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CT Gen Stat § 16-354 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 293 - Excavation, Demolition or Discharge of Explosives|Section 16-354 - Care to be exercised near underground facilities.

 A person, public agency or public utility responsible for excavating, discharging explosives or demolition shall exercise reasonable care when working in proximity to the underground facilities of any public utility and shall comply with such safety standards and other requirements as the authority shall prescribe by regulations adopted pursuant to section 16-357. If the facilities are likely to be exposed, such support shall be provided as may be reasonably necessary for protection of the facilities. If excavation is within the approximate location of facilities containing combustible or hazardous fluids or gases, only hand digging or soft digging shall be employed. As used in this section, “soft digging” means a nonmechanical and nondestructive process used to excavate and evacuate soils at a controlled rate, using high pressure water or air jet to break up the soil, often in conjunction with a high power vacuum unit to extract the soil without damaging the facilities.(P.A. 77-350, S. 10; P.A. 87-71, S. 6; P.A. 13-5, S. 26; P.A. 14-94, S. 45.)History: P.A. 87-71 required persons, public agencies and public utilities to comply with department of public utility control safety standards and requirements for working near underground utility facilities; P.A. 13-5 replaced “department” with “authority”, effective May 8, 2013; P.A. 14-94 deleted provision re support to be provided for protection of exposed facilities, replaced provision re gas facilities likely to be exposed with provision re excavation within approximate location of facilities containing combustible or hazardous fluids or gases, added reference to and defined “soft digging”, and made a technical change, effective October 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 16-355 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 293 - Excavation, Demolition or Discharge of Explosives|Section 16-355 - Procedure when contact is made with or damage is suspected or done to underground facilities.

 When any contact is made with or any damage is suspected or done to any underground facility of a public utility, the person, public agency or public utility responsible for the operations causing the contact, suspected damage or damage shall immediately notify the public utility whose facilities have been affected, which shall dispatch its own personnel as soon as reasonably possible to inspect the underground facility and, if necessary, effect temporary or permanent repairs. If a serious electrical short is occurring or if dangerous fluids or gas are escaping from a broken line, the person, public agency or public utility responsible for the operations causing the damage shall alert all persons within the danger area and take all feasible steps to insure the public safety pending the arrival of repair personnel. As used in this section, “contact” includes, without limitation, the striking, scraping or denting, however slight, of any underground utility facility, including any underground utility facility protective coating, housing or other protective device. “Contact” does not include damage, as defined in section 16-345.(P.A. 77-350, S. 11; P.A. 87-71, S. 7, 13; P.A. 14-94, S. 46.)History: P.A. 87-71 required immediate notice to public utilities of any contact with or suspected damage to their underground facilities, required such public utilities to inspect such facilities as soon as possible, and defined the term “contact”; P.A. 14-94 redefined “contact” by deleting inclusion of structural or lateral support of an underground utility line, replacing “utility line” with “utility facility” and adding damage exclusion, effective October 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 16-356 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 293 - Excavation, Demolition or Discharge of Explosives|Section 16-356 - Civil penalty. Application for hearing.

 Any person, public agency or public utility which the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority determines, after notice and opportunity for a hearing as provided in section 16-41, to have failed to comply with any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted under section 16-357 shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty of not more than forty thousand dollars, provided any violation involving the failure of a public utility to mark any approximate location of an underground utility facility correctly or within the time frames prescribed by regulation, which violation did not result in any property damage or personal injury and was not the result of an act of gross negligence on the part of the public utility, shall not result in a civil penalty of more than one thousand dollars. Notwithstanding the provisions contained in subsection (d) of section 16-41, the person, public agency or public utility receiving a notice of violation pursuant to subsection (c) of section 16-41 shall have thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice in which to deliver to the authority a written application for a hearing.(P.A. 81-146, S. 3; P.A. 87-71, S. 8; P.A. 90-221, S. 9, 15; P.A. 04-43, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 47.)History: P.A. 87-71 added references to Sec. 16-41 and provided for a thirty-day period to request a hearing after receiving notice of violation; P.A. 90-221 made technical change in section; P.A. 04-43 changed maximum penalty from $10,000 to $40,000 and specified a maximum penalty of $1,000 for failure to mark the approximate location in cases where no property damage, personal injury or gross negligence occurred; 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. 14-94 replaced “underground facilities” with “underground utility facility” and made technical changes, effective October 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 16-357 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 293 - Excavation, Demolition or Discharge of Explosives|Section 16-357 - Regulations.

 The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter. Such regulations shall be designed to protect the public safety and shall prescribe (1) the duties and responsibilities of persons, public agencies and public utilities with respect to excavating, discharging explosives or demolition in proximity to any public utility underground facility, and (2) a schedule establishing the amounts which may be assessed as civil penalties for violations of this chapter, as provided in section 16-356, based upon the nature and severity of the violation and the number of past violations, but not to exceed the maximum penalty contained in said section. The authority shall revise the regulations adopted pursuant to this section regarding a graduated schedule of civil penalties assessed pursuant to section 16-356 and the criteria by which the authority determines the amount of such civil penalties.(P.A. 87-71, S. 9, 13; P.A. 04-43, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 04-43 added provision requiring department to revise regulations re civil penalties; 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 § 16-358 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 293 - Excavation, Demolition or Discharge of Explosives|Section 16-358 - Underground gas facilities report. Requirements re.

 (a) Every gas company, as defined in section 16-1, owning or operating any underground facilities for furnishing gas shall, every two years, beginning on or before April 1, 1997, furnish a report to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority concerning the condition of such underground gas facilities for each of the previous two calendar years. The report shall be made available to the public and shall be furnished to the chief executive officer of each municipality in which such underground gas facilities are located, the regional council of governments which encompasses each such municipality, the Attorney General, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public utilities, any other member of the General Assembly making a request to the authority for the report and such other state and municipal bodies as the authority may designate by regulation. The report shall include: (1) Information concerning the age and condition of such underground gas facilities; (2) data on all major repairs to such underground gas facilities undertaken during the reporting period; (3) plans for replacing aged, deteriorated and obsolete piping; (4) plans for the construction of new underground gas facilities; and (5) such other information as the authority may require by regulation.(b) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall review and may conduct a public hearing on each report required by subsection (a) of this section. The authority may require a gas company to submit additional information to explain or substantiate items contained in the report or to address specific matters not contained in the report and may issue such remedial orders as the authority deems necessary to eliminate hazards to public safety and prevent interruptions in gas service to consumers.(P.A. 87-71, S. 10, 11, 13; P.A. 96-46, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 9, 121; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 312.)History: P.A. 96-46 amended Subsec. (a) to require gas companies to furnish reports every two years rather than annually and amended Subsec. (b) to make provision re the department conducting a public hearing discretionary rather than mandatory; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change to Subsec. (a), effective June 24, 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, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “regional planning agency” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “regional council of governments” in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 16-359 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 293 - Excavation, Demolition or Discharge of Explosives|Section 16-359 - Compliance and enforcement report.

 Every two years, beginning October 1, 1997, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may submit a report concerning compliance with and enforcement of the provisions contained in this chapter to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public utilities. Such reports shall be based upon data assembled for the most recent twenty-four-month period and shall include, without limitation, the number of notifications made to the central clearinghouse, a detailed listing of accident, damage and injury reports and a detailed listing of enforcement actions brought and civil penalties imposed by the authority. Such report shall also contain the findings and recommendations of the authority with respect to the improvement of compliance with and enforcement of the provisions contained in this chapter and an evaluation of the overall condition of the state's underground gas facilities, including the potential for harm to the public and disruption of service resulting from aged, deteriorated and obsolete underground facilities.(P.A. 87-71, S. 12, 13; P.A. 96-46, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 10, 121; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 96-46 changed reporting requirement from annually to every two years, made submittal of report discretionary rather than mandatory, and deleted provisions re contents of initial report; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change, effective June 24, 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, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-1 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-1 - Legislative findings and purpose.

 It is found and declared that a shortage of energy supplies and resources exists in the state and the United States and that a critical shortage may be imminent, that the existence of such shortage is inimical to the public health, safety and welfare of the people of the state, that there is a necessity to implement the federal mandatory allocation order and other federal directives and federal statutes, establish contingency rationing plans for fuel oil, gasoline and other energy supplies and restrict the use of energy and that the necessity of enacting the provisions of this chapter to provide for equitable distribution and conservation of energy is declared as a matter of legislative determination.(P.A. 74-285, S. 1, 20.)
CT Gen Stat § 16a-3 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-3 - Connecticut Energy Advisory Board.

 Section 16a-3 is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.(P.A. 74-285, S. 3, 4, 20; P.A. 76-337; P.A. 77-614, S. 56, 162, 284, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 83-487, S. 8, 33; P.A. 86-187, S. 8, 10; P.A. 87-496, S. 73, 110; P.A. 95-250, S. 20, 42; 95-309, S. 11, 12; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 03-140, S. 16; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(h); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 07-242, S. 53; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 37; P.A. 13-298, S. 19; P.A. 14-94, S. 82; 14-134, S. 18.)
CT Gen Stat § 16a-3c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-3c - Electric distribution companies' plans to build electric generation facilities.

 (a) On and after July 1, 2011, if the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority does not receive and approve proposals sufficient to reach the goal set by the Integrated Resources Plan, the authority may order an electric distribution company to submit for the authority's review in a contested case proceeding, in accordance with chapter 54, a proposal to build and operate an electric generation facility in the state. An electric distribution company shall be eligible to recover its prudently incurred costs consistent with the principles set forth in section 16-19e for any generation project approved pursuant to this section.(b) On or before January 1, 2008, the authority shall initiate a contested case proceeding to determine the costs and benefits of the state serving as the builder of last resort for the shortfall of megawatts from said request for proposal process.(P.A. 07-242, S. 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 40; P.A. 13-298, S. 22.)History: P.A. 07-242 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-80 amended Subsec. (a) to change date from on and after July 1, 2009, to on and after July 1, 2011, to change “Department of Public Utility Control” to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, to change reference to plan to reference to integrated resources plan and to change “department” to “authority” and amended Subsec. (b) to change “department” to “authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision re requests for proposals processes pursuant to Sec. 16a-3b and to make a technical change, effective July 8, 2013.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-3f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-3f - Solicitation re Class I renewable energy sources.

 On or after January 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the procurement manager identified in subsection (l) of section 16-2, the Office of Consumer Counsel and the Attorney General, shall, in coordination with other states in the region of the regional independent system operator, as defined in section 16-1, or on the commissioner's own, solicit proposals, in one solicitation or multiple solicitations, from providers of Class I renewable energy sources, as defined in section 16-1, constructed on or after January 1, 2013. If the commissioner finds such proposals to be in the interest of ratepayers including, but not limited to, the delivered price of such sources, and consistent with the requirements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with section 22a-200a, and in accordance with the policy goals outlined in the Comprehensive Energy Strategy, adopted pursuant to section 16a-3d, the commissioner may select proposals from such resources to meet up to four per cent of the load distributed by the state's electric distribution companies. The commissioner may direct the electric distribution companies to enter into power purchase agreements for energy, capacity and environmental attributes, or any combination thereof, for periods of not more than twenty years. Certificates issued by the New England Power Pool Generation Information System for any Class I renewable energy sources procured under this section shall be sold in the New England Power Pool Generation Information System renewable energy credit market to be used by any electric supplier or electric distribution company to meet the requirements of section 16-245a. Any such agreement shall be subject to review and approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, which review shall commence upon the filing of the signed power purchase agreement with the authority. The authority shall issue a decision on such agreement not later than thirty days after such filing. In the event the authority does not issue a decision within thirty days after such agreement is filed with the authority, the agreement shall be deemed approved. The net costs of any such agreement, including costs incurred by the electric distribution companies under the agreement and reasonable costs incurred by the electric distribution companies in connection with the agreement, shall be recovered through a fully reconciling component of electric rates for all customers of electric distribution companies.(P.A. 13-303, S. 6; P.A. 14-94, S. 32.)History: P.A. 13-303 effective June 5, 2013; P.A. 14-94 changed “may” to “shall” re commissioner's solicitation of proposals from renewable energy sources providers and reworded provision re net costs recovered by electric distribution companies pursuant to power purchase agreements, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-3k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-3k - Definitions.

 For purposes of this section and sections 16-50k and 16a-3l: (1) “Core forest” means unfragmented forest land that is three hundred feet or greater from the boundary between forest land and nonforest land, as determined by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection; and (2) “prime farmland” means land that meets the criteria for prime farmland as described in 7 CFR 657, as amended from time to time.(P.A. 17-218, S. 1.)History: P.A. 17-218 effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-3l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-3l - Solicitations re Class I renewable energy sources. Consideration of environmental impacts. Impacts to prime farmland and core forests. Reuse of brownfields and landfills.

 In any solicitation issued under section 16a-3f, 16a-3g, 16a-3h or 16a-3j after July 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall consider the environmental impacts of any proposal located in the state that is received in response to such solicitation, including, but not limited to, the impacts to prime farmland and core forests and the reuse of sites with limited development opportunities such as brownfields and landfills, as identified by the commissioner.(P.A. 17-218, S. 2.)History: P.A. 17-218 effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-3o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-3o - Study of the value of distributed energy resources.

 On or before July 1, 2019, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a proceeding to jointly study the value of distributed energy resources. On or before July 1, 2020, the department and the authority shall jointly report the findings of such study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy.(P.A. 19-35, S. 6.)History: P.A. 19-35 effective June 28, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 16a-4 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy|Chapter 295 - Energy Planning|Section 16a-4 - Office of Policy and Management. Staff. Regulations.

 The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall employ, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, such staff as is required for the proper discharge of duties of the office as set forth in this chapter and sections 4-5, 4-124l, 8-3b, 8-35a and 8-189, subsection (b) of section 8-206 and sections 16a-20, 16a-102, 22a-352 and 22a-353. The secretary may adopt, pursuant to chapter 54, such regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(P.A. 74-285, S. 5, 20; P.A. 75-537, S. 2, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 42, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 89, 136; P.A. 81-330, S. 10, 13; P.A. 88-248, S. 2; P.A. 03-140, S. 20; P.A. 11-80, S. 41; P.A. 13-247, S. 314.)History: P.A. 75-537 replaced Connecticut energy agency and its administrator with department and commissioner of planning and energy policy, deleted provisions re appointment by governor and exemption from classified service, and required that assistance be given the state planning council in Subsec. (a), restated Subsec. (b) and deleted Subsec. (c) which had provided for disposition of agency; P.A. 77-614 replaced department and commissioner of planning and energy policy with office of policy and management and its secretary, deleted references to state planning council and deleted Subsec. (b); P.A. 78-303 deleted references to repealed Secs. 4-60a and 4-60b; P.A. 81-330 deleted reference to Sec. 16a-19; P.A. 88-248 deleted reference to Sec. 2-73; (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 16-340 was deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 03-140 deleted provision re providing the Connecticut Energy Advisory Board with assistance, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 11-80 deleted reference to Sec. 4-124p, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to Secs. 8-32a and 8-33a, effective January 1, 2015.