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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 16-8d. - Recovery of costs, expenses, judgments or attorney's fees for an action brought under section 16-8a.

(a) No costs, expenses or judgments associated with any action brought under the provisions of section 16-8a may be included in the rates or charge of any public service company, as defined in section 16-1, until such time as the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or the Labor Department, in a final decision, finds in favor of the company or if such action is appealed, until such time as the court finds, in a final decision, in favor of the company.
(b) In any action brought under the provisions of section 16-8a, which results in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the court shall award to the plaintiff, in addition to any other relief, costs and a reasonable attorney's fee based on the work reasonably performed by an attorney and not on the amount of recovery, and may award punitive damages.
(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall only apply to an action brought pursuant to section 16-8a by an employee of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensee operating a nuclear power generating facility in this state or by any person, firm, corporation, contractor or subcontractor directly or indirectly providing goods or services to such licensee.
(P.A. 91-247, S. 2; P.A. 92-194; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 92-194 amended Subsec. (a) prohibiting the inclusion of judgments in the rates or charges of a public service company unless the public utility control department or labor department in a final decision finds in favor of the company and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) authorizing the awarding of attorney's fees and limiting the application of the section to actions brought against nuclear regulatory licensees; (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference in Subsec. (a) to “Department of Labor” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Labor Department” for consistency with statutory usage); 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.
Section provides a whole set of remedies for a cause of action that General Assembly failed to formulate; to the extent that Sec. 16-8a creates some right of action by a whistle-blower, it is a right against a power company and not against department or the state. 48 CS 188.
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 16-9a. - Party status in proceedings before authority.

In a proceeding before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the authority shall give special consideration to a request for party status from a person whose interests are not otherwise adequately represented by another party to the proceeding and shall not unreasonably deny such request.
(P.A. 96-247, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
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 16-9b. - Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to be party to proceedings before authority.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall be a party to each proceeding before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and may participate in any such proceeding at said commissioner's discretion.
(P.A. 13-298, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 13-298 effective July 8, 2013.
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 16-10. - Enforcement of statutes and orders.

The Superior Court, on application of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or of the Attorney General, may enforce, by appropriate decree or process, any provision of this chapter or any order of the authority rendered in pursuance of any statutory provision.
(1949 Rev., S. 5400; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 47, 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” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 145 C. 526; 162 C. 51.
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 16-12. - Complaints as to dangerous conditions.

Any person or any town, city or borough may make complaint, in writing, to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, of any defects in any portion of the plant or equipment of any public service company or electric supplier, or of the manner of operating such plant, by reason of which the public safety or the health or safety of employees is endangered; and, if he or it so requests, the name of the complainant shall not be divulged unless in the opinion of the authority the complaint is such that publicity is demanded.
(1949 Rev., S. 5402; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 49, 348; P.A. 98-28, S. 84, 117; 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; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; 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 16-13. - Procedure upon complaint.

Upon receipt of such complaint, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon and shall give notice thereof to all parties in interest, and shall make such further investigation into the alleged conditions as it deems necessary. If, upon such hearing, the authority finds the conditions to be dangerous to public safety or to the safety of employees, it shall make such order as may be necessary to remedy the same and shall furnish a copy of such order to the complainant, upon request. If the authority finds that the complaint is not justified, it shall so notify the complainant in writing, by registered or certified letter, specifying the reasons for such finding, and shall file a copy of such notification in the office of the authority.
(1949 Rev., S. 5403; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 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” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 169 C. 344.
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 16-14. - Powers concerning electrolysis or escape of electricity.

Any town, city or borough, or any person or corporation maintaining pipes, conductors or other structures under or above ground in the streets or highways, or owning cattle, as defined in section 22-381, may make complaint in writing to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of conditions resulting in injury to or destruction of such pipes, conductors, structures or cattle by electrolysis or by reason of the escape of electricity of any public service company or electric supplier. Proceedings shall be had upon such complaint as provided in sections 16-12 and 16-13. After hearing, as therein provided, said authority may make such order as may be necessary to prevent such injury or destruction, and said authority may, at any time thereafter, for cause shown, upon hearing, after notice to all parties in interest, alter any such decision or order. Neither the provisions of this section nor compliance with any order passed pursuant to the provisions hereof shall constitute a defense in an action for damages resulting from electrolysis.
(1949 Rev., S. 5404; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 50, 348; P.A. 94-242, S. 8; P.A. 98-28, S. 85, 117; 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; P.A. 94-242 expanded applicability to owners of cattle; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, 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 16-15. - Compliance with orders. Penalty.

Each public service company and electric supplier shall comply immediately with any order of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority made in accordance with the provisions of sections 16-13 and 16-14, and any company failing to comply with any such order shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars for each offense and shall be liable in double damages for any injury or damage resulting to any person from such failure.
(1949 Rev., S. 5405; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 51, 348; P.A. 98-28, S. 86, 117; 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; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; 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 16-16. - Report of accidents.

Each public service company, person involved in the transportation of gas, as such terms are defined in section 16-280a, and electric supplier subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, in the event of any accident attended with personal injury or involving public safety, which was or may have been connected with or due to the operation of its property, or caused by contact with the wires of any public service company or electric supplier, notify the authority thereof, by telephone or otherwise, as soon as may be reasonably possible after the occurrence of such accident, unless such accident is a minor accident, as defined by regulations of the authority. Each such person, company or electric supplier shall report such minor accidents to the authority in writing, in summary form, once each month. If notice of such accident, other than a minor accident, is given otherwise than in writing, it shall be confirmed in writing within five days after the occurrence of such accident. Any person, company or electric supplier failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 5406; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-254; 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 42; P.A. 80-482, S. 52, 348; P.A. 94-242, S. 1, 9; P.A. 98-28, S. 87, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 22-20, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-254 added special provisions for reporting minor accidents; 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. 79-610 deleted reference to companies operating motor buses or taxicabs; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 94-242 deleted references to persons or companies operating motor vehicles in livery service and motor common or contract carriers of property for hire, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 22-20 added reference to person involved in the transportation of gas as defined in Sec. 16-280a and made a technical change.
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 16-17. - Duties as to accidents.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall examine the causes of, and the circumstances connected with, all fatal accidents occurring in the operation of the plant or equipment of any public service company or electric supplier, and such other accidents, whether resulting in personal injury or not, as, in its judgment, require investigation. The authority shall make a record of the causes, facts and circumstances of each accident, within three months thereafter, and as a part of such record shall suggest means, if possible, whereby similar accidents may be avoided in the future. Such record shall be open to public inspection at the office of the authority and a copy thereof shall be mailed to the public service company or electric supplier affected thereby. The authority may by written order extend the deadline for completion of its record in cases where it is not possible to conclude an investigation within the three-month period because of circumstances beyond its control.
(1949 Rev., S. 5407; 1971, P.A. 221; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 53, 348; P.A. 82-150, S. 3; P.A. 90-51, S. 1; P.A. 98-28, S. 88, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act required that record of accident be made within three months rather than one month; P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced the authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 82-150 made technical grammatical change; P.A. 90-51 added provision allowing department to extend deadline for completion of its record; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 162 C. 53.
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 16-18. - Powers concerning poles and wires.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall have power, after notice to the companies interested and public hearing, to require any public service company or certified telecommunications provider maintaining a line or lines of poles and wires in this state to change the location of such poles and wires in the public highways whenever public convenience or necessity requires such change and, if two or more companies, persons, firms or corporations are using or maintaining lines of poles or wires in the same street, to require the wires of such companies, persons, firms and corporations to be strung upon one or more lines of poles to be owned and maintained by the companies, persons, firms or corporations using the same as said authority determines.
(1949 Rev., S. 5408; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 54, 348; P.A. 94-74, S. 4, 11; P.A. 99-286, S. 6, 19; 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; P.A. 94-74 added provisions re persons, firms or corporations certified to provide intrastate telecommunication services, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 99-286 changed reference to person, firm or corporation certified to provide telecommunications service to “certified telecommunications provider”, 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”, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 103 C. 205; 162 C. 93.
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 16-19aa. - Excess generating capacity. Exclusion of costs associated with. Return on and depreciation of unrecovered investment in generating facilities.

Section 16-19aa is repealed, effective May 8, 2013.
(P.A. 88-220, S. 10, 11; P.A. 91-248, S. 7, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)
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 16-19bb. - Application or refund of electric distribution company rate moderation funds.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall require that any funds held by an electric distribution company in excess of the company's authorized return on equity, which funds are intended by the authority to offset future rate increases in lieu of a present rate decrease, shall be applied to such rate increases or shall be refunded to the company's customers within one year of receipt.
(P.A. 87-331, S. 3, 4; P.A. 98-28, S. 93, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 58.)
History: P.A. 98-28 added electric distribution companies and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 deleted reference to electric company, deleted “not later than July 1, 1988” and deleted provision re funds collected after July 1, 1988, 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 16-19c. - Investigation of fuel cost adjustment and purchased gas adjustment charges.

Section 16-19c is repealed.
(P.A. 74-216, S. 5, 8; P.A. 75-486, S. 68, 69.)
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 16-19cc. - Semiannual reports from nuclear generating facility licensees re maintenance, refueling and shutdown schedules. Penalty for shutdown for a significant period of time.

Section 16-19cc is repealed, effective May 8, 2013.
(P.A. 88-220, S. 9, 11; P.A. 96-180, S. 44, 166; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)
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 16-19dd. - Conservation and load management programs for agricultural customers.

All electric public service companies shall implement conservation and load management programs for agricultural customers.
(P.A. 88-93, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-242, S. 4, 9; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 94-242 deleted former Subsec. (b) re study of the impact on agriculture of the change in electric utility rates from residential to demand rate billing and relettered Subsec. (c) as (b), effective June 2, 1994; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 deleted former Subsec. (a) re moratorium on changing agricultural rates and deleted Subsec. (b) designator, 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 16-19ee. - Reports from electric distribution companies concerning electrical outages from power surges.

Each electric distribution company shall, in its periodic report to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, concerning electrical outages, indicate which outages resulted from a power surge.
(P.A. 90-39, S. 1; P.A. 98-28, S. 94, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 59.)
History: P.A. 98-28 added electric distribution companies and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 deleted reference to electric company and deleted “with more than seventy-five thousand customers”, 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 16-19eee. - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 14-12, 16-19fff, 16-19ggg, 16a-3e and 43-3a:
(1) “Battery electric vehicle” means any vehicle that operates solely by use of a battery or battery pack, or that is powered primarily through the use of an electric battery or battery pack and uses a flywheel or capacitor that stores energy produced by an electric motor or through regenerative braking to assist in vehicle operation;
(2) “Electric vehicle” means any battery electric vehicle, fuel cell electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or range-extended battery electric vehicle;
(3) “Fuel cell electric vehicle” means any vehicle that operates solely by use of a fuel cell, as defined in subparagraph (B)(i) of subdivision (113) of section 12-412;
(4) “Hybrid electric vehicle” means a motor vehicle that allows power to be delivered to the driver wheels solely by a battery-powered electric motor that also incorporates the use of a combustion engine to provide power to the battery, or any vehicle that allows power to be delivered to the driver wheels by either a combustion engine or by a battery-powered electric motor, or both;
(5) “Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle” means a hybrid electric vehicle that has the capability to charge the battery or batteries used for vehicle propulsion from an off-vehicle electric source, such that the off-vehicle source cannot be connected to the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion; and
(6) “Range-extended battery electric vehicle” means a vehicle (A) powered predominantly by a zero-emission energy storage device, (B) with a manufacturer rating of more than seventy-five all-electric miles, and (C) equipped with a backup auxiliary power unit that does not operate until the energy storage device is fully depleted.
(P.A. 16-135, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 16-135 effective July 1, 2016.
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 16-19fff. - Electric vehicle charging load projections.

(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall require each electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, to integrate electric vehicle charging load projections into such company's distribution planning. Such projections shall be based on the number of electric vehicles, as defined in section 16-19eee, registered in the state and projected increases or decreases in sales of such vehicles.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, each electric distribution company shall publish on such company's Internet web site a report explaining the incorporation of such company's electric vehicle charging load projections for the company's distribution planning.
(P.A. 16-135, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 16-135 effective July 1, 2016.
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 16-19g. - Penalty for failure to report nuclear incident not an operating expense.

Section 16-19g is repealed, effective May 8, 2013.
(P.A. 80-351, S. 4, 5; P.A. 82-150, S. 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)
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 16-19gg. - Factors to be considered during a rate proceeding.

(a) During each proceeding on a rate amendment under section 16-19 proposed by an electric or gas public service company, as defined in section 16-1, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, when determining rates for individual rate classes, shall give consideration to the energy cost of manufacturers by analyzing the following: (1) The effect of different rates of return among rate classes upon manufacturers; (2) the use of different cost allocation methodologies; (3) the use of flexible pricing; and (4) any other issue deemed relevant by the authority.
(b) In any rate amendment proposed on and after May 19, 1992, by a public service company, as defined by section 16-1, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall analyze the effect on ratepayers of a public service company's provision of reduced or free utility service to its employees.
(P.A. 90-65, S. 1, 5; P.A. 92-99, S. 1, 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 92-99 added a new Subsec. (b) re effect on ratepayers of reduced or free utility service for company employees; 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 16-19ggg. - Public electric vehicle charging stations. Parking restrictions.

(a) The owner or operator of a public electric vehicle charging station, as defined in section 16-19f, that requires payment of a fee shall provide multiple payment options that allow access by the public.
(b) The owner or operator of a public electric vehicle charging station shall disclose the location and characteristics of each such public electric vehicle charging station, including, but not limited to, the address, voltage and timing restrictions, to the federal database operated by the United States Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center.
(c) No person shall park in a space equipped with a public electric vehicle charging station, unless such person is operating a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle, as defined in section 16-19eee. Violation of this subsection shall be an infraction.
(d) The owner or operator of a public electric vehicle charging station may impose restrictions on the amount of time that an electric vehicle may be charged at the charging station.
(e) (1) Owners or operators of public electric vehicle charging stations that require payment of a fee shall not require persons desiring to use such public electric vehicle charging station to pay a subscription fee or otherwise obtain a membership in any club, association or organization as a condition of using such public electric vehicle charging station.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of this subsection, owners or operators of public electric vehicle charging stations that require payment of a fee may have different price schedules that are conditioned on a subscription or membership in a club, association or organization.
(P.A. 16-135, S. 7; P.A. 19-161, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 16-135 effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-161 amended Subsec. (c) to add provision re violation of subsection to be an infraction.
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 16-19h. - Reopening of water company rate proceedings.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may reopen proceedings on a proposed rate amendment filed under section 16-19 and amend its final decision on such filing to adjust the rates of a water company, as defined in section 16-1, to include in the rate base the construction costs associated with additions to a plant that are required by order of the authority, the Department of Public Health or the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The adjustment and approval of any rate under this section shall be based on the criteria set forth in section 16-19e.
(P.A. 82-252, S. 5, 6; P.A. 85-259, S. 2; P.A. 96-153, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 29.)
History: P.A. 85-259 authorized rate adjustments to reflect increased costs of purchased electricity and taxes assessed under Sec. 12-75 or 12-76, applied provisions of section to municipal utilities and established a maximum size for water companies subject to section's provisions; P.A. 96-153 deleted the requirement that a water company supply water to “not more than two hundred fifty service connections or one thousand persons on a regular basis” to reopen a rate proceeding, and redefined the circumstances under which a rate proceeding may be reopened; P.A. 11-80 replaced “Department of Public Utility Control” with “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” or “authority” and replaced “Department of Environmental Protection” with “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 219 C. 121.
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 16-19i. - Electric company residential customer service charge indicated on bill.

Section 16-19i is repealed, effective July 11, 2001.
(P.A. 82-211, S. 2; P.A. 94-242, S. 3, 9; P.A. 98-28, S. 92, 117; P.A. 01-195, S. 180, 181.)
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 16-19ii. - Use of electric resistance space heating. Differential rates.

Section 16-19ii is repealed.
(P.A. 90-219, S. 8; P.A. 96-23.)
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 16-19jj. - Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, whenever it deems appropriate, encourage the use of proposed settlements produced by alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve contested cases and proceedings.
(P.A. 91-61, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
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 16-19k. - Costs of educational materials or information on water conservation included as operating costs.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may include the costs of educational materials or information on water conservation required pursuant to section 25-32k as operating costs for rate-making purposes upon determination by the authority that such costs are reasonable. The provisions of this section shall apply to any water company required to provide or that voluntarily makes available the educational materials or information on water conservation.
(P.A. 89-266, S. 2; P.A. 94-144, S. 4, 6; P.A. 02-89, S. 23; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 94-144 added requirement to provide educational materials on water conservation to customers, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 02-89 deleted reference to Sec. 25-32h and references to water company's residential retrofit program, reflecting the repeal by the same public act of said section and the requirement to establish such program; 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 16-19l. - Authorization of rates that promote water conservation.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall authorize rates for each water company, as defined in section 16-1, that promote comprehensive supply-side and demand-side water conservation. In establishing such rates, the authority shall take into consideration consumers who are low water users, including those consumers who have previously implemented conservation measures, state energy policies, the capital intensive nature of sustaining water systems that minimize water losses and the competition for capital for continued investments in such systems. Such rates shall (1) prioritize demand projections that recognize the effects of conservation and account for declining rates of water consumption in order to minimize the use of a revenue adjustment mechanism, as defined in section 16-262y, following a general rate case, and (2) consider (A) implementation of metering and measures to provide timely price signals to consumers, (B) multiyear rate plans, (C) measures to reduce system water losses, and (D) alternative rate designs that promote conservation.
(P.A. 13-78, S. 1; 13-298, S. 49.)
History: P.A. 13-78 effective June 5, 2013; P.A. 13-298 added provision re authority to take into consideration consumers who are low water users in establishing rates, deleted former Subdiv. (1) re consideration of demand projects that recognize effects of conservation, added new Subdiv. (1) re prioritization of demand projections that recognize effects of conservation and account for declining rates of water consumption, added new Subdiv. (2) designator and redesignated existing Subdivs. (2) to (5) as Subparas. (A) to (D), effective July 8, 2013.
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 16-19ll. - Submittal of legislation re encouraging conservation and load management programs, etc.

Section 16-19llis repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 91-248, S. 2, 13; 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 16-19mm. - Consideration of external costs and benefits.

In its review of an electric, gas and water public service company's resource planning, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall consider the external costs and benefits of all proposed resources, consistent with the state's energy and other policy, and integrated resource planning principles.
(P.A. 91-248, S. 3, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
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 16-19m to 16-19q. - Decommissioning of nuclear power generating facilities; definitions. Decommissioning financing plan; contents. Decommissioning finance plans; updates; hearing approval. Review of plan; changes. Decommissioning costs; liability.

Sections 16-19m to 16-19q, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 8, 2013.
(P.A. 83-343, S. 1
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3; P.A. 98-28, S. 56, 117; P.A. 01-195, S. 122, 181; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)
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 16-19nn. - Encouragement of specific end uses of electricity and gas.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may permit electric and gas public service companies, as defined in section 16-1, to encourage specific end uses of electricity and gas to further the state's energy and other policy consistent with integrated resource planning principles and with the provisions of section 16-19d.
(P.A. 91-248, S. 4, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
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 16-19oo. - Approval of rate amendments for conservation and load management programs or programs promoting the state's economic development in proceedings other than rate proceedings. Approval of rate mechanisms to recover costs of natural gas infrastructure expansion plan in contested proceedings.

In order to promote an electric distribution, gas, telephone and water company's conservation and load management programs or other programs promoting the state's economic development, energy and other policy, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may approve rate amendments for any such company, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 16-19 or, upon the request of a company in a proceeding, other than a rate proceeding pursuant to said subsection. Upon filing by a gas company of a natural gas infrastructure expansion plan in accordance with section 16-19ww, the authority may approve in a contested proceeding new rate mechanisms to recover the costs of such plan.
(P.A. 91-248, S. 5, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-298, S. 50; P.A. 14-134, S. 63.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 added provision re authority approval in contested proceeding of new rate mechanisms to recover costs of natural gas infrastructure expansion plan, effective July 8, 2013; P.A. 14-134 replaced reference to electric company with reference to electric distribution company, 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 16-19pp. - Uncontested proceedings before the authority. Participating parties.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not hold an uncontested proceeding on any issue affecting ratepayers of the state unless such proceeding provides ratepayers with equal status and the same rights of participation as that of a public service company, as defined in section 16-1. Such ratepayers shall include: Any domestic or qualified nonprofit corporation or association formed in whole or in part to promote conservation or natural beauty, to protect the environment, personal health or biological values, to preserve historical sites, to promote consumer interests, to represent commercial and industrial groups or to promote the orderly development of the areas in which the facility is to be located, if it has filed with the authority a notice of intent to be a party, and such other persons as the authority may at any time deem appropriate.
(P.A. 92-25, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
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 16-19qq. - Outages of nuclear power generating facilities; rate proceedings; rebuttable presumption of imprudent management.

Section 16-19qq is repealed, effective May 8, 2013.
(P.A. 97-21, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)
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 16-19rr. - Rates charged by electric distribution companies and electric utilities to veterans' organizations.

Each municipal electric utility established under chapter 101 and each electric utility owned, leased, maintained, operated, managed or controlled by any unit of local government under any general statute or special act shall, upon request, provide electricity and each electric distribution company shall, upon request, provide electric distribution services to military veterans' posts and organizations that are exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, at the lesser of the residential or commercial rate for the service territory in which the facility is located, provided such rates are not inconsistent with said chapter 101 or any municipal charter or ordinance adopted pursuant thereto, or with any such special act.
(P.A. 99-29; P.A. 00-53, S. 10; P.A. 14-134, S. 64.)
History: P.A. 00-53 changed “501(c)(19)” to “501(c)” and deleted references to definitions in Sec. 16-1; P.A. 14-134 deleted reference to electric company, 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 16-19r to 16-19t. - Three Mile Island nuclear power generating facility damage costs prohibited from being placed in rate base or included as operating expenses. Revenues associated with construction of electric company facilities and Millstone 3 and Seabrook 1 nuclear power generating facilities; rate treatment; proceedings on economic viability of Seabrook 1; low power startup decontamination costs of Seabrook 1 not included in rates. Excess construction costs of Millstone 3 nuclear power generating facility not included in rates.

Sections 16-19r to 16-19t, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 11, 2001.
(P.A. 83-99, S. 1, 3; 83-239, S. 1, 2; 83-343, S. 6; P.A. 84-201, S. 1, 4; P.A. 85-519, S. 2, 4; P.A. 87-92, S. 1, 2; 87-589, S. 24, 87; P.A. 01-195, S. 180, 181.)
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 16-19ss. - Solicitations for the provision of temporary electric generation facilities.

Section 16-19ss is repealed, effective May 8, 2013.
(P.A. 03-135, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 3; P.A. 07-242, S. 64; P.A. 11-80, S. 38; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)