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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-43a. - Validity of securities issued pursuant to order of authority.

Any stock, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness or securities of any nature issued or sold pursuant to or in reliance on and in accordance with any order, authorization or decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority pursuant to this title shall be valid and binding in accordance with their terms notwithstanding such order, authorization or decision of the authority is later vacated, modified, or otherwise held to be wholly or partly invalid, unless operation of such order, authorization or decision of the authority has been stayed or suspended by the authority or the reviewing court prior to such issuance.
(P.A. 78-100; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 76, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of division of public utility control within the department of business regulation for public utilities control authority to comply with provisions of P.A. 77-614; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-43b. - Definitions applicable to apportionment of land sales benefits.

For purposes of subsection (e) of section 16-43, “open space or recreational purposes” means public parks or forests or natural areas, including, but not limited to, reservoirs and water company land, which are preserved predominantly in their natural scenic and open condition which may allow for camping, hiking, forestry, fishing, wildlife or natural resource conservation and “educational use” means the use by any town, city or borough, whether consolidated or unconsolidated, and any school district or regional school district for the purposes of schools and related facilities.
(P.A. 98-157, S. 10, 15; P.A. 04-200, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 98-157 effective July 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: In codifying this section the Revisors editorially changed “... camping; hiking; forestry; fishing; wildlife or ...” to “... camping, hiking, forestry, fishing, wildlife or ...”); P.A. 04-200 defined “educational use”, effective June 3, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-43c. - Sale of water company land to certain municipal corporations for construction of a school.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or section 12-217dd, any land acquired from a water company, as defined in section 16-1, by a municipal corporation for the purposes of construction of a school and related facilities in a town with a population between eleven thousand six hundred and eleven thousand nine hundred, as enumerated by the 2000 federal decennial census, shall be treated as open space for purposes of establishing the right to acquire, ratemaking and taxes.
(P.A. 04-156, S. 1; P.A. 05-288, S. 217.)
History: P.A. 04-156 effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-43d. - Sale of existing electric generation plants.

If any existing electric generation plant within the state is offered for sale, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall authorize the electric distribution companies to purchase and operate such plants if the authority, through a contested case proceeding, determines that such purchase and operation is in the public interest, provided any acquisition plan shall include provisions for payment of property taxes on the value of the purchased plant and provisions for employee protections. An electric distribution company purchasing such generation plants shall be entitled to recover the costs of such purchase in an annual retail generation rate contested case consistent with the principles set forth in sections 16-19, 16-19b and 16-19e, provided the return on equity associated with such purchase and operation shall be established in said contested case proceeding and updated at least once every four years. The authority shall review and approve the cost recovery provisions in the proceeding to determine that such purchase and operation are in the public interest.
(P.A. 07-242, S. 83; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 124.)
History: P.A. 07-242 effective June 4, 2007; 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 deleted reference to Sec. 16-244f(b)(3), effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-44. - Notice of formation, consolidation or discontinuance of public service companies; change of name. Penalty.

Whenever any company is organized for the purpose of doing business as a public service company, or whenever any company so organized acquires any plant or any part of a plant or equipment, or begins doing business as a public service company, or whenever any foreign public service company commences business in this state, or whenever any public service company doing business in this state merges with any other company or companies or permanently discontinues doing business as a public service company, or changes its corporate name, the secretary of the company shall, within ten days from the date thereof, notify the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of the action of the company or companies, on blanks to be furnished by the authority on request. The secretary of any public service company who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 5434; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 77, 348; P.A. 82-150, S. 7; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 10.)
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; P.A. 82-150 made technical changes; 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. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-44a. - Disclosure of salaries of directors and officers of public service companies.

(a) Each public service company, as defined in section 16-1, regulated pursuant to sections 16-19 and 16-19e and serving more than three thousand three hundred customers shall (1) on each customer's bill, notify customers at least annually that a listing of the salaries of its directors and officers can be obtained from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority at the customer's request, and (2) not later than July first, annually, submit to the authority a listing of the salaries of all its directors and officers during the preceding fiscal year. Any such public service company that files Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-K, Part III with the authority pursuant to an order of the authority shall be deemed to be in compliance with subdivision (2) of this subsection.
(b) The authority shall maintain and make available to the public a listing of the salaries of directors and officers of each public service company regulated pursuant to sections 16-19 and 16-19e and serving more than three thousand three hundred customers. The authority shall mail such listing to any person that requests it.
(P.A. 97-30, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 97-30 effective May 6, 1997; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-45. - Increase or reduction of capital stock by public service companies.

Any public service company which is authorized to increase its authorized capital stock in accordance with the laws applicable to corporations organized under the general law may increase or reduce its authorized capital stock at a meeting of its stockholders warned and held for that purpose by a vote of at least two-thirds of each class of stock issued and outstanding at the time of such vote, or at a meeting of the stockholders called upon thirty days' notice by a vote of at least two-thirds of each class of stock represented at such meeting. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect in any way the powers and authority of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority with respect to issuance of securities by public service companies.
(1949 Rev., S. 5436; 1949, 1951, S. 2609d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 78, 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.
See Sec. 16-43(b) re issuance and approval of notes, bonds, securities, etc.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-48. - Electricity and gas; transmission between this state and other states.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is authorized to enter into compacts in the name of the state of Connecticut with the states of New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, or any one or more of said states, through such body in such state or states as may be designated by law to act, for the purpose of establishing joint regulation and control of rates for electricity and gas transmitted between such states; provided the power to enter into such compacts shall be authorized by the Congress of the United States. The authority shall report the terms of any such compact to the General Assembly of this state at its first regular session after such compact has been agreed upon; but no such agreements or compacts shall become effective until approved by the General Assembly and the Congress of the United States.
(1949 Rev., S. 5439; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 81, 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-48a. - Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control Fund established.

There is established a fund to be known as the “Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control Fund”. The fund may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treasurer separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. The interest derived from the investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Amounts in the fund may be expended only pursuant to appropriation by the General Assembly. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fund for the fiscal year next succeeding.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 15, 30.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-49a to 16-49c. - Appropriation. Council on water company lands established. Moratorium on sale of water company lands; duties of council.

Sections 16-49a to 16-49c, inclusive, are repealed.
(1972, P.A. 138, S. 1; P.A. 75-405, S. 1, 2, 5; 75-486, S. 1, 69; 75-567, S. 55, 80; P.A. 76-123, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 162, 320, 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 83, 348; P.A. 83-487, S. 32, 33.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-49d. - Applications for sales of water company lands submitted prior to June 25, 1975.

Section 16-49d is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 75-405, S. 5; P.A. 83-487, S. 7, 33; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-49e. - Public service company may request identification from person opening an account. Telecommunications company may request identification prior to providing service.

(a) As used in this section, “identification” means a Social Security number, the number of an identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h, the number of a motor vehicle operator's license issued pursuant to section 14-36, a valid passport issued by the United States or a foreign government, a resident alien card or an alien registration card issued by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, any other valid forms of identification issued by the federal government or a state or municipal government, or any other means of identification approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. A public service company, as defined in section 16-1, may request a person opening an account with the company to provide the company with two forms of identification, one of which contains a picture of the person, at the time of opening the account. If a person opening an account fails to provide the requested identification, the public service company shall open an account for such person and allow fifteen days for such person to provide the company with identification. If such person fails to provide the required identification within fifteen days, the public service company may terminate service to such person.
(b) A telecommunications company that is certified to provide telecommunications service pursuant to section 16-247g may not require a prospective residential customer to provide identification as a condition of providing telecommunications service, except to the extent that a public service company is permitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a company from accepting additional forms of identification, provided the company accepts the forms of identification specified in subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 95-274, S. 1; P.A. 02-8, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 02-8 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to expand definition of “identification” to include a passport, a resident alien card, an alien registration card, or any other valid form of identification issued by the federal government or a state or municipal government, to allow a public service company to request two forms of identification, one of which contains a picture of the person, and to make conforming changes, added Subsec. (b) to allow a telecommunications company to request identification to the same extent as a public service company, and added Subsec. (c) to allow companies to accept additional forms of identification, effective April 22, 2002; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-49f. - Verification of Social Security number prior to opening new account. Minor not liable for services fraudulently obtained using minor's Social Security number.

(a) A public service company, as defined in section 16-1, that requires the disclosure of a potential customer's Social Security number in order to open a new customer account shall verify the validity of the Social Security number prior to opening a new customer account to ensure that such number does not belong to a minor, as defined in section 1-1d. Such public service company shall cross reference the Social Security number provided with such customer's legal name, aliases, date of birth, age, current address and phone number. A public service company may use a third-party company to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
(b) A minor shall not be liable for payment of an unpaid bill to a public service company for services fraudulently obtained by an adult using such minor's Social Security number.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 56.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-50. - Employees. Consultants.

Section 16-50 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 5396; June, 1955, S. 2608d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-367; 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 82-150, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-50a. - Local filing of maps on acquisition of property.

Any public service company which acquires land or any easement or right-of-way therein for any of its purposes shall, if it has prepared a map or maps in connection with such acquisition, file, in the clerk's office in each town in which such land is located, a copy of such map or maps and said clerk shall accept such copy or copies for filing. Maps filed as required by this section shall conform to the provisions of section 7-31 as to materials and size.
(1963, P.A. 457; 1967, P.A. 226.)
History: 1967 act qualified exemption from Sec. 7-31 for maps by requiring conformity “as to materials and size”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-50b. - Declaration of policy.

It is found and declared that conservation of undeveloped lands and preservation of open spaces, together with orderly control and development of remaining natural resources is the settled public policy of Connecticut and bears a substantial relationship to the public health and safety and common welfare, in order to provide for establishment and maintenance of necessary public recreational and conservation areas, and that undeveloped lands owned by public service companies constitute a significant portion of all remaining undeveloped lands in Connecticut, and particularly in thickly-settled areas of Connecticut, and that the state and municipalities, wherein substantial undeveloped tracts owned by public service companies are located, have been unable to provide for acquisition of such lands for public recreational and conservation purposes, and that the public policy of Connecticut to preserve open spaces requires for its effectiveness a procedure for the state and municipalities to determine whether acquisition of such tracts as may be or become available would be in furtherance and continuation of local, regional and state programs, and that public service companies by reason of their statutory privilege of land acquisition by condemnation and statutory protection of acquisition of their land by condemnation are a proper subject for a special statutory procedure for the disposition of undeveloped lands owned by such companies, and that it is further found and declared that sections 16-50b to 16-50e, inclusive, do not interfere with the operation and conduct of said public service companies.
(1967, P.A. 577, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 189, S. 1.)
History: 1972 act included reference to state's role in land acquisition and to state programs.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-50e. - Notices to town clerk.

A copy of each notice required by sections 16-50c and 16-50d shall be sent by the party giving such notice to the town clerk of the municipality in which the land is situated and such town clerk shall make all such notices part of the appropriate land records.
(1967, P.A. 577, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 16-50f. - Solicitation of insurance applications from employees of public service companies. Payroll deductions.

(a) Any public service company providing payroll deduction services for its employees for premiums on individual policies of any line of insurance shall permit solicitation of applications for such policies by any licensed insurer or representative of the insurer. Any such insurer or representative of the insurer who claims he has been denied the right to solicit applications for insurance by a public service company in violation of this section shall file a complaint in writing with the Insurance Commissioner who shall cause an investigation to be made, and if the commissioner determines that the public service company has violated this section, he shall so notify the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority which shall make such order as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. This section shall not be construed to invalidate, nor require any public service company to change, a program of payroll deductions for employees' individual insurance policies in existence on October 1, 1969.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a public service company may provide payroll deductions for its employees in connection with premiums for a mass merchandising or group plan of any line of insurance, provided that the group covered by such insurance consists predominantly of employees of the public service company.
(1969, P.A. 210, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 761; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 163, 610; P.A. 79-129; P.A. 80-482, S. 86, 348; P.A. 82-150, S. 8; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act added Subsec. (b) re payroll deductions for group insurance; P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, made insurance department a division of that department and retained insurance commissioner as its head, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-129 removed from Subsec. (b) provision prohibiting sale of insurance on company property during normal working hours; P.A. 80-482 made divisions of public utility control and insurance independent departments and deleted references to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 82-150 made technical changes; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50bb. - Municipal participation account.

(a) There is established an account to be known as the “municipal participation account”, within the General Fund, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. There shall be deposited in the account the municipal participation fees received pursuant to subsection (a) of section 16-50l. The interest derived from the investment of the account shall be credited to the account. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next succeeding.
(b) Payments from the account shall be made upon authorization by the State Treasurer. An application for reimbursement shall be submitted not later than sixty days after the conclusion of a certification proceeding, except for a facility described in subdivisions (5) and (6) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i, by each municipality entitled to receive a copy of an application under section 16-50
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in order to defray expenses incurred by such municipalities in participating as a party to a certification proceeding, except for a proceeding on an application for a facility described in subdivision (5) or (6) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i. Any moneys remaining after payments to municipalities in accordance with this section shall be refunded to the applicant in even amounts. Where more than one municipality seeks moneys from such account, the council shall evenly distribute such moneys among the municipalities. No municipality may receive moneys from the account in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars. No municipality may receive moneys from the account in excess of the dollar amount such municipality has expended from its own municipal funds.
(c) In administering the moneys in the account, the State Treasurer shall verify that the subject municipality (1) actually participated as a party to the subject certification proceeding, and (2) actually spent the money it claims to have spent on participating in the subject certification proceeding.
(P.A. 03-140, S. 15; P.A. 04-236, S. 8; P.A. 12-165, S. 3; P.A. 13-5, S. 5; P.A. 14-94, S. 37.)
History: P.A. 03-140 effective July 1, 2003, and applicable to applications for a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need filed after that date; P.A. 04-236 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 12-165 amended Subsec. (b) to change deadline for payments from the account from not later than 60 days after receipt of an application to not later than 60 days after the conclusion of a certification proceeding, to replace provision re moneys remaining at end of proceeding with provision re moneys remaining after payments to municipalities and to delete provision re refund of excess moneys to the account, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-5 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective May 8, 2013; P.A. 14-94 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “subdivisions (1) and (3) of” re reference to Sec. 16-50
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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50cc. - Reconfiguration or burial of electric transmission facility.

If legislation adopted on or after January 1, 2004, results in the reconfiguration or burial of a proposed facility described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i, all prudent costs incurred by an electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, associated with the reconfiguration or burial shall be deemed to be reasonable pursuant to sections 16-19 and 16-19e and shall be recovered by the electric distribution company in its rates.
(P.A. 04-246, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 04-246 effective June 3, 2004, and applicable to applications for a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need that was originally filed on or after October 1, 2003, for which the Connecticut Siting Council has not rendered a decision upon the record prior to June 3, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50dd. - State-wide telecommunications coverage data base.

On or before January 1, 2006, the Connecticut Siting Council shall develop, maintain and update quarterly a state-wide telecommunications coverage data base that includes the location, type and height of all telecommunications towers and antennas in the state, as well as those towers specified in subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i. Such data base shall be available for inspection by the public in hard copy and shall be accessible electronically by means of the Internet or other media systems available to the public. Upon request of a municipality, the council shall supply any information contained in the data base to the municipality in preparing a plan under section 7-163c.
(P.A. 04-226, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-226 effective June 8, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50ee. - State-wide telecommunications coverage plan.

(a) On or before September 1, 2006, the Connecticut Siting Council shall develop a plan for state-wide telecommunications coverage and annually shall review and revise such plan as necessary. The plan shall be consistent with the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended, with sections 16-247a to 16-247s, inclusive, and with the tower sharing provisions of section 16-50aa. The plan shall contain information on population growth in the state and an analysis of existing and projected demands for telecommunications coverage. On or before November 1, 2006, the Connecticut Siting Council shall supply all information contained in such plan that concerns any municipality and any abutting or adjoining municipalities, to a municipality upon request under section 8-2 or any special act regulating the siting of telecommunications towers.
(b) On and after April 1, 2005, each provider of telecommunications services shall file with the Connecticut Siting Council, on a form prescribed by the council, on the non-tower locations of antenna array serving cellular and PCS telephone operations in the state. Such information shall be used solely to prepare the plan required under subsection (a) of this section and disclosure of such information shall not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200.
(P.A. 04-226, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 04-226 effective June 8, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50ff. - Local telecommunications coverage assessments.

(a) On or before January 1, 2008, the Connecticut Siting Council, upon the request of a municipality, shall develop a local telecommunications coverage assessment for that municipality. Such assessment shall identify locations within said municipality that provide inconsistent or nonexistent telecommunications coverage and shall contain an analysis of existing and projected demands for telecommunications coverage within said municipality.
(b) On or before January 1, 2008, each provider of telecommunications services, upon the request of the Connecticut Siting Council, shall submit to said council all information concerning (1) locations within a particular municipality that provide inconsistent or nonexistent telecommunications coverage, and (2) said provider's existing and projected demands for telecommunications coverage within said municipality. Such information shall be used solely to prepare the assessment required under subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 07-222, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 07-222 effective July 6, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50g. - Legislative finding and purpose.

The legislature finds that power generating plants and transmission lines for electricity and fuels, community antenna television towers and telecommunication towers have had a significant impact on the environment and ecology of the state of Connecticut; and that continued operation and development of such power plants, lines and towers, if not properly planned and controlled, could adversely affect the quality of the environment and the ecological, scenic, historic and recreational values of the state. The purposes of this chapter are: To provide for the balancing of the need for adequate and reliable public utility services at the lowest reasonable cost to consumers with the need to protect the environment and ecology of the state and to minimize damage to scenic, historic, and recreational values; to provide environmental quality standards and criteria for the location, design, construction and operation of facilities for the furnishing of public utility services at least as stringent as the federal environmental quality standards and criteria, and technically sufficient to assure the welfare and protection of the people of the state; to encourage research to develop new and improved methods of generating, storing and transmitting electricity and fuel and of transmitting and receiving television and telecommunications with minimal damage to the environment and other values described above; to promote energy security; to promote the sharing of towers for fair consideration wherever technically, legally, environmentally and economically feasible to avoid the unnecessary proliferation of towers in the state particularly where installation of such towers would adversely impact class I and II watershed lands, and aquifers; to require annual forecasts of the demand for electric power, together with identification and advance planning of the facilities needed to supply that demand and to facilitate local, regional, state-wide and interstate planning to implement the foregoing purposes.
(1971, P.A. 575, S. 1; P.A. 75-375, S. 1, 12; P.A. 76-359, S. 1, 7; P.A. 77-218, S. 1; P.A. 89-45, S. 1, 4; P.A. 03-140, S. 1; P.A. 04-236, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-375 deleted “orderly processes” with regard to balancing utility services and environmental concerns and modified reference provision to utility services with “at the lowest reasonable cost to consumers”; P.A. 76-359 included in purposes of chapter provision re forecasts of power demands and advance planning for necessary facilities; P.A. 77-218 included references to community cable television and telecommunications services and facilities; P.A. 89-45 included provision of chapter re promotion of sharing of towers; P.A. 03-140 added promotion of energy security as legislative purpose, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-236 made a technical change, effective June 8, 2004.
Cited. 180 C. 474.
Cited. 20 CA 474.
Cited. 35 CS 303.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50gg. - Municipal location preferences.

When notifying a municipality pursuant to section 16-50l of an application for a telecommunications tower in said municipality, the Connecticut Siting Council shall request that the municipality provide to said council, within thirty days, any location preferences or criteria for the siting of said telecommunications tower. The council may consider regional location preferences from neighboring municipalities.
(P.A. 07-222, S. 2; P.A. 12-165, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 07-222 effective July 6, 2007; P.A. 12-165 added provision re location preferences of neighboring municipalities, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50hh. - Restoration and revegetation of the right-of-way.

As part of its supervision of construction activity in connection with any transmission line project, the Connecticut Siting Council may order such restoration or revegetation of the right-of-way occupied by the overhead transmission facilities approved with any transmission line project as it deems necessary to promote the long-term restoration of vegetation in portions of the right-of-way in residential areas where there has been a significant and material loss of screening as a result of clearing activities. Such restoration or revegetation orders shall include the requirement to establish vegetation that includes model pollinator habitat, as described in section 22-90b, and shall be consistent with all standards regarding required clearances between energized conductors and vegetation and all standards regarding minimum work distances for those working in proximity to conductors.
(P.A. 07-222, S. 4; P.A. 16-17, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 07-222 effective July 6, 2007; P.A. 16-17 added provision re restoration or revegetation order to include requirement to establish vegetation that includes model pollinator habitat, effective May 6, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50ii. - Electric generating facility: Flammable gas to clean piping prohibited; requirements prior to issuance of certificate to build. Penalty.

(a) No person shall use flammable gas to clean or blow the gas piping of an electric generating facility.
(b) The Connecticut Siting Council shall not issue a certificate to build a facility described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i unless a person applying for such certificate demonstrates to the satisfaction of the council that such person has:
(1) Retained, for the duration of the construction project, at least one special inspector to assist the municipal fire marshal in reviewing construction plans and conducting inspections during construction of the electric generating facility to ensure compliance with the recommended standards; and
(2) Paid a fee to be established in accordance with subsection (d) of section 29-251c to be used in the training of local fire marshals on the complex issues of electric generating facility construction. Said fee shall be deposited in the Code Training Fund established in section 29-251c.
(c) The special inspector retained under subsection (b) of this section shall have the following duties:
(1) To assist the local fire marshal in said fire marshal's review and approval of methods for cleaning the interior of gas piping;
(2) To approve an appropriate safety plan for any nonflammable gas blows conducted at the electric generating facility;
(3) To observe the actual cleaning procedure in order to assure compliance with the approved methods for cleaning the interior of gas piping; and
(4) To conduct inspections during construction of such facility in order to ensure compliance with the approved methods and with the provisions of this section.
(d) Any person designated as a special inspector for purposes of this section shall:
(1) Be approved by the Connecticut Siting Council and not otherwise employed or financially involved in the construction or operation of the electric generating facility; and
(2) Be a licensed professional mechanical engineer pursuant to chapter 391 or a person holding a commission from the National Board of Pressure Vessel Inspectors and have knowledge and field experience in electric generating facility construction.
(e) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both, for each offense.
(P.A. 11-101, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 11-101 effective July 8, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50jj. - Meeting conducted during construction of electric generating facility.

At least once during the period of construction of an electric generating facility in this state, the Connecticut Siting Council, the Departments of Administrative Services, Emergency Services and Public Protection and Consumer Protection and the Labor Department shall conduct a meeting to discuss and develop proposed resolutions for any known or potential safety issue at such facility. The council and said departments shall submit any such proposed resolutions to the special inspector provided for such facility, as required pursuant to section 16-50ii.
(P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-101, S. 3; P.A. 13-247, S. 222.)
History: P.A. 11-101 effective July 8, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Construction Services” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-51, S. 90); P.A. 13-247 replaced reference to Department of Construction Services with reference to Department of Administrative Services and deleted reference to Department of Public Works, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50kk. - Regulations re wind-powered generation.

(a) On or before July 1, 2012, the Connecticut Siting Council, in consultation with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the siting of wind turbines. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, (1) a consideration of (A) setbacks, including considerations of tower height and distance from neighboring properties; (B) flicker; (C) a requirement for the developer to decommission the facility at the end of its useful life; (D) ice throw; (E) blade shear; (F) noise; and (G) impact on natural resources; and (2) a requirement for a public hearing for wind turbine projects.
(b) The Connecticut Siting Council shall not act on any application or petition for siting of a wind turbine until after the adoption of regulations pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 1; 11-245, S. 1; P.A. 13-298, S. 44.)
History: P.A. 11-245 effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to delete former Subpara. (D) re different requirements for projects of different sizes and to redesignate existing Subparas. (E) to (H) as Subparas. (D) to (G), effective July 8, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act › Section 16-50ll. - Annual report re backup power for telecommunications towers and antennas during electric service outages. Study re feasibility of backup power requirements.

(a) On or before October 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each provider of mobile radio service, as defined in 47 CFR 20.3, shall submit a report to the Connecticut Siting Council and the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection concerning each such provider's ability to provide backup power during an electric service outage for any telecommunications tower or antenna owned, leased or operated by such provider and each such provider's plans concerning such backup power. Any information provided in the report submitted pursuant to this section shall be considered confidential, not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, and such information shall not be transmitted to any person except as needed to comply with this section.
(b) As the reliability of such mobile radio service is considered to be in the public interest and necessary for public health and safety, after such initial report is submitted, the Connecticut Siting Council, in consultation and in coordination with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall study the feasibility of requiring backup power for telecommunications towers and antennas.
(c) Such study shall consider (1) the federal, state and local jurisdictional issues of such backup power requirements, including, but not limited to, siting issues, (2) similar laws or initiatives in other states, (3) the technical and legal feasibility of such backup power requirements, (4) the environmental issues concerning such backup power, and (5) any other issue concerning backup power that the authority deems relevant to such study.
(d) On or before January 1, 2013, the authority shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations and a proposed plan for deploying backup power, if such backup power is determined to be feasible, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy, public safety and planning and development.
(P.A. 12-148, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 12-148 effective June 15, 2012.