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CT Gen Stat § 16-245t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-245t - Complaints to authority re electric suppliers; procedures; remedies.

 (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall be responsible for receiving and acting upon customer inquiries and complaints regarding electric suppliers, as defined in section 16-1. The authority shall establish a toll-free telephone number for such purposes. Customers of any electric supplier having complaints regarding disputed bills, terminations of service or adequacy of service may bring their complaints to the authority pursuant to any provision in section 16-20, sections 16-262c to 16-262j, inclusive, or the regulations adopted to implement those sections.(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed so as to restrict the right of any person to pursue any other remedy available to the person under law.(P.A. 98-28, S. 31, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-245v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|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 Section 16-245v is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.(P.A. 98-28, S. 46, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 130.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-245z (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-245z - Internet links to Energy Star program.

 Not later than October 1, 2005, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Energy Conservation Management Board, established in section 16-245m, shall establish links on their Internet web sites to the Energy Star program or successor program that promotes energy efficiency and each electric distribution company shall establish a link under its conservation programs on its Internet web site to the Energy Star program or such successor program.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 20; P.A. 11-80, S. 117.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005; P.A. 11-80 changed “Department of Public Utility Control” to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-246 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-246 - Other companies which may sell electricity.

 Any corporation authorized to construct and maintain dams or sites on any stream and to own and operate mills and manufacturing plants and to utilize the power generated by it in the operation of such plants in any town in this state and to generate, sell and distribute in any way electricity may, within the territory where it is so authorized to act and subject to the authority, supervision and order of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and the restrictions contained in section 16-245, transmit, convey and deliver electricity to any person, company or corporation desiring to use the same for any purpose incident to or connected with manufacturing purposes. The authority shall have jurisdiction upon the application of any corporation or person so desiring to supply or be supplied with electricity, after such notice as it deems reasonable, to hear and determine all questions relating to expediency or necessity arising by reason of such application and to make an order respecting the furnishing of electricity and the rates and terms upon which the same shall be furnished if so ordered. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize any such company to distribute and sell electricity in any town in which any other company or municipality has already been given the right to distribute and sell electricity.(1949 Rev., S. 5658; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 107, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-246a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-246a - Definitions.

 Section 16-246a is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.(February, 1965, P.A. 124, S. 1; P.A. 73-442, S. 8, 9; P.A. 14-134, S. 130.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-246e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|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 as the agent of the state, subject only to the limitation under subsection (b) of this section, to conduct negotiations and perform all acts necessary to procure electric power capacity, power output from such capacity or both from any out-of-state electric power producer, to transmit it to within the state and to sell or resell it on a nonprofit basis for distribution within the state to electric distribution companies, as defined in section 16-1, municipal electric utilities established under chapter 101, municipal electric energy cooperatives organized under chapter 101a, membership electric cooperatives organized under chapter 597 and such other persons or entities as may be designated by the Governor. The authority, if designated as such agent, shall arrange for the sale or resale of such power on an equitable basis and in such manner as it finds will most effectively promote the objectives of this title, chapters 101, 101a and 597, and section 16a-35k, subject to any conditions or limitations imposed by the out-of-state electric power producer selling such power. The authority, if so designated, may also enter into any contracts or other arrangements for the sale or resale of such power for transmission outside the state if such sale or resale is reasonably incidental to and furthers the needs of the state and the purposes of this section.(b) The authority shall submit any final action it takes under subsection (a) of this section to the Governor, who may, not later than sixty days after such submission, disapprove such action by notifying the authority in writing of such disapproval and the reasons for it.(P.A. 82-265, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 96.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “electric companies” with “electric distribution companies”, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 16-246f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-246f - Electric company emergency assistance.

 (a) As used in this section:(1) “Assistance” means any aid or support provided, or any actions taken by a domestic electric company for or on behalf of another domestic electric company or by a foreign electric company for or on behalf of a domestic electric company including, without limitation, the temporary transfer or use of repair personnel and equipment;(2) “Domestic electric company” means any electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, any membership electric cooperative organized under chapter 597 and any municipal electric utility or municipal electric energy cooperative, as defined respectively in section 7-233b, which has been chartered by or organized or constituted within or under the laws of this state;(3) “Foreign electric company” means a corporation, company, association, joint stock association or trust organized under the laws of a state other than this state, as well as a town, city, borough, or any municipal corporation, department or agency thereof, whether separately incorporated or not, of a state other than this state, authorized under the laws of the state in which organized to generate or transmit electric energy.(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any general statute or special act, or any limitation imposed by its charter, a domestic electric company shall have the power to request assistance from and provide assistance to other domestic electric companies and to foreign electric companies and to enter into agreements regarding the reimbursement of expenses and other matters and to perform such other acts as may be necessary or desirable to request and provide such assistance. A domestic electric company shall not be exempt from nor forfeit the benefits of the provisions of any applicable laws solely by requesting or providing such assistance, except as provided in this section.(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any general statute or special act, a foreign electric company shall have the right to request assistance from and provide assistance to domestic electric companies and to enter into agreements regarding the reimbursement of expenses and other matters and to perform such other acts as may be necessary or desirable to request and provide such assistance. A foreign electric company shall not constitute an “electric distribution company” or a “public service company” for the purposes of this title solely by requesting or providing assistance in this state.(P.A. 87-213; P.A. 98-28, S. 53, 117; P.A. 14-122, S. 110; 14-134, S. 97.)History: P.A. 98-28 redefined “domestic electric company” in Subsec. (a)(2) by adding electric distribution companies, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 14-122 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(3); P.A. 14-134 deleted reference to electric company in Subsec. (a)(2), redefined “foreign electric company” in Subsec. (a)(3), and replaced “electric company” with “electric distribution company” in Subsec. (c), effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 16-246g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-246g - Pilot program for electric generation.

 Section 16-246g is repealed, effective October 1, 2013.(P.A. 07-242, S. 103; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-209, S. 20.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-247 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-247 - Foreign telephone companies.

 Section 16-247 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 5659; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 109, 348; P.A. 85-187, S. 13, 15.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-247d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|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. 87-415, S. 12, 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-247h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|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, maintain, operate, manage or control poles, wires, conduits or other fixtures under or over any public highway or street for the provision of telecommunications service authorized by section 16-247c, if such installation, maintenance, operation, management or control is in the public interest, which includes but is not limited to, facilitating the efficient development and deployment of an advanced telecommunications infrastructure, facilitating maximum network interoperability and interconnectivity, and encouraging shared use of existing facilities and cooperative development of new facilities where legally possible and technically and economically feasible. The authority shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, governing such use of the public right-of-way, including, without limitation, design and construction standards and specifications to protect the public safety and implement the purposes of the goals set forth in sections 16-247a to 16-247c, inclusive, 16-247e to 16-247g, inclusive, this section and section 16-247j.(P.A. 87-415, S. 5, 13; P.A. 93-330, S. 6, 9; P.A. 94-83, S. 8, 16; P.A. 99-222, S. 12, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 93-330 made authorization mandatory rather than permissive if acts to be authorized are in the public interest, effective July 2, 1993; P.A. 94-83 deleted “interexchange”, changed reference of authorization to provide telecommunications service from Sec. 16-247f to Sec. 16-247c, added provision re what public interest includes, required adoption of regulations to implement purposes of goals in Sec. 16-247a, Secs. 16-247a to 16-247c, 16-247e to 16-247g, this section and 16-247j, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 99-222 changed reference to person, firm or corporation certified pursuant to section 16-247g to “certified telecommunications provider”, effective June 29, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “department” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-247i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-247i - Telecommunications service and regulation status report.

 Section 16-247i is repealed, effective June 2, 2016.(P.A. 87-415, S. 6, 13; P.A. 94-83, S. 10, 16; P.A. 06-144, S. 2; P.A. 13-5, S. 15; P.A. 16-101, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-247j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-247j - Regulations.

 The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall adopt such regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as necessary to carry out the provisions of section 16-247c and sections 16-247f to 16-247h, inclusive.(P.A. 87-415, S. 9, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 16-101, S. 4.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-101 replaced “16-247i” with “16-247h”, effective June 2, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 16-247n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-247n - Certification of telephone company's operations support systems interface. Rates. Proceedings.

 (a) The authority shall (1) not later than September 1, 1999, require each telephone company serving seventy-five thousand or more retail customers to release complete and usable specifications and business rules relating to the interface into its operations support systems for unbundled network elements and combinations thereof and any changes to the interface must be in accordance with industry standards and consistent with change management principles, (2) not later than November 1, 2000, certify that any such telephone company's operations support systems interface associated with network elements and combinations thereof are fully functional at commercial volumes, (3) not later than April 1, 2000, establish standards pursuant to section 16-247p, and (4) not later than July 1, 2000, determine the rates for such unbundled network elements and combinations thereof, pursuant to section 16-247b. If a ruling of the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to 47 USC 251(c)(3) or 47 USC 251(d)(2) necessitates a subsequent change in such rates, the authority shall redetermine such rates no more than two hundred seventy days after such ruling is issued.(b) Upon petition by any telephone company serving fewer than seventy-five thousand retail customers, the authority shall conduct a proceeding to certify that such telephone company's operations support systems interface associated with network elements and combinations thereof are fully functional at commercial volumes.(P.A. 99-222, S. 4, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 99-222 effective June 29, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “department” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-247o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-247o - Consultant to test operations support systems interface.

 Section 16-247o is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.(P.A. 99-222, S. 6, 19; P.A. 00-53, S. 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 130.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-247p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-247p - Quality-of-service standards. Performance standards.

 (a) Not later than April 1, 2000, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, by regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, establish quality-of-service standards that shall apply to all telephone companies and certified telecommunications providers and to all telecommunications services. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, measures relating to customer trouble reports, service outages, installation appointments and repeat problems as well as timeliness in responding to complaints or reports. The authority shall include with the quality of service standards methodologies for monitoring compliance with and enforcement of such standards. Such monitoring shall include input from employees of telephone companies and certified telecommunications providers, including members of collective bargaining units.(b) Not later than April 1, 2000, the authority shall, by regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, establish comprehensive performance standards and performance based reporting requirements for functions provided by a telephone company to a certified telecommunications provider, including, but not limited to, telephone company performance relating to customer ordering, preordering, provisioning, billing, maintenance and repair. Such service standards shall be sufficiently comprehensive to ensure that a telephone company meets its obligations under 47 USC 251. Such regulations may also contain provisions the authority deems necessary to prevent anticompetitive actions by any telephone company or certified telecommunications provider.(P.A. 99-222, S. 7, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 99-222 effective June 29, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-247q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|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, S. 8, 19; P.A. 00-53, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 140.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-247r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-247r - Discrimination by telephone companies and certified telecommunications providers prohibited.

 No telephone company or certified telecommunications provider, as defined in section 16-1, shall refuse to provide telecommunications services to, or refuse to negotiate to provide such services to any customer because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, lawful source of income, disability or familial status. No telephone company or certified telecommunications provider shall decline to provide telecommunications services to a customer for the sole reason that the customer is located in an economically distressed geographic area or the customer qualifies for hardship status under section 16-262c. No telephone company or certified telecommunications provider shall terminate or refuse to reinstate telecommunications services except in accordance with the provisions of this title.(P.A. 99-222, S. 18, 19; P.A. 11-55, S. 13.)History: P.A. 99-222 effective June 29, 1999; P.A. 11-55 prohibited discrimination on basis of gender identity or expression.
CT Gen Stat § 16-247t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies|Section 16-247t - Customer inquiries and complaints regarding cellular mobile telephone service.

 (a) For purposes of this section, “carrier” means a cellular mobile telephone carrier or a reseller of service provided by a cellular mobile telephone carrier.(b) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall receive customer inquiries and complaints regarding cellular mobile telephone service in the state. For purposes of this section, complaints do not include customer complaints not previously referred to such customer's carrier. Not later than January 1, 2006, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall provide a toll-free telephone number and Internet web site at which members of the public may submit to the authority their information inquiries and complaints regarding activations, disputed bills, collections, deactivations, equipment problems, network trouble and other service problems. The authority shall also accept such inquiries and complaints by mail.(c) Not later than January 1, 2006, each carrier shall notify each of its customers concerning such toll-free telephone number, Internet web site address and the address of the authority for submitting such inquiries and complaints. Beginning not later than January 1, 2006, and ending on January 1, 2008, each such carrier shall disclose to all new customers at the point of sale or contract the toll-free telephone number, Internet web site address and the address of the authority for submitting such inquiries and complaints.(d) Not later than March 1, 2007, and March 1, 2008, the authority shall prepare a report for the preceding calendar year containing information on carrier customer inquiries and complaints. Such report shall include information on consumer complaints regarding activations, disputed bills, collections, deactivations, equipment problems, network trouble and other service problems of carriers as may be relevant for the purposes of the report, provided the report may not include any information that may be a violation of section 42-110b. The information may include an analysis of such complaints and recommendations to address problems raised by customers. The authority shall make the report available to the Attorney General and the public, on request and on the authority's Internet web site.(e) The authority shall, within available appropriations, carry out its responsibilities under this section.(P.A. 05-241, S. 2; P.A. 06-196, S. 99; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 7, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.