issuance of certificate to build. Penalty. - (a) No person shall use flammable gas to clean or...
Section 16-50j. - Connecticut Siting Council. Membership. Regulations. Consultation with state agencies. - (a) There is established a “Connecticut Siting Council”, hereinafter referred...
Section 16-50jj. - Meeting conducted during construction of electric generating facility. - At least once during the period of construction of an...
Section 16-50k. - Certificate of environmental compatibility and public need. Transfer. Amendment. Excepted matters. Waiver. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 16-50z,...
Section 16-50kk. - Regulations re wind-powered generation. - (a) On or before July 1, 2012, the Connecticut Siting...
Section 16-50l. - Application for certificate. Notice. Application or resolution for amendment of certificate. Consultation with municipality. - (a) To initiate a certification proceeding, an applicant for a...
Section 16-50ll. - Annual report re backup power for telecommunications towers and antennas during electric service outages. Study re feasibility of backup power requirements. - (a) On or before October 1, 2012, and annually thereafter,...
Section 16-50m. - Public hearing. Notice. - (a) The council shall promptly fix a commencement date and...
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. - (a) The parties to a certification or amendment proceeding or...
Section 16-50o. - Record of hearing. Rights of parties. Administrative notice re electromagnetic fields. - (a) A record shall be made of the hearing and...
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... - (a)(1) In a certification proceeding, the council shall render a...
Section 16-50q. - Judicial review. - Any party may obtain judicial review of an order issued...
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. - (a) Every person engaged in electric transmission services, as defined...
Section 16-50s. - Expenditures by utilities as consideration in proceedings. - The council may give appropriate consideration in all proceedings to...
Section 16-50t. - Regulations and standards. Hearing. Certain expenditures excluded in computation of fair net return. - (a) The council shall prescribe and establish such reasonable regulations...
Section 16-50u. - Enforcement of certificate and standards requirements. - The council shall take reasonable steps to insure that each...
Section 16-50v. - Administration expenses. Assessments. Fees. Staff. Consultants. Late fees. - (a) All expenses of administering this chapter, including the functions...
Section 16-50w. - Conflicting provisions. - In the event of any conflict between the provisions of...
Section 16-50x. - Exclusive jurisdiction of council; exception. Eminent domain after certification. Municipal regulation of proposed location. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, except...
Section 16-50y. - Location application for electric generating facilities. - Section 16-50y is repealed. (P.A. 73-458, S. 14; P.A. 76-359,...
Section 16-50z. - Acquisition of real property for transmission facility. Regulations. Public service company acquisition of residential real property by condemnation. - (a) No person engaged in the transmission of electric power...
Chapter 277b - Wireless Facilities
Section 16-50aaa. - Council on 5G Technology. Use of state real properties for placement, construction, maintenance and operation of personal wireless service facilities and small wireless facilities. Telecommunications License Agreements. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Council” means the...
Section 16-50bbb. - Processes for siting small wireless facilities on municipal property. - (a) The Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with...
Chapter 278 - Railroads and Railways (See Chapter 245)
Section 16-72. - Sunday laws not applicable to electric cars or motor buses. - Section 16-72 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5462; P.A. 76-415,...
Chapter 280 - Railroad Operations (See Chapter 245b)
Section 16-181. - Sunday trains. Freight. Forfeiture. - Section 16-181 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5563; P.A. 76-415,...
Chapter 281 - Street Railway Operations (Repealed)
Section 16-191 to 16-203. - Location in highway; payment for certain repairs. Failure to repair or pay costs. Agreements for repairs. Company liable for defects. Notice to commissioner of repairs on highway. Apportionment of expense of repair of high... - Sections 16-191 to 16-203, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 16-204 and 16-205. - Right of certain companies to lay tracks to cease. Failure to operate railway. - Sections 16-204 and 16-205 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002....
Section 16-206. - Appeal by adjoining owner. - Section 16-206 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5596; 1969, P.A....
Section 16-207 and 16-208. - May operate motor buses and discontinue cars. Street railway company operating motor buses may change capital structure. - Sections 16-207 and 16-208 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002....
Section 16-209. - Directors to be residents of state. - Section 16-209 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5620; P.A. 85-246,...
Section 16-210 to 16-215. - Rights of trustees and others after foreclosure. Court may order sale. Rights and liabilities of reorganized corporation. Certificate of reorganization to be filed. Sale of mortgaged property when electrical operation aban... - Sections 16-210 to 16-215, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Chapter 282 - Railroad and Railway Bonds and Mortgages
Section 16-216. - Issuance of bonds. - Each railroad company may borrow money and give its bonds...
Section 16-217. - Securing of bonds by mortgage. - Any railroad company may secure its lawfully issued bonds by...
Section 16-218. - Property subsequently acquired covered by mortgage; foreclosure. - When any railroad company has mortgaged, or mortgages, its railroad,...
Section 16-219. - Surrender of road to mortgage trustee. - When any such company has mortgaged its property or any...
Section 16-220. - Liability of trustee limited. - When any such trustee has taken possession of any property...
Section 16-221. - Inventory. - The trustee, upon taking possession of such property, shall make,...
Section 16-222. - Accounts. Trustee may complete foreclosure. - The trustee, while operating such road, shall file quarterly, in...
Section 16-223. - Court may remove trustee and appoint successor. - If such trustee neglects or unnecessarily delays to perform his...
Section 16-224. - Prior encumbrancers not affected. - Nothing in sections 16-219 to 16-223, inclusive, shall affect any...
Section 16-225. - Trustee to have same powers as company. - When any such railroad is in the possession of a...
Section 16-226. - Administration expenses. - The expenses of operating such railroad or other property, including...
Section 16-227. - Purchasers under foreclosure may reorganize corporation. Certificate. - Whenever the property and franchises of any railroad company have...
Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies
Section 16-228. - Telephone lines. - Subject to the restrictions of sections 16-18 and 16-248, each...
Section 16-229. - Excavation in highway. - Any public service company incorporated under the provisions of the...
Section 16-230. - Bond requirement. - Before any such public service company makes any such application,...
Section 16-231. - Appeal. - Any such company aggrieved by the neglect or refusal of...
Section 16-231a. - Cuts and permanent patches in highway. Inspections. Repairs. Certification. - A public service company, as defined in section 16-1, a...
Section 16-232. - Rights of companies organized under general law. - No electric distribution company organized under any former joint stock...
Section 16-233. - Use of gain by town, city, borough, fire district or Department of Transportation. - Each town, city, borough, fire district or the Department of...
Section 16-234. - Conducting vegetation management; notice to abutting and private property owners. Changing location of, erecting or placing wires, conductors, fixtures, structures or apparatus over, on or under any highway or public ground; rights... - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Utility” means a...
Section 16-235. - Control by local authorities. Orders. Appeals. - Except as provided in section 16-243, the selectmen of any...
Section 16-236. - Appraisal of damages; costs. - Any judge of the Superior Court may, upon the application...
Section 16-237. - No prescriptive right. - No person or corporation building and maintaining telephone or electric...
Section 16-238. - Wires may be cut; notice. - When it is deemed necessary to cut or otherwise disconnect...
Section 16-239. - Dispatches transmitted in order. Exceptions. - Section 16-239 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5651; P.A. 88-220,...
Section 16-240 to 16-242. - Delivery of messages. Mortgage by telegraph company. Telephone service to telegraph companies. - Sections 16-240 to 16-242, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 8,...
Section 16-243. - Jurisdiction of authority over electricity transmission lines. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall have exclusive jurisdiction and...
Section 16-243a. - Private power producers. Purchase and sale of electricity. Avoided costs. Small renewable power projects. Interconnectivity standards. - (a) As used in this section, “avoided costs” means the...
Section 16-243aa. - Distribution of electricity across a public highway or street by a municipality or state or federal governmental entity. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall authorize any municipality or...
Section 16-243b. - Definitions. Jurisdiction. - (a) As used in this title: (1) “Private power production...
Section 16-243bb. - Adjustment of electric distribution company residential fixed charge. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Residential fixed charge”...
Section 16-243c. - Electricity transmission and distribution services for electric cooperatives utilizing cogeneration technology and renewable energy resources. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may issue orders requiring electric...
Section 16-243cc. - Energy storage deployment. Report. - On or before January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 16-243d. - Project by private power producer deemed “industrial project”. - A project to be used for the production of electricity...
Section 16-243dd. - Energy storage project proposals. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation...
Section 16-243e. - Electric distribution company purchase of electricity generated by municipal resources recovery facilities. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 16-243ee. - Electric energy storage resource programs and associated funding mechanisms. Report. - (a) On or before January 1, 2022, the Public Utilities...
Section 16-243f. - Private power providers. Regulations concerning the purchase and sale of electricity. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall adopt regulations, in...
Section 16-243g. - Assignment of electricity purchase agreements. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or of any...
Section 16-243h. - Credit to residential customers who generate electricity; metering. - On and after January 1, 2000, and until December 31,...
Section 16-243i. - Awards to retail end use electric customers and electric distribution companies re customer-side distributed resources. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, not later than...
Section 16-243j. - Long-term financing for customer-side distributed resources and advanced power monitoring and metering equipment. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2006, the Public Utilities...
Section 16-243k. - Assessment of customer-side and grid-side distributed resources, effectiveness of award program. - Not later than January 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 16-243l. - Rebate for customer-side distributed resource projects that use natural gas. - On or before January 1, 2006, each electric distribution company...
Section 16-243m. - Measures to reduce federally mandated congestion charges. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, on or before...
Section 16-243n. - Time-of-use, mandatory peak, shoulder, off-peak and seasonal rates. Optional interruptible or load response rates. - (a) Not later than October 1, 2005, each electric distribution...
Section 16-243o. - Waiver of back-up power rates. - (a) If a customer of an electric distribution company implements...
Section 16-243p. - Recovery of costs, investments and lost revenues by an electric distribution company. - (a) An electric distribution company may recover its costs and...
Section 16-243q. - Class III renewable energy portfolio standards. - (a) On and after January 1, 2007, each electric distribution...
Section 16-243r. - Customer-side distributed resources and grid-side distributed resources. Qualifications for applicability of certain provisions. - The provisions of sections 7-233y, 16-1, 16-32f, 16-50i, 16-50k, 16-50x,...
Section 16-243s. - Awards to electric distribution companies for programs for load curtailment, demand reduction and retrofit conservation. - Section 16-243s is repealed, effective June 6, 2014. (June Sp....
Section 16-243t. - Class III credits. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, a customer who...
Section 16-243u. - Plan to build peaking generation. - From January 1, 2008, until February 1, 2008, any person...
Section 16-243v. - Connecticut electric efficiency partner program. Residential furnace or boiler replacement and propane fuel tank purchase program. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Connecticut electric efficiency...
Section 16-243w. - Advanced metering system plan and deployment. - (a) On or before July 1, 2007, each electric distribution...
Section 16-243x. - Time-of-use meters. Notice of availability. - The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall require each...
Section 16-243y. - Microgrid and resilience grant and loan pilot program to support distributed energy generation for critical facilities. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Municipality” has the...
Section 16-243z. - Geographic information systems data sharing. Disclosure of locations of medical hardship accounts in emergencies. - (a) For purposes of this section, “regional council of governments”...
Section 16-244. - Electric deregulation; findings and declarations. - The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The provision...
Section 16-244a. - Rate freeze for electric service. - Section 16-244a is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 98-28,...
Section 16-244aa. - Performance-based regulation of electric distribution companies. - (a)(1) For the purposes of this section, “electric distribution company”...
Section 16-244b. - Electric customers to choose electric suppliers. Phase-in of electric deregulation. - All customers of electric distribution companies, as defined in section...
Section 16-244bb. - Sustainable materials management account. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 16-244c. - Standard service. Alternative standard service. Supplier of last resort. Back-up generation service. Participating electric suppliers. - (a)(1) On and after January 1, 2007, each electric distribution...
Section 16-244cc. - Energy storage systems pilot program. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall direct each electric...
Section 16-244d. - Program for distribution of information re electric suppliers. Rate board Internet web site. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the...
Section 16-244e. - Ownership or operation of generation assets. Customer bill. Energy storage systems to enhance distribution reliability or resiliency. - (a) An electric distribution company shall not own or operate...
Section 16-244f. - Divestiture of nonnuclear electric generation facilities. Plan. Approval of sale by authority. - Section 16-244f is repealed, effective June 6, 2014. (P.A. 98-28,...
Section 16-244g. - Divestiture of nuclear electric generation facilities. Plan. Approval of sale by authority. - (a) As used in this section, “generation assets” means electric...
Section 16-244h. - Code of conduct for electric distribution companies, generation entities or affiliates and electric suppliers. Contents of code. Penalties, damages. - (a) Not later than January 1, 1999, the Public Utilities...
Section 16-244i. - Duties of electric distribution companies. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall continue to regulate...
Section 16-244j. - Electric transmission lines from Bethel to Norwalk. Moratorium. Working group and comprehensive assessment. - Section 16-244j is repealed, effective June 6, 2014. (P.A. 02-95,...
Section 16-244k. - Allocation of the proceeds of the retail adder. - Section 16-244k is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 03-135,...
Section 16-244l. - Modification of fuel cell electricity purchase agreements. - The administrator of any project utilizing fuel cells with an...
Section 16-244m. - Procurement Plan re standard service. - (a)(1) On or before January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter,...
Section 16-244n. - Standard service contract buydown. - Upon the request of an electric distribution company, the Department...
Section 16-244o. - Generation evaluation and procurement process. - On or before January 1, 2012, and from time to...
Section 16-244p. - Transmission line project review. - The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall review any...
Section 16-244q. - Request for proposal re reliability concerns. - On or after March 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, not...
Section 16-244r. - Long-term contracts re zero emission generation projects. Solicitation of Class I generation projects. Renewable energy credits. - (a) Commencing on January 1, 2012, and within the period...
Section 16-244s. - Zero emission generation projects solicitation plan. Procurement plan. Noncompliance fee. - (a) To procure the long-term contracts described in section 16-244r,...
Section 16-244t. - Power purchase contracts re low-emission generation projects. Renewable energy credits. - (a) Commencing on January 1, 2012, and within one hundred...
Section 16-244u. - Virtual net metering. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Beneficial account” means...
Section 16-244v. - Renewable energy sources generation. Proposals to build, own or operate facilities. - (a) An electric distribution company, or owner or developer of...
Section 16-244w. - Grid-side system enhancements pilot program. - (a) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 16-244e, each electric distribution...
Section 16-244x. - Shared clean energy facility pilot program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Shared clean energy...
Section 16-244y. - Fuel cell electricity generation. Soliciation of proposals to aquire new fuel cell electricity generation projects with associated tariffs. - (a) Each electric distribution company shall solicit proposals to acquire...
Section 16-244z. - Renewable energy tariffs. - (a)(1)(A) On or before September 1, 2018, the Public Utilities...
Section 16-245. - Licensing of electric suppliers. Customer assignment or transfer. Procedures. Penalties. Regulation of electric aggregators. Procedures. Penalties. - (a) No person shall execute any contract relating to the...
Section 16-245a. - Renewable portfolio standards. - (a) Subject to any modifications required by the Public Utilities...
Section 16-245aa. - Renewable energy and efficient energy finance program. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 16-245b. - Municipalities and regional water authorities acting as electric aggregators; registration with Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. - Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 16-245, the...
Section 16-245bb. - Bond authorization. - Section 16-245bb is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (P.A. 07-242,...
Section 16-245c. - Municipal electric utilities participating in deregulated environment. Authority to provide generation services outside service area. - (a) As used in this section, “service area” means the...
Section 16-245cc. - Demand charge waiver for fuel cells. - An electric supplier or an electric distribution company shall waive...
Section 16-245d. - Billing of electric service. Standard format. Contents. Bill inserts and mailings. Electronic bill payment confirmation. - (a)(1) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, by regulations adopted...
Section 16-245dd. - Residential electric space heating tariff. - Any electric distribution company that has a tariff for residential...
Section 16-245e. - Stranded costs of electric distribution companies. Definitions. Calculation by authority. Procedures. Adjustments. Mitigation. - (a) As used in this section, sections 16-245f to 16-245k,...
Section 16-245ee. - Energy conservation and load management and renewable energy projects in lower income communities. Requirements for approval. - Before approving any plan for energy conservation and load management...
Section 16-245f. - Funding of certain disbursements to the General Fund. Funding of stranded costs through rate reduction bonds. Funding of economic recovery transfer through economic recovery revenue bonds. Assessment. - (a) An electric distribution company shall submit to the authority...
Section 16-245ff. - Residential solar investment program. - (a) As used in this section and section 16-245gg: (1)...
Section 16-245g. - Competitive transition assessment. Determination by authority of amount and how applied to electric customers. Duration. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall assess and beginning...
Section 16-245gg. - Master purchase agreement for solar home renewable energy credits. - (a) Not later than July 1, 2016, the Connecticut Green...
Section 16-245h. - Transition property. Surplus competitive transition assessment. Restrictions on use of transition property by electric distribution companies. - (a) The competitive transition assessment described in subparagraph (A) of...
Section 16-245hh. - Condominium renewable energy grant program. - The Connecticut Green Bank created pursuant to section 16-245n, in...
Section 16-245i. - Financing orders re the economic recovery transfer, the Energy Conservation and Load Management Fund, the Clean Energy Fund and stranded costs. - (a) The authority may issue financing orders in accordance with...
Section 16-245ii. - Energy consumption data of nonresidential buildings. - Commencing January 1, 2012, each electric distribution and gas company...
Section 16-245j. - Rate reduction bonds and economic recovery revenue bonds; terms. - (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection,...
Section 16-245jj. - Town customer electricity and gas usage information. - Commencing January 1, 2012, each electric distribution and gas company...
Section 16-245k. - Security interest in transition property; creation; perfection. Transferring transition property. Duration of authority to issue financing orders. - (a) A security interest in transition property is valid, is...
Section 16-245kk. - Issuance of bonds, notes and other obligations by the Connecticut Green Bank. - (a) The Connecticut Green Bank is authorized from time to...
Section 16-245l. - Systems benefits charge. Determination by authority of amount and how applied to customers. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall establish and each...
Section 16-245ll. - Clean energy bonds. - (a) The Connecticut Green Bank may issue clean energy bonds...
Section 16-245m. - Energy Conservation Management Board. Conservation and Load Management Plan. - (a)(1) Repealed by P.A. 18-50, S. 32. (2) Repealed by...
Section 16-245mm. - Special capital reserve funds. - (a) For purposes of this section, “required minimum capital reserve”...
Section 16-245n. - Connecticut Green Bank. Charge assessed against electric customers. Clean Energy Fund. Environmental Infrastructure Fund. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Carbon offsets” means...
Section 16-245nn. - Residential solar photovoltaic system permit. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Residential solar photovoltaic...
Section 16-245o. - Use of customer information. Promotional inserts in electric bills prohibited. Standard form re contract terms and conditions. Procedures for entering, renewing and terminating service contracts. Rate increase disclosures. Marketin... - (a) To protect a customer's right to privacy from unwanted...
Section 16-245p. - Information re electric supplier and electric distribution company to be provided to customers. - (a) An electric supplier and an electric distribution company providing...
Section 16-245q. - Changing electric suppliers. - A customer may change his electric supplier, as defined in...
Section 16-245r. - Discrimination by electric suppliers prohibited. - No electric supplier, as defined in section 16-1, shall refuse...
Section 16-245s. - Switching electric suppliers; procedures; penalties; regulations. - (a) No electric distribution company shall submit or execute a...
Section 16-245t. - Complaints to authority re electric suppliers; procedures; remedies. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall be responsible for...
Section 16-245u. - Unfair and discriminatory conduct and unfair trade practices in electric market prohibited. Investigations. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall monitor the market...
Section 16-245v. - List of displaced electric utility employees to be provided to distribution companies and electric suppliers. - Section 16-245v is repealed, effective June 6, 2014. (P.A. 98-28,...
Section 16-245w. - Fee to be paid by self-generation facilities in lieu of certain assessments; study by authority. - (a) As used in this section, “self-generation facility” means a...
Section 16-245x. - Monitoring and reporting by authority of electric rates of each customer class. Action to minimize rate differential. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, in consultation with...
Section 16-245y. - Annual reporting re status of electric deregulation. - (a) Not later than October 1, 1999, and annually thereafter,...
Section 16-245z. - Internet links to Energy Star program. - Not later than October 1, 2005, the Department of Energy...
Section 16-246. - Other companies which may sell electricity. - Any corporation authorized to construct and maintain dams or sites...
Section 16-246a. - Definitions. - Section 16-246a is repealed, effective June 6, 2014. (February, 1965,...
Section 16-246b to 16-246d. - Area within which domestic company may generate and transmit electric energy. Area within which foreign electric company may generate and transmit electric energy. Joint ownership of facility; waiver of right to petition... - Sections 16-246b to 16-246d, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 16-246e. - Procurement and sale by authority of electric power capacity and power output from out-of-state producers. Approval by Governor. - (a) The Governor may designate the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority...
Section 16-246f. - Electric company emergency assistance. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Assistance” means any...
Section 16-246g. - Pilot program for electric generation. - Section 16-246g is repealed, effective October 1, 2013. (P.A. 07-242,...
Section 16-247. - Foreign telephone companies. - Section 16-247 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5659; P.A. 75-486,...
Section 16-247a. - Goals of the state. Definitions. - (a) Due to the following: Affordable, high quality telecommunications services...
Section 16-247b. - Unbundling of telephone company's network, services and functions. Access to telephone company's telecommunications services, functions and unbundled network elements. Rates for competitive or emerging competitive service. Subsidiz... - (a) On petition or its own motion, the authority shall...
Section 16-247c. - Provision of intrastate telecommunications services. Civil penalty. Competition. - (a) No person shall provide intrastate telecommunications services, except for...
Section 16-247d. - Biennial reports on competition for intrastate interexchange telecommunications service. Plan for implementing competition. General Assembly approval required. - Section 16-247d is repealed. (P.A. 85-187, S. 4, 15; P.A....
Section 16-247e. - Basic telecommunications services. Lifeline and telecommunications relay service programs. Universal service program. - (a) In order to ensure the universal availability of affordable,...
Section 16-247f. - Regulation of telecommunication services: Initial classifications, reclassifications, tariffs, exemption from filing tariff. - (a) The authority shall regulate the provision of telecommunications services...
Section 16-247g. - Certificate of public convenience and necessity for intrastate telecommunications services: Application, requirements, suspension, revocation. Fees. Obligation to serve. - (a)(1) Any person may apply to the authority for an...
Section 16-247h. - Use of public right-of-way for provision of intrastate telecommunications service. - The authority shall authorize any certified telecommunications provider to install,...
Section 16-247i. - Telecommunications service and regulation status report. - Section 16-247i is repealed, effective June 2, 2016. (P.A. 87-415,...
Section 16-247j. - Regulations. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall adopt such regulations, in...
Section 16-247k. - Alternative forms of regulation for telephone companies: Plan requirements, monitoring period, modification. - (a) The authority may, and is encouraged to, implement an...
Section 16-247l. - Access by certified telecommunications providers to occupied buildings: Service, wiring, compensation, regulations, civil penalty. - (a) As used in this section, “occupied building” means a...
Section 16-247m. - Withdrawal by telephone company of retail telecommunications service. Applications. - (a) On and after July 1, 2001, a telephone company...
Section 16-247n. - Certification of telephone company's operations support systems interface. Rates. Proceedings. - (a) The authority shall (1) not later than September 1,...
Section 16-247o. - Consultant to test operations support systems interface. - Section 16-247o is repealed, effective June 6, 2014. (P.A. 99-222,...
Section 16-247p. - Quality-of-service standards. Performance standards. - (a) Not later than April 1, 2000, the Public Utilities...
Section 16-247q. - Education outreach program for telecommunications competition, scope. Consumer Education Advisory Council established. - Section 16-247q is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 99-222,...
Section 16-247r. - Discrimination by telephone companies and certified telecommunications providers prohibited. - No telephone company or certified telecommunications provider, as defined in...
Section 16-247s. - Directory assistance database. Disclosure and distribution of cellular mobile telephone numbers. - (a) For purposes of this section, “carrier” means a cellular...
Section 16-247t. - Customer inquiries and complaints regarding cellular mobile telephone service. - (a) For purposes of this section, “carrier” means a cellular...
Section 16-247u. - Unauthorized procurement and sale of telephone records. Definitions. Exclusions. Telephone company protection of records. Penalties. Unfair trade practice. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Telephone record” means...
Section 16-247v. - Performance standards for restoration of intrastate telecommunications service after emergencies. Credit for service outages. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a docket...
Section 16-248. - Rights of telephone company in operation May 23, 1985. - Every telephone company organized before May 23, 1985, under special...
Section 16-249 to 16-250a. - Authority finding re extension of exchange business of telephone company. Determination of public convenience and necessity for extension. Reselling or sharing of line purchased or leased from telephone company. - Sections 16-249 to 16-250a, inclusive, are repealed, effective June 6,...
Section 16-250b. - Cellular mobile telephone service. Authority jurisdiction. Regulations. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall have jurisdiction over...
Section 16-251. - Bonds of telephone company. - Any telephone company may borrow money, and issue its bonds...
Section 16-252. - Bonds may be secured by mortgage. - All such bonds may be secured by a mortgage of...
Section 16-253 and 16-254. - Amount of capital to be paid in. Subscriptions for cash. Sections 16-253 and 16-254 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002. - (1949 Rev., S. 5666, 5667; P.A. 02-89, S. 90; S.A....
Section 16-255. - General powers. - All companies, associations or corporations affected by the provisions of...
Section 16-255a to 16-255i. - Acquisition of control of domestic telephone companies limited; statement; expenses of department. Form of statement. Hearing re department approval of acquisition; standard of review. Nonvotable securities; injunctive r... - Sections 16-255a to 16-255i, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 81-329, S....
Section 16-256. - Notice of offense in party line usage in telephone directory. - Section 16-256 is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (1957, P.A....
Section 16-256a. - Directory assistance charge prohibited. - Section 16-256a is repealed. (P.A. 79-494; P.A. 80-482, S. 4,...
Section 16-256b. - Special telecommunications equipment for deaf and hearing impaired persons. Fund. Amplification controls for coin and coinless telephones installed for public or semipublic use. - Section 16-256b is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 79-156;...
Section 16-256c. - Extended local calling criteria. Calling volume. Subscriber survey and vote. Petitions. - (a) In establishing criteria for the granting of extended local...
Section 16-256d. - Itemized telephone bills for business customers. - Each telephone company, as defined in section 16-1, shall, upon...
Section 16-256e. - Recorded telephone message devices prohibited. Blocking devices or services prohibited: Class A misdemeanor. - (a) No person may use any device which transmits an...
Section 16-256f. - Blocking service available to customers. - Each telephone company and each certified telecommunications provider may make...
Section 16-256g. - Proceeding to determine monthly subscriber fee. Assessment of subscribers for enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. - (a) By June first of each year, the Public Utilities...
Section 16-256h. - Business to residential pricing ratio for basic exchange service. - In a proceeding under subsection (a) of section 16-19, the...
Section 16-256i. - Primary local or intrastate interexchange carrier orders. Unauthorized switching. Penalty. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Customer” means (A)...
Section 16-256j. - Billing for telecommunications services. Information re carriers, basic, local service and taxes. - All bills for telecommunications services, whether issued by a telecommunications...
Section 16-256k. - Disclosure for removal or change in telecommunications service. Disclosure for promotional offerings. - Each telephone company, as defined in section 16-1, and each...
Section 16-257. - Recording of agreement of consolidation or merger of electric and gas companies. - Any corporation, incorporated for or engaged in the business of...
Section 16-258. - Standards concerning electricity and gas. - Section 16-258 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5670; P.A. 75-486,...
Section 16-258a. - Registration of natural gas sellers. Procedures. Penalties. - (a) Each person that sells natural gas to an end...
Section 16-258b. - Registration of electric generating facilities. - Each person, as defined in section 16-1, operating an electric...
Section 16-258c. - Dual fuel capability requirements for electric generating facilities. - Section 16-258c is repealed, effective June 6, 2014. (P.A. 07-242,...
Section 16-258d. - District heating systems incentive program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “District heating system”...
Section 16-258e. - Electric distribution company procurement of electricity and renewable energy credits from a combined heat and power system. - (a) In furtherance of the Comprehensive Energy Strategy established pursuant...
Section 16-259. - Inspection of meters. - Upon petition of any person and the payment of a...
Section 16-259a. - Inaccurate billing. Financial liability of customer. Payment plan. - (a) No electric distribution, gas or water company or electric...
Section 16-260. - Water meters may be required. - Any water company supplying water to the inhabitants of any...
Section 16-261. - Extension of electric lines to unserved areas. Determination of rates. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall order and direct...
Section 16-261a. - Interagency electric and magnetic fields task force; composition; study. Assessment of electric public service companies for specified expenses of task force. - Section 16-261a is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 91-317,...
Section 16-262. - Gas companies authorized to deal in natural gas. - Any gas company is authorized to buy, manufacture, produce, sell,...
Section 16-262a. - Water company to have area resident as director or advisory council of area residents. - The board of directors of each water company shall include...
Section 16-262b. - Notice of discharge of explosives or highway excavation to gas companies. - Section 16-262b is repealed. (1961, P.A. 278; P.A. 77-350, S....
Section 16-262c. - Termination of utility service for nonpayment, when prohibited. Amortization agreements. Moneys allowed to be deducted from customers' accounts and moneys to be included in rates as an operating expense. Hardship cases. Notice. Reg... - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes no...
Section 16-262d. - Termination of residential utility service on account of nonpayment. Notice. Nontermination in event of illness during pendency of customer complaint or investigation. Amortization agreement. Appeal. Notice re credit rating informa... - (a) No electric distribution, gas, telephone or water company, no...
Section 16-262e. - Notice furnished tenants re intended termination of utility service. Assumption by tenants of liability for future service. Liability of landlords for certain utility services. Deduction from rent. Access to meters. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16-262d, wherever an owner,...
Section 16-262f. - Action for receivership of rents and common expenses by electric distribution, gas and telephone companies; petition; hearing; appointment; duties; termination. - (a)(1) Upon default of the owner, agent, lessor or manager...
Section 16-262g. - Penalty. - Any wilful or malicious violation of sections 16-262c to 16-262i,...
Section 16-262h. - Nonexclusivity of remedy. - Nothing in sections 16-262c to 16-262i, inclusive, shall be construed...
Section 16-262i. - Regulations. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall adopt regulations necessary...
Section 16-262j. - Refusal of residential utility service. Regulations. Refusal of telecommunications service to a candidate or committee. Interest on customer security deposits. - (a) No public service company and no electric supplier shall...
Section 16-262k. - Interconnection of public water supply systems to relieve site-specific water shortages. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may require any water company...
Section 16-262l. - Receivership of water companies for failure to provide adequate service. Personal liability of directors, officers and managers. - (a) As used in this section, “water company” includes every...
Section 16-262m. - Construction specifications for water companies. - (a) As used in this section, except as otherwise specified,...
Section 16-262n. - Definition. Economic viability of water companies. Reviews. Failure to comply with orders. Hearings. - (a) As used in this section, sections 16-262o to 16-262q,...
Section 16-262o. - Acquisition of water company ordered by authority. Rates and charges. Recovery of acquisition costs. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the...
Section 16-262p. - Improvements by acquiring entity. - Any recipient of an order pursuant to section 16-262o shall...
Section 16-262q. - Compensation for acquisition of water company. - Compensation for the acquisition of a water company pursuant to...
Section 16-262r. - Satellite management of water companies. Expedited rate proceedings. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Provider water company”...
Section 16-262s. - Voluntary acquisition of water company. Surcharges. Rate of return. - (a)(1) In the case of a proposed acquisition of a...
Section 16-262t. - Action for receivership of rent and common expenses by water companies; petition; hearing; appointment; duties; termination. - (a)(1) Upon default of the owner, agent, lessor or manager...
Section 16-262u. - Replacement and repair of water service connections. Granting of exceptions. - (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “service connection” means...
Section 16-262v. - Water company infrastructure projects: Definitions. - For purposes of this section: (1) “Eligible projects” means those...
Section 16-262w. - Water company rate adjustment mechanisms. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may authorize a water...
Section 16-262x. - Termination of residential utility service. Requirements. - (a) A person seeking to terminate electric, gas, telecommunications or...
Section 16-262y. - Water company revenue adjustment mechanism. - (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “revenue adjustment mechanism”...
Section 16-262z. - Properties served by deficient well systems. Extension of service by water company. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Department...
Chapter 284 - Natural Gas Pipelines
Section 16-263. - Power to construct and operate natural gas pipeline. - Any corporation organized under the laws of this state or...
Section 16-264. - Filing of certificate of public convenience. Eminent domain. - Any such corporation seeking the benefits of sections 16-263 to...
Section 16-265. - Certain property exempted from eminent domain. - No lands or rights-of-way or easements therein shall be taken...
Section 16-266. - Procedure for determining damages. - If any such corporation and the person or persons to...
Section 16-267. - Temporary use of property pending condemnation. - When at any stage of condemnation proceedings brought under sections...
Section 16-268. - Duties of corporation. - Any such pipeline shall be laid at least twenty-four inches...
Section 16-269. - Franchise area. Restricted sale. - Within the franchise area of any person, firm, corporation or...
Section 16-270. - Transportation of natural gas; declaration of public interest. - It is hereby declared that the business of transporting natural...
Section 16-271. - Powers of authority. - In order to effectuate the policies and provisions of sections...
Section 16-272. - Authority of Public Utilities Regulatory Authority as to corporation holding certificate under federal act. - Any corporation organized under the laws of this state or...
Section 16-273. - Complaints of defects in equipment. - Any person or any town, city or borough may make...
Section 16-274. - Hearing on complaint. - Upon receipt of such complaint, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority...
Section 16-275. - Submission of plans to authority. - Not less than thirty days before the commencement of actual...
Section 16-276. - Submission of map to authority. - Any such company, as soon as it has definitely established...
Section 16-277. - Other applicable statutes. - The provisions of sections 16-7 to 16-10, inclusive, 16-17, 16-25,...
Section 16-278. - Compliance with orders. - Any corporation subject to this chapter shall comply immediately with...
Section 16-279. - Interstate or foreign commerce not affected. - No provision of sections 16-270 to 16-280, inclusive, or of...
Section 16-280. - Copy of certificate issued under federal act to be filed with secretary. - Any corporation which intends to construct or operate any natural...
Section 16-280a. - Definitions. - As used in sections 16-280a to 16-280f, inclusive: (1) “Person”...
Section 16-280b. - Violation of federal safety standards prohibited. Regulations. Waiver of safety standards. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person who engages...
Section 16-280c. - Federal safety standards adopted as state standards. - The federal safety standards applicable to the transportation of gas...
Section 16-280d. - Records, reports and inspection. - The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall require any person that...
Section 16-280e. - Penalties. - (a) Any person that violates any provision of the federal...
Section 16-280f. - Injunction. Enforcement of standards. - (a) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations...
Section 16-280g. - Facilities and transportation subject to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. - Section 16-280g is repealed, effective October 1, 2004. (1971, P.A....
Section 16-280h. - Filing of supply and transmission contracts or data with authority. - Each person, firm or corporation operating a natural gas pipeline,...
Chapter 285 - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire (See Chapter 245c)
Section 16-281a. - Transfer of powers and duties. - Section 16-281a is repealed, effective June 6, 2014. (P.A. 88-249,...
Chapter 289 - Broadband Internet Access Service Providers, Community Antenna Television Systems and Competitive Video Service Providers
Section 16-330. - Definition. - Section 16-330 is repealed. (1963, P.A. 425, S. 1; P.A....
Section 16-330a. - Definitions. - As used in this section, section 16-49 and 16-330b to...
Section 16-330b. - Broadband Internet access service map. - (a) The Office of Policy and Management shall, in accordance...
Section 16-330c. - Broadband Internet access service grant program. Report. Report to Governor. - (a) On or before January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of...
Section 16-330d. - Federal funding opportunities for broadband Internet access service deployment. Notification. - (a) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall maintain,...
Section 16-330e. - Access by broadband Internet service providers to occupied buildings. - Each broadband Internet access service provider shall have the same...
Section 16-330f. - State Building Code revisions. Minimum broadband Internet access service infrastructure requirements for new construction or major alterations of a commercial or multifamily building. - The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee...
Section 16-330g. - Conduit excavations in the public highways, streets or other public right-of-way. Payment of fees. Authorization to lease space or enter into contractual agreements. Penalties. - (a) On or before January 1, 2022, the Public Utilities...
Section 16-331. - Certificate of public convenience and necessity. Advisory councils. Franchise terms. Regulations. Community needs assessment. - (a) No person, association or corporation, or a municipality which...
Section 16-331a. - Community access programming and operations. - (a) As used in this section, “multichannel video programming distributor”...
Section 16-331aa. - Imposition of civil penalties by authority. - A holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority, and...
Section 16-331b. - Members of community antenna advisory councils to serve without compensation. - Members of community antenna advisory councils established pursuant to section...
Section 16-331bb. - Municipal video competition trust account. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 16-331c. - Community antenna television companies' contribution to community antenna advisory councils. - Each community antenna television company, as defined in section 16-1,...
Section 16-331cc. - Public, educational and governmental programming and education technology investment account. Tax. Penalty and interest. One-time transfer. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 16-331d. - Community antenna television advisory council vacancies and conflict of interest of members. - (a) The chief elected official from the town in which...
Section 16-331dd. - Municipal electric utilities' eligibility to be a certified competitive video service provider. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any regulation...
Section 16-331e. - Certificate of video franchise authority. - (a) An entity or person, other than a community antenna...
Section 16-331ee. - State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council. Membership. - Section 16-331ee is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 07-253,...
Section 16-331f. - Certified competitive video service provider build-out requirements, rate regulation and service to multiunit residential buildings. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not require a...
Section 16-331ff. - Certain third-party nonprofit community access provider requirements re education and government access channels and town-specific community access programming. - (a) Any third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities,...
Section 16-331g. - Discrimination based on income prohibited. - A certified competitive video service provider shall not deny access...
Section 16-331gg. - Funds for development of town-specific education and government community access programming. Distribution of funds. Report re disbursement of funds. - (a) A community antenna television company, a certified competitive video...
Section 16-331h. - Certified competitive video service community access programming. - (a) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the...
Section 16-331hh. - Transfer from municipal video competition trust account to General Fund. - Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 16-331bb, the...
Section 16-331i. - State-wide Video Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Funding. - (a) There shall be a State-wide Video Advisory Council, whose...
Section 16-331ii. - Transfer from public, educational and governmental programming and education technology investment account to General Fund. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16-331cc, the sum of three...
Section 16-331j. - Video service provider offerings, charges, privacy policy, billing and billing disputes. - (a) At the time of initial subscription, and annually thereafter,...
Section 16-331k. - Video programming and rate changes. - (a) Except when otherwise required by federal law, a certified...
Section 16-331l. - Interrupted video service. - If video service provided by a certified competitive video service...
Section 16-331m. - Video service providers' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems. - (a) A certified competitive video service provider shall make closed...
Section 16-331n. - Free video service for libraries and schools. - A certified competitive video service provider shall provide any library...
Section 16-331o. - Imposition of civil penalties by authority. - A certified competitive video service provider, and its officers, agents...
Section 16-331p. - Certificate of cable franchise authority in franchise areas in which certified competitive video service providers are offering video service. - (a) Thirty days after a certified competitive video service provider...
Section 16-331q. - Requirements for holders of certificates of cable franchise authority. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not require a...
Section 16-331r. - Discrimination based on income prohibited. - A company holding a cable franchise authority certificate shall not...
Section 16-331s. - Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Community access programming and operations. - A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall...
Section 16-331t. - Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Advisory council. - (a) A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority...
Section 16-331u. - Cable franchise authority companies' offerings, charges, privacy policy, billing and billing disputes. - (a) At the time of initial subscription, and annually thereafter,...
Section 16-331v. - Cable franchise authority companies' programming and rate changes. - (a) Except when otherwise required by federal law, a company...
Section 16-331w. - Interrupted cable franchise authority service. - If community antenna television service or video service provided to...
Section 16-331x. - Cable franchise authority companies' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems. - (a) A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority...
Section 16-331y. - Free service for libraries and schools provided by holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority. - A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall...
Section 16-331z. - Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority subject to federal and state laws and regulations. Exceptions. - (a) Nothing in sections 16-331q to 16-331aa, inclusive, shall be...
Section 16-332. - Leases by public service companies of facilities for community antenna purposes. - Any public service company may lease facilities to persons or...
Section 16-333. - Regulations: Safety of operations, facility construction, system installation, community access channel, personal privacy protections, carriage of television broadcast signals, subscriber inquiries and complaints. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may issue orders and...
Section 16-333a. - Multiunit residential buildings service and wiring. Right to use antenna. Regulations for owner compensation. Civil penalty. - (a) No owner of any multiunit residential building shall demand...
Section 16-333b. - Service to franchise area. Underground service lines. - (a) No community antenna television company shall refuse to construct...
Section 16-333c. - Availability of equipment for subscribers who are deaf or hard of hearing. - Each community antenna television company shall make available at cost,...
Section 16-333d. - Discrimination among subscribers prohibited. - The authority may prohibit any community antenna television company from...
Section 16-333e. - Credit or refund for interrupted service. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Basic service” means...
Section 16-333f. - Programming and rate changes. Regulatory authority. Industry cooperation. - (a) Each community antenna television company shall inform the Public...
Section 16-333g. - Free basic service for libraries and schools. - Each community antenna television company, as defined in section 16-1,...
Section 16-333h. - Extension of service to schools. Instructional channels. - (a) Each community antenna television company, as defined in section...
Section 16-333i. - Procedures for restoring interrupted service and improving substandard service. - (a) Each community antenna television company, as defined in section...
Section 16-333j. - Community access support. Investigation. Standards. Monitoring by advisory councils. - Section 16-333j is repealed, effective October 1, 1998. (P.A. 84-466,...