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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101 - Municipal Gas and Electric Plants › Section 7-230. - Appeal.

An appeal may be taken from the decision of said court, accepting the report of the commission, to the Appellate Court in the same manner in which appeals are usually taken and with like effect. If the Appellate Court reverses the judgment of the Superior Court, the Superior Court shall appoint another commission to hear and determine the questions arising in the case. The report of such commission shall be subject to remonstrance, confirmation and appeal, and such proceeding shall continue to be had in such case until all the questions arising thereunder are fully heard and determined according to law. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction in equity to compel compliance with the final decree of said court and may also issue and enforce such interlocutory decrees and orders as justice requires.
(1949 Rev., S. 727; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 12, 82.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 deleted reference to supreme court and substituted appellate court in lieu thereof.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101 - Municipal Gas and Electric Plants › Section 7-231. - Private rights extinguished by municipal purchase.

Whenever the existing gas or electric plant of any person or corporation has been acquired by any municipality pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the powers and rights of such person or corporation in relation to the manufacture of gas or electricity for lighting purposes and the distribution thereof to consumers within the limits of such municipality shall, from the date of such acquirement, cease.
(1949 Rev., S. 728.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101 - Municipal Gas and Electric Plants › Section 7-232. - Damages by reason of operating plant.

Any municipality owning or operating a plant or plants for the manufacture and distribution of gas or electricity for furnishing light, by virtue hereof, shall be responsible for any injury or damage to persons or property, happening or arising by reason of the maintenance or operation of the same, in the same manner and to the same extent as though the same were owned and operated by individuals or by a private corporation.
(1949 Rev., S. 729.)
Cited. 235 C. 408.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101 - Municipal Gas and Electric Plants › Section 7-232a. - Information exempt from Freedom of Information Act.

A municipal utility established under this chapter, or a municipal electric or gas utility owned, leased, maintained, operated, managed or controlled by any unit of local government under the general statutes or a special act, may withhold from public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, any commercially valuable, confidential or proprietary information.
(P.A. 98-212.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101 - Municipal Gas and Electric Plants › Section 7-233. - Applicability of statutes and ordinances.

All provisions of the statutes, and all ordinances of any municipality availing itself of the provisions of this chapter, relative to the manufacture, use, generation or distribution of gas or electricity, or the quality thereof or the plant and appliances therefor, shall apply to such municipality so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with this chapter, as the same are applied to persons and corporations engaged in making, generating and distributing gas or electricity therein.
(1949 Rev., S. 730.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233a. - Legislative purpose and finding.

The purpose of this chapter is to permit municipal electric utilities in Connecticut to join together and form cooperative public corporations for the financing of the construction and acquisition of facilities for the purpose of furnishing efficient, low cost and reliable electric power in their areas of operation. The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to apply to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, repair, extension or improvement of such facilities, or the acquisition of any interest therein or of any capacity thereof, by a separate legal entity created by concurrent resolutions of two or more municipal electric utilities as herein provided. It is found and declared that there exists in the state a great and growing need for the furnishing of efficient, low cost and reliable electric power to the residents thereof; that the construction and acquisition of suitable facilities for the furnishing of efficient, low cost and reliable electric power is an important governmental function in which municipal electric utilities should be enabled to act jointly for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and therefore the necessity for the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination to be in the public interest and for the public benefit and good of this state.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 1, 24; P.A. 76-237, S. 1, 9.)
History: P.A. 76-237 substituted “concurrent resolutions of” for “agreement between or among” municipal electric utilities.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233g. - Filing of bond resolution. Notice. Action challenging validity of bond resolution to be brought within twenty days or forever barred.

Any municipal cooperative may cause a copy of any bond resolution adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in its office and in the office of the appropriate public official of the governing body of each of its members and may thereupon cause to be published in a newspaper or newspapers published or circulating in the area of operation a notice stating the fact and date of such adoption and the places where such bond resolution has been so filed for public inspection and also the date of the first publication of such notice and also that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contract provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced within twenty days after the first publication of such notice. If any such notice shall at any time be published and if no action or proceeding questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution referred to in said notice, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by said bond resolution shall be commenced or instituted within twenty days after the first publication of said notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the area of operation and users of the project and all other persons whatsoever shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action or proceedings, questioning the validity or proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of any such covenants, agreements or contracts, and said bonds, covenants, agreements and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 7, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233h. - Trust indenture.

In the discretion of the cooperative utility board any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be secured by a trust indenture by way of conveyance, deed of trust or mortgage of any project or any other property of the municipal cooperative, whether or not financed in whole or in part from the proceeds of such bonds, or by a trust agreement by and between the municipal cooperative and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state or by both such conveyance, deed of trust or mortgage and indenture or trust agreement. Such trust indenture or agreement may pledge or assign any or all fees, rents and other charges to be received or proceeds of any contract or contracts pledged, and may convey or mortgage any property of the municipal cooperative. Such trust indenture or agreement may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including particularly such provisions as have hereinabove been specifically authorized to be included in any resolution or resolutions of the municipal cooperative authorizing the issue of bonds. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the state may act as depository of the proceeds of such bonds or of revenues or other moneys and may furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledge such securities as may be required by the municipal cooperative. Such trust indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. In addition to the foregoing, such trust indenture or agreement may contain such other provisions as the municipal cooperative may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of such trust indenture or agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of a project.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 8, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233i. - Bond anticipation notes.

A municipal cooperative shall have the power at any time and from time to time after the issuance of bonds thereof shall have been authorized by resolution duly adopted as hereinbefore provided, to borrow money for the purposes for which such bonds are to be issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of the sale of such bonds and within the authorized maximum amount of such bond issue. Any such loan shall be paid within five (5) years after the date of the initial loan. Bond anticipation notes shall be issued for all moneys so borrowed under the provisions of this section, and such notes may be renewed from time to time, but all such renewal notes shall mature within the time above limited for the payment of the initial loan. Such notes shall be authorized by resolution of the cooperative utility board and shall be in such denomination or denominations, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, shall be in such form and shall be executed in such manner, all as such cooperative utility board shall prescribe in said resolution. If such notes shall be renewal notes, they may be exchanged for notes then outstanding on such terms as the cooperative utility board shall determine. The cooperative utility board may, in its discretion, retire any such notes from the revenues derived from the project or projects or from such other moneys of the municipal cooperative which are lawfully available therefor or from a combination of each, in lieu of retiring them by means of bond proceeds, provided, however, that before the retirement of such notes by any means other than the issuance of bonds it shall amend and modify the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds in anticipation of the proceeds of the sale of which such notes shall have been issued so as to reduce the authorized amount of the bond issue by the amount of the notes so retired. Such amendatory or modifying resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 9, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233j. - Interconnection of electric system lines. Contracts for sale of electricity.

The municipal cooperative is authorized to (1) interconnect the lines of its system with those of other electric systems within or without the state, and to enter into contracts for the sale of electric energy within or without the state to electric systems constructed, owned, controlled or operated by any electric utility, member or nonmember municipal electric utility or any other public or private electric power entity, or any person without the state; and (2) enter into contracts with other electric utilities, member or nonmember municipal electric utilities, or any other public or private electric power entities within or without the state for standby power upon suitable terms, and for the sale of any surplus power not required for its own operation for sale to any electric utility, member or nonmember municipal electric utility or any other public or private electric power entity within or without the state.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 10, 24; P.A. 97-313, S. 3, 5.)
History: P.A. 97-313 added “or any person without the state” in Subdiv. (1), effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233k. - Eminent domain.

If a municipal cooperative is unable to agree with the owner or owners of real or personal property upon the terms for the acquisition of the same for any reason whatsoever, then the municipal cooperative may acquire, and is hereby authorized to acquire, all real or personal property that it deems necessary for carrying out the purposes of this chapter, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, by condemnation or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, under and pursuant to the provisions of part I of chapter 835 and related statutes; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the municipal cooperative shall have no power of eminent domain with respect to any real or personal property owned by an electric utility, nonmember municipal electric utility or any other public or private electric power entity and used in connection with a system or plant of such electric utility, nonmember municipal electric utility or any other public or private electric power entity. The power of a municipal cooperative to acquire real or personal property by condemnation or the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be a continuing power and no exercise thereof shall be deemed to exhaust it.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 11, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233l. - Rates.

A municipal cooperative is hereby authorized to fix, establish, maintain and collect, or to authorize, by contract, franchise, lease or otherwise, the establishment, levying and collection of, such rates, fees, rental or other charges, including connection charges, for the services afforded by the municipal cooperative or by or in connection with any properties which it may construct, erect, acquire, own, operate or control, and for the sale of electric energy or transmission capacity or service as it may deem necessary, proper, desirable and reasonable, which said rates, fees, rentals or other charges shall be fixed and established by the municipal cooperative in the manner prescribed in the following section hereof.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 12, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233m. - Sufficiency of rate schedule. Public hearing. Public inspection.

A municipal cooperative shall prescribe and from time to time when necessary revise a schedule of all of its rates, fees, rentals or other charges, which shall comply with the terms of any resolution, contract or other agreement of the municipal cooperative and shall be such that the revenues of the municipal cooperative will at all times be adequate to pay the expenses of operation and maintenance of its project or projects, including all reserves, insurance, extension, and replacement costs and to pay the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes of the municipal cooperative issued under this chapter, and to maintain such reserves therefor as may be required by the terms of any resolution, contract or other agreement of the municipal cooperative or as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the municipal cooperative. Said schedule shall thus be prescribed and from time to time revised by the municipal cooperative after public hearing thereon which shall be held by the municipal cooperative at least seven days after notice thereof has been published at least once in the area of operation. A copy of the schedule of such rates, fees, rentals or other charges of the municipal cooperative then in effect shall at all times be kept on file at the principal office of the municipal cooperative and shall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 13, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233n. - Dissolution of cooperative.

The governing bodies of two or more municipal electric utilities which have created a municipal electric energy cooperative pursuant to section 7-233c may, by concurrent resolutions duly adopted by each of such governing bodies within any single calendar year, dissolve such municipal electric energy cooperative on the conditions set forth in this section. Such municipal electric energy cooperative may be dissolved on condition that either the representatives of the municipal electric energy cooperative by resolution duly adopted consent to such dissolution and the municipal electric energy cooperative has no debts or obligations outstanding or that sufficient moneys have been set aside irrevocably in trust to satisfy all of the outstanding debts or obligations of such municipal electric energy cooperative. A copy of each concurrent resolution for the dissolution of a municipal electric energy cooperative adopted pursuant to this section, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the municipal electric utility, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State. Upon proof of such filing of certified copies of the concurrent resolutions for the dissolution of a municipal electric energy cooperative as aforesaid and upon proof either that such municipal electric energy cooperative had no debts or obligations outstanding at the time of the adoption of such resolutions, or that sufficient moneys have been set aside irrevocably in trust to satisfy all of its outstanding debts or obligations, the municipal electric energy cooperative therein referred to shall be conclusively deemed to have been lawfully and properly dissolved and the property of the municipal electric energy cooperative shall be vested in the creating municipal electric utilities or as otherwise provided in agreements between the municipal electric energy cooperative and the members of the municipal electric energy cooperative, provided any such agreements shall treat similarly situated members in a comparable and nondiscriminatory manner. A copy of any such concurrent resolution, duly certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of the State, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding, and shall be conclusive evidence of due and proper filing thereof as aforesaid.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 14, 24; P.A. 11-98, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 11-98 deleted provision requiring that upon dissolution of a cooperative, governing bodies dissolving such cooperative are deemed never to have joined in creation of such cooperative and added provision allowing property of dissolved cooperative to be vested in the creating utilities as provided in agreements between the cooperative and the members.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233o. - Conflict of interest.

No representative, officer or employee of a municipal electric energy cooperative shall have or acquire any personal interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project or in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished to or used by the municipal electric energy cooperative, but neither the holding of any office or employment in the government of any municipal electric utility or in any municipal electric energy cooperative under any law of the state nor the owning of any property within the state shall be deemed a disqualification for representation on or employment by a municipal electric energy cooperative.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 15, 24; P.A. 11-98, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 11-98 added “personal” re interest in project, property or contract and added “in any municipal electric energy cooperative” re office-holding or employment that is not deemed a disqualification.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233p. - Representative compensation.

If the members of a municipal electric energy cooperative and the legislative bodies of the municipalities are not paying compensation to the representatives they each appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 7-233c, such municipal electric energy cooperative may reimburse its representatives for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties and pay such reasonable, uniformly applicable compensation to such representatives for their service on the board of such municipal electric energy cooperative as provided in this section. The concurrent resolutions creating a municipal electric energy cooperative may provide that the representatives of the municipal electric energy cooperative may receive annual compensation for their services within limitations to be stated in such concurrent resolutions and in that event, each representative may receive from the municipal electric energy cooperative such compensation for his services as the municipal electric energy cooperative may determine within the limitations stated in such concurrent resolutions. Said provisions or limitations stated in any such resolutions may be amended by subsequent concurrent resolutions, but no reduction of any such limitation shall be effective as to any representative of the municipal electric energy cooperative then in office except upon the written consent of such representative.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 16, 24; P.A. 11-98, S. 6; P.A. 17-73, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 11-98 added language providing that if a cooperative is not paying compensation to its representatives pursuant to Sec. 7-233c(a), then such cooperative may pay compensation as provided in section, and deleted provision prohibiting representative of municipal authority from receiving compensation except as provided in section; P.A. 17-73 added “and the legislative bodies of the municipalities” and made technical and conforming changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233q. - Competitive bidding. Contracts.

(a) All purchases for supplies, materials or equipment to be made in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars shall be submitted for competitive bid provided that more than one source of such supplies, materials or equipment is available, except this subsection shall not apply to any project or projects in which a municipal electric energy cooperative is an owner of a portion if the project itself is not required to be subject to competitive bidding.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, any contracts to be entered into by a cooperative created pursuant to this chapter or any project in which such cooperative has an interest or any joint venture or partnership thereof may be entered into as the result of either negotiation, request for proposals, open-bid or sealed-bid method of procurement. In determining the type of procurement method it deems most prudent, the cooperative may consider the scope of work, the management complexities associated therewith, the extent of current and future technological development requirements and the best interests of the cooperative and its members and participants. The cooperative shall determine the terms and conditions of such contracts and the fees or other compensation to be paid pursuant to such contracts.
(2) The entry into any contract resulting from negotiation or the conduct of a request for proposals pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection may be by resolution or by the terms of written policies adopted by the cooperative at the option of the governing body of said cooperative. If the cooperative elects to proceed by negotiation or request for proposals for the procurement of any such contract by the terms of written policies adopted by the cooperative, the contract and the factual basis for the method of procurement shall be recorded and open for public inspection immediately after the award of such contract.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 17, 24; P.A. 08-128, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-128 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made a technical change therein and added Subsec. (b) re contracts, effective June 5, 2008.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233r. - Cooperative bonds and notes deemed legal investment.

To the extent permitted by law, the state and all public officers, governmental units and agencies thereof, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this chapter, and such bonds or notes shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 18, 24; P.A. 80-483, S. 20, 186.)
History: P.A. 80-483 deleted reference to building and loan associations.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233s. - Taxation.

The creation of a municipal electric energy cooperative pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, comfort and security, and its purposes are public purposes and a municipal cooperative will be performing an essential governmental function. The real and personal property of a municipal electric energy cooperative, and its income and operations, shall be exempt from all taxation by the state and any political subdivision thereof; provided, however, that in connection with the acquisition or construction or ownership of any project or projects, or portions thereof, which may be located outside the boundaries of the members of the municipal cooperative, the municipal cooperative may make payments in lieu of taxation and enter into a contract therefor to the appropriate taxing entity in which such project or projects, or portions thereof, are so acquired or constructed. The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of the notes or bonds issued by a municipal cooperative, in consideration of the acceptance of any payment for the notes or bonds, that the notes or bonds of a municipal cooperative, issued pursuant to this chapter and the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 19, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233t. - Exemption from jurisdiction of Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

A municipal electric energy cooperative created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from the jurisdiction and control of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of this state, except to the extent municipal electric utilities are subject to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority as of the date of the formation of the municipal cooperative.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 20, 24; P.A. 76-237, S. 8, 9; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 10, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 76-237 made it clear newly created energy cooperatives subject to public utilities control authority to the extent others are at the time each is created, deleting provision that they be subject to authority as others are “presently”; P.A. 77-614 substituted division of public utility control within the department of business regulation for public utilities control authority, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 substituted department of public utility control for division 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233u. - Severability of provisions.

The respective words, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this chapter are severable, and the declaration of invalidity of any such word, clause, sentence, paragraph or section shall not invalidate the remaining portions of the chapter.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 21, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233v. - Liberal construction.

This chapter shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this chapter as complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized and all authority herein granted shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate such intent and purposes and not as a limitation of powers.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 22, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233w. - Controlling provisions in case of conflict.

Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, general, special or local, or any limitation imposed by a corporate or municipal charter, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling and all other conflicting laws or limitations of any nature whatsoever are hereby repealed, revoked and rescinded.
(P.A. 75-634, S. 23, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233x. - Power supply contracts between cooperatives and municipal electric utilities.

Any municipal electric utility, as defined in section 7-233b, shall have power, acting on behalf of the municipality with respect to which such municipal electric utility is a department, agency or other such related body, to enter into agreements with any municipal electric energy cooperative, as defined in said section 7-233b, for the purchase, sale, exchange or transmission of electric power or energy on such terms and for such periods of time as agreed upon by such municipal electric utility and such municipal electric energy cooperative, and any such agreement shall be binding on the parties thereto and such municipality, provided such municipality may disapprove and thereby invalidate such agreement by vote of its legislative body at any time no later than thirty days following the date such agreement is filed and appropriately recorded in such municipality for consideration by its legislative body. Any such agreement may include terms providing that the municipal electric utility (1) make payments for electric power and energy based on a formula stated in the agreement, (2) make such payments unconditionally whether or not the agreed upon electric power or energy is provided or otherwise made available or a particular project is completed, operable or operating, and (3) pay obligations of another municipal electric utility if such municipal electric utility fails to make such payments as required in such agreement. Payments made under such agreements may be recovered in the prices charged by the municipal electric utility.
(P.A. 79-468, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-263, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 99-263 authorized optional provisions re payments for electric power and energy and payment of obligations of another municipal electric utility which may be included in agreements, and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1999.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233y. - Municipal energy conservation and load management fund.

(a) Each municipal electric utility created pursuant to chapter 101 or by special act shall, for investment in renewable energy sources and for conservation and load management programs pursuant to this section, accrue from each kilowatt hour of its metered firm electric retail sales, exclusive of such sales to United States government naval facilities in this state, no less than the following amounts during the following periods, in a manner conforming to the requirement of this section: (1) 1.0 mills on and after January 1, 2006; (2) 1.3 mills on and after January 1, 2007; (3) 1.6 mills on and after January 1, 2008; (4) 1.9 mills on and after January 1, 2009; (5) 2.2 mills on and after January 1, 2010; and (6) 2.5 mills on and after January 1, 2011.
(b) There is hereby created a municipal energy conservation and load management fund in each municipal electric energy cooperative created pursuant to this chapter, which fund shall be a separate and dedicated fund to be held and administered by such cooperative. Each municipal electric utility created pursuant to chapter 101 or by special act that is a member or participant in such a municipal electric energy cooperative shall accrue and deposit such amounts as specified in subsection (a) of this section into such fund. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fiscal year next succeeding. Disbursements from the fund shall be made pursuant to the comprehensive electric conservation and load management plan prepared by the cooperative in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Such cooperative shall, annually, adopt a comprehensive plan for the expenditure of such funds by the cooperative on behalf of such municipal electric utilities for the purpose of carrying out electric conservation, investments in renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and electric load management programs funded by the charge accrued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The cooperative shall expend or cause to be expended the amounts held in such fund in conformity with the adopted plan. The plan may direct the expenditure of funds on facilities or measures located in any one or more of the service areas of the municipal electric utilities who are members or participants in such cooperative and may provide for the establishment of goals and standards for measuring the cost effectiveness of expenditures made from such fund, for the minimization of federally mandated congestion charges and for achieving appropriate geographic coverage and scope in each such service area. Such plan shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan of the Energy Conservation Management Board established under section 16-245m. Such cooperative, annually, shall submit its plan to such board for review.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 17.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101a - Municipal Electric Energy Cooperatives › Section 7-233z. - Comprehensive report.

(a) A municipal electric energy cooperative, created pursuant to this chapter, shall submit a comprehensive report on the activities of the municipal electric utilities with regard to promotion of renewable energy resources. Such report shall identify the standards and activities of municipal electric utilities in the promotion, encouragement and expansion of the deployment and use of renewable energy sources within the service areas of the municipal electric utilities for the prior calendar year. The cooperative shall submit the report to the Connecticut Green Bank not later than ninety days after the end of each calendar year that describes the activities undertaken pursuant to this subsection during the previous calendar year for the promotion and development of renewable energy sources for all electric customer classes.
(b) Such cooperative shall develop standards for the promotion of renewable resources that apply to each municipal electric utility. On or before January 1, 2008, and annually thereafter, such cooperative shall submit such standards to the Connecticut Green Bank.
(P.A. 07-242, S. 41; P.A. 11-80, S. 130; P.A. 14-94, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 07-242 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-80 replaced “Renewable Energy Investment Advisory Committee” with “Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Green Bank”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 101b - Municipal Telecommunications Services › Section 7-233ii. - Municipalities authorized to provide telecommunications service.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of a special act or municipal charter to the contrary, any municipality that owns or operates one or more plants for the manufacture or distribution of electricity pursuant to section 7-213 or any special act, may provide telecommunications service, as defined in section 16-247a, other than community antenna television service, to inhabitants within the territorial limits of the area in which the municipality is authorized to provide electric service. No municipality may seek authority to provide telecommunications service pursuant to this section until affirmative action for that purpose has been approved by the chief executive officer and has received a two-thirds vote of its legislative body or in any town in which the legislative body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen.
(b) Any municipality seeking to exercise the authority granted by this section shall be subject to all certification requirements imposed by statute or order of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority upon certified telecommunications providers, as defined in section 16-1.
(c) Any municipality exercising the authority granted by this section may finance any capital expenditures necessary to provide telecommunications service other than community antenna television service, including but not limited to, the costs to acquire or construct necessary systems or facilities, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 109.
(P.A. 97-313, S. 4, 5; P.A. 99-286, S. 15, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 97-313 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-286 amended Subsec. (b) by changing reference to persons, firms or corporations certified to provide intrastate telecommunications services to “certified telecommunications providers”, effective July 19, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems › Section 7-234. - Operation of system, when. Payment of expenses. Waiver of acquisition rights.

Any town, city or borough or district organized for municipal purposes may acquire, construct and operate a municipal water supply system where (1) there is no existing private waterworks system, (2) the owner or owners of a private waterworks system are willing to sell or transfer all or part of such system to the municipality, or (3) a public regional waterworks system within said town, city or borough or district is willing to sell or transfer all or part of the system to the municipality. The franchise jurisdiction of the municipal water supply system shall be enlarged, by special act, if applicable to include the system or portion thereof sold or transferred and the franchise jurisdiction of the acquired waterworks system shall be reduced, by special act, if applicable to exclude the system or portion thereof sold or transferred. Any such municipality may pay for the acquisition, construction, extension, enlargement and maintenance of any such system by the issuance of general obligation bonds as provided in chapter 109 or by the issuance of revenue bonds as hereinafter provided. Any municipality having the right to acquire all or any part of an existing private waterworks system pursuant to any municipal charter, special act or contract may relinquish such rights by action of its legislative body.
(1949 Rev., S. 753; 1967, P.A. 780; P.A. 84-420, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-349, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act allowed purchase of private waterworks system by municipality or construction of system through issuance of general obligation bonds as well as revenue bonds; P.A. 84-420 added provision re waiver of acquisition rights; P.A. 93-349 added provisions re transfer of all or part of a private system, sale or transfer of a public regional system and re enlargement or reduction of resulting franchise jurisdiction by special act.
Cited. 171 C. 74.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems › Section 7-235. - Revenue bonds.

The legislative body of any municipality described in section 7-234, which municipality has voted to construct, enlarge or maintain a waterworks system, shall cause an estimate to be made of the cost of such construction and may issue, in the name of such municipality, revenue bonds in an amount sufficient to meet such estimated cost and interest thereon until the date of maturity. Such municipality shall not be obligated to pay such bonds except from funds derived from the net revenue of such waterworks system, and it shall be stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions of this chapter and that it does not constitute a general indebtedness of such municipality within any statutory limitation.
(1949 Rev., S. 754.)
Section solely governs municipal water utility financing and cannot be construed to diminish municipality's public health or environmental protection responsibilities. 262 C. 758.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems › Section 7-236. - Issuance of bonds.

The legislative body shall determine the form of such bonds, whether registered or coupon, the rate and the dates of payment of interest thereon and the time or times, not more than thirty years from their date, at which they shall mature, the manner in which they shall be issued and by whom they shall be executed and sold.
(1949 Rev., S. 755; 1969, P.A. 424, S. 4.)
History: 1969 act removed provision limiting interest rate to 6% per year.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems › Section 7-237. - Sinking fund.

The legislative body shall provide for the establishment, from the net revenues of such waterworks system, of a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds and interest thereon and any charges connected therewith, plus ten per cent of the amount required for such payment, as a safety margin. Any surplus from the bond proceeds over the cost of establishing the system shall be paid into said sinking fund.
(1949 Rev., S. 756.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems › Section 7-238. - Trust indenture.

In the discretion of the legislative body, such bonds may be secured by a trust indenture between the municipality and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company in the state, but no such trust indenture shall convey or mortgage the system or any part thereof. Such indenture may contain reasonable and adequate provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders and may restrict their individual rights of action as is customary in trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations.
(1949 Rev., S. 757.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems › Section 7-240. - Separate accounts.

A separate account shall be kept by the municipality of the funds derived from such waterworks system and of their disposition, which account shall be audited annually by a competent auditor, and a report of such audit shall be open to public inspection. The treasurer of the municipality shall be the custodian of such funds and shall give bond to the satisfaction of the legislative body for the faithful discharge of his duties. Such funds shall be kept separate from other funds of such municipality and shall be used for such waterworks system and for no other purpose.
(1949 Rev., S. 759.)
Section solely governs municipal water utility financing and cannot be construed to diminish municipality's public health or environmental protection responsibilities. 262 C. 758.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems › Section 7-241. - Additional bonds.

Additional bonds may be issued in the discretion of the legislative body, to provide for the amount of any deficit found in the proceeds of the bonds herein authorized, which additional bonds shall be subject to the same conditions as, and shall be entitled to payment without preference or priority of, the bonds first issued.
(1949 Rev., S. 760.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems › Section 7-242. - Issuance of refunding bonds.

Refunding revenue bonds may be issued in the same manner as the bonds which they are to refund, in the discretion of the legislative body, upon written request of all the holders of unpaid certificates of a particular issue payable from the revenues of the waterworks system as herein provided. The amount of such refunding bonds shall not exceed and may be less than the amount of the certificates to be surrendered and shall not exceed and may be less than the determined value of so much of the system as was paid for by such issue of certificates, less the amount of the certificates paid.
(1949 Rev., S. 761.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 103 - Municipal Sewerage Systems › Section 7-246a. - Applications. Time for decision. Appeal.

(a) Whenever an application or request is made to a water pollution control authority or sewer district for (1) a determination of the adequacy of sewer capacity related to a proposed use of land, (2) approval to hook up to a sewer system at the expense of the applicant, or (3) approval of any other proposal for wastewater treatment or disposal at the expense of the applicant, the water pollution control authority or sewer district shall make a decision on such application or request within sixty-five days from the date of receipt, as defined in subsection (c) of section 8-7d, of such application or request. The applicant may consent to one or more extensions of such period, provided the total of such extensions shall not exceed sixty-five days.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, an appeal may be taken from an action of a water pollution control agency or sewer district pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in accordance with section 8-8.
(P.A. 03-177, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 03-177 effective October 1, 2003, and applicable to applications filed on or after that date.
Enactment of section establishing procedural requirements for issuing and appealing decisions did not indicate legislative intent to change substantive law concerning such decisions and did not limit the broad discretion water pollution control authorities have to determine whether, and under what circumstances, they provide sewer service within their municipalities. 291 C. 271.