Connecticut General Statutes
Title 16 - Public Service Companies
Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions

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 - Section 16-2b is repealed.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 - Section 16-6c is repealed, effective July 1, 2003.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...

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Connecticut General Statutes Title 16 - Public Service Companies Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions

Connecticut General Statutes
Title 16 - Public Service Companies
Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions