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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-252. - Bonds may be secured by mortgage.

All such bonds may be secured by a mortgage of the property, real, personal or mixed, of the mortgagor, executed by its president, under its corporate seal, to the Treasurer of the state, and his successors in office, in trust, for the holders of such bonds, and recorded in the office of the Secretary of the State, and such mortgage shall secure equally all such bonds as may be issued from time to time to the full amount specified in the mortgage, and may include not only the property then owned by the mortgagor but also property to be thereafter acquired by it. In such mortgage deed, it shall be sufficient to describe the lines, wires, poles, conduits, equipment and apparatus of the telephone company, in general terms and by general reference to locality. The provisions of sections 16-218 to 16-227, inclusive, concerning the foreclosure of mortgages of railroad companies, as defined in section 13b-199, shall apply to any mortgages or bonds issued by telephone companies, associations or corporations.
(1949 Rev., S. 5665; P.A. 14-134, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 14-134 made a technical change, effective June 6, 2014.
Cited. 28 CS 459.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-253 and 16-254. - Amount of capital to be paid in. Subscriptions for cash. Sections 16-253 and 16-254 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002.

(1949 Rev., S. 5666, 5667; P.A. 02-89, S. 90; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-255. - General powers.

All companies, associations or corporations affected by the provisions of sections 16-248 to 16-253, inclusive, shall, subject to the restrictions therein imposed, have all the powers and rights of construction that are or have by law been conferred upon any domestic telephone corporation by special charter or otherwise.
(1949 Rev., S. 5668; P.A. 85-187, S. 10, 15; P.A. 02-89, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 85-187 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 16-247, substituting reference to Sec. 16-248; P.A. 02-89 replaced reference to Sec. 16-254 with reference to Sec. 16-253, reflecting repeal of Sec. 16-254 by the same public act.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-255a to 16-255i. - Acquisition of control of domestic telephone companies limited; statement; expenses of department. Form of statement. Hearing re department approval of acquisition; standard of review. Nonvotable securities; injunctive relief. Regulations. Appeals. Remedial and penal provisions. Exemptions. Severability.

Sections 16-255a to 16-255i, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 81-329, S. 2
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11; P.A. 87-446, S. 2, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-256. - Notice of offense in party line usage in telephone directory.

Section 16-256 is repealed, effective May 8, 2013.
(1957, P.A. 375, S. 2; P.A. 99-286, S. 9, 19; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-256a. - Directory assistance charge prohibited.

Section 16-256a is repealed.
(P.A. 79-494; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 95-217, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-256b. - Special telecommunications equipment for deaf and hearing impaired persons. Fund. Amplification controls for coin and coinless telephones installed for public or semipublic use.

Section 16-256b is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 79-156; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 82-254, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-125, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-228, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-50, S. 2; P.A. 87-388, S. 1, 3; P.A. 88-158, S. 1, 2; P.A. 92-146, S. 4, 5; P.A. 93-34, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-74, S. 7, 11; P.A. 99-286, S. 10, 19; P.A. 00-53, S. 6; P.A. 11-44, S. 38; 11-48, S. 306; 11-80, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-256c. - Extended local calling criteria. Calling volume. Subscriber survey and vote. Petitions.

(a) In establishing criteria for the granting of extended local calling service to a telephone exchange, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may consider the volume of calls made by such exchange to other exchanges; provided, in considering whether to grant extended local calling service to a telephone exchange within the lowest exchange classification, the calling volume of such exchange shall not be the exclusive or determinative factor.
(b) In any survey of the subscribers of a telephone exchange subject to reclassification which is conducted by a telephone company in response to a petition for extended local calling telephone service, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall approve and order such extended local calling if, after a hearing, the authority finds that more than fifty per cent of the responding subscribers in each exchange required to be surveyed vote in favor of the additional extended local calling route and at least fifty per cent of all subscribers in each exchange required to be surveyed respond to the survey; provided, only validly completed and signed ballots shall be used in computing the required percentages.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall consider a petition for extended local calling when (1) the petition is from an exchange which serves less than thirty-eight thousand equivalent main stations, (2) the petition is sponsored by the chief administrative officer of a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p, which municipality is within the petitioning exchange, (3) the toll messages on the route requested average greater than or equal to four calls per customer per month from the petitioning exchange over a six-month period, and (4) the petitioning exchange has extended local calling to a contiguous exchange which has extended local calling to the exchange to which extended local calling is sought.
(P.A. 79-330; P.A. 80-242; 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 85-36; 85-187, S. 14, 15; P.A. 95-217, S. 8; P.A. 96-266, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 80-242 added Subsec. (b) re extension of local calling through survey of subscribers; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 85-36 changed, from at least 51% to more than 50%, the favorable vote necessary to require department order for extended local calling; P.A. 85-187 changed effective date of P.A. 85-36 from October 1, 1985 to June 1, 1985; P.A. 95-217 added new Subsec. (c) re requirements to petition for extended local calling; P.A. 96-266 amended Subsec. (c)(1) to increase to 38,000 the maximum number of equivalent main stations; 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 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-256d. - Itemized telephone bills for business customers.

Each telephone company, as defined in section 16-1, shall, upon request of any business customer, provide the customer with an itemization of tariffed equipment and associated charges, indicating the number of telephones and lines and the types of service the customer is being billed for and the charge for each such telephone, line and service. Each such company shall, on a quarterly basis, notify its business customers of the availability of such itemizations.
(P.A. 83-172.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-256e. - Recorded telephone message devices prohibited. Blocking devices or services prohibited: Class A misdemeanor.

(a) No person may use any device which transmits an unsolicited recorded telephone message for any commercial, business or advertising purpose to any telephone customer in the state and which continues the call and message after the customer hangs up the receiver. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section while intentionally using a blocking device or service to circumvent a telephone customer's use of a caller identification service or device shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 83-419; P.A. 99-286, S. 11, 19; P.A. 14-14, S. 1; P.A. 18-135, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-286 made technical changes, effective July 19, 1999; P.A. 14-14 increased fine from $500 to $1,000; P.A. 18-135 designated existing provisions re device which transmits unsolicited recorded telephone message as Subsec. (a), and added Subsec. (b) establishing use of blocking devices or services as a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-256f. - Blocking service available to customers.

Each telephone company and each certified telecommunications provider may make blocking service available to its customers and may charge the customer for providing such service.
(P.A. 89-259, S. 4, 5; P.A. 94-74, S. 8, 11; P.A. 99-286, S. 12, 19.)
History: P.A. 94-74 added provision re persons, firms or corporations certified to provide intrastate telecommunication service, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 99-286 changed reference to person, firm or corporation certified to provide intrastate telecommunications service to “certified telecommunications provider” and made a technical change, effective July 19, 1999.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-256h. - Business to residential pricing ratio for basic exchange service.

In a proceeding under subsection (a) of section 16-19, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may approve a modification of the existing business to residential pricing ratio for basic exchange service of a telephone company toward the then-current national average business to residential pricing ratio, as determined by the authority, but shall not approve a modification which brings such ratio below two and seven-tenths to one prior to June 30, 1994, and shall not approve a modification which brings such ratio below two and five-tenths to one or the then-current national average business to residential pricing ratio, as determined by the authority, whichever is higher, prior to June 30, 1995.
(P.A. 93-330, S. 8, 9; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-330 effective July 2, 1993; 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 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-256j. - Billing for telecommunications services. Information re carriers, basic, local service and taxes.

All bills for telecommunications services, whether issued by a telecommunications company or by a billing service, shall (1) contain the name of each carrier providing service as well as a toll-free number for customer complaints for each such carrier printed clearly and conspicuously on the portion of the bill relating to each carrier; (2) clearly and conspicuously identify on the bill those charges for which nonpayment will not result in disconnection of basic, local service; and (3) only label a charge as a tax if such tax is directly assessed by the taxing entity on the customer through the telecommunications company, which tax shall appear as a separate charge on such bill.
(P.A. 98-148, S. 2; P.A. 02-32, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 02-32 added provisions as Subdivs. (2) and (3) re charges that do not relate to basic, local service and re labeling of charges as taxes on bills, and inserted Subdiv. (1) designator.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-256k. - Disclosure for removal or change in telecommunications service. Disclosure for promotional offerings.

Each telephone company, as defined in section 16-1, and each certified telecommunications provider, as defined in said section 16-1, shall clearly and conspicuously disclose, in writing, to customers, upon subscription and annually thereafter, (1) whether the removal or change in any telecommunications service will result in the loss of a discount or other change in the rate charged for any telecommunications service subscribed to or used by the customer; and (2) for any promotional offering filed on and after October 1, 2002, with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority pursuant to subsection (e) of section 16-247f, that the offering is a promotion and will be in effect for a limited period of time.
(P.A. 02-32, 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 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-257. - Recording of agreement of consolidation or merger of electric and gas companies.

Any corporation, incorporated for or engaged in the business of manufacturing, distributing or using electricity for purposes of light, heat, power or other lawful purposes, or supplying gas for any or all of said purposes, which has consolidated with or merged into itself, or consolidates with or merges into itself, any other corporation, in accordance with the provisions of its charter and of the statutes, may record in the office of the Secretary of the State the agreement of such consolidation or merger. When such agreement has been so recorded, it shall not be necessary to record the same in the towns where the property of such consolidating companies or such companies so being merged is located, but the same shall be valid and effectual notice of the facts therein set forth, provided a certificate shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of each town where the property of any such consolidating companies or of such companies so being merged is located, setting forth the names of the consolidating company and the companies so consolidated or the name of the company into which such companies owning such property may have become merged and the names of such companies, the date of such agreement and the fact that the same has been filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of the State. The clerk of any town where any such certificate is filed shall record the same.
(1949 Rev., S. 5669.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-258. - Standards concerning electricity and gas.

Section 16-258 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 5670; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 112, 348; P.A. 95-217, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-258b. - Registration of electric generating facilities.

Each person, as defined in section 16-1, operating an electric generating facility in this state shall register with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Not later than January 1, 2001, the authority shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to establish standards and procedures for the registration of electric generators pursuant to this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any (1) hydroelectric generating facility, or (2) electric generating device (A) with a generating capacity of four megawatts or less, or (B) that is owned and operated by an electric distribution company or gas company, as defined in section 16-1.
(P.A. 00-186, 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 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-258c. - Dual fuel capability requirements for electric generating facilities.

Section 16-258c is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(P.A. 07-242, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 130.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-258d. - District heating systems incentive program.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “District heating system” means a thermal loop natural gas demand reduction system that is located in a designated area and is designed to capture an annual minimum of thirty million British thermal units of waste heat and transmits and distributes at least seventy-five per cent of such waste heat directly to the premises of end use customers that are located in such system's service area.
(2) “Gas company” has the same meaning as provided in section 16-1.
(b) After July 1, 2015, each gas company shall develop an incentive program for district heating systems for the purpose of reducing natural gas demand in the state. As part of the conservation and load management plan, pursuant to section 16-245m, each gas company shall submit such program plan for approval to the Energy Conservation Management Board and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Said board and department have discretion to jointly approve or disapprove such plan. Such program shall, on or after March 1, 2016, provide an incentive payment to end use customers who connect on or after March 1, 2016, to a district heating system for heating purposes. Such incentive payment shall be based on such customer's projected natural gas demand reduction for the period of time that such customer commits to utilize the services of such heating system. The projected natural gas demand reduction shall be based on such customer's weather-adjusted historical usage data from the previous three years. The amount of the incentive payment made to such end use customer shall not exceed the incentive payment made for equivalent natural gas demand reductions through the state's conservation and load management plan.
(c) An owner or operator of a district heating system may charge each end use customer a connection charge up to an amount equal to the incentive payment received by such end use customer.
(d) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall ensure that the revenues required to fund such incentive payments made pursuant to this section are provided through a fully reconciling conservation adjustment mechanism, which shall not exceed more than nine million dollars in total for the program established under this section, provided (1) such revenues shall be in addition to the revenues authorized to fund the Conservation and Load Management Plan pursuant to section 16-245m, and (2) such revenues exceeding two million dollars required to fund such incentive payments shall be paid over a period of not less than two years. Such revenues shall only be collected from the gas customers of the company in whose service area such district heating system is located.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 242; P.A. 18-50, S. 24.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 18-50 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “conservation and load management fund” with “Conservation and Load Management Plan”, effective January 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-259. - Inspection of meters.

Upon petition of any person and the payment of a fee of ten dollars for each meter, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may cause to be inspected any meter used in measuring electricity, gas or water supplied to the petitioner. The authority may prescribe such limits of variation from accurate registration by such meters as it determines to be reasonable. The company supplying electricity, gas or water through any such meter shall reimburse the petitioner for the inspection fee if the meter is found not to register accurately within the limit of variation so prescribed, and the company may not again use the meter until it is corrected and approved by the authority.
(1949 Rev., S. 5671; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 113, 348; P.A. 81-348, S. 2; 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. 81-348 increased fee from $1 to $10 and made inspection optional rather than mandatory; 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 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-260. - Water meters may be required.

Any water company supplying water to the inhabitants of any city, town, village or borough, for domestic, manufacturing or fire protection purposes, may refuse to furnish water, except by metered measurement at established rates, to the owner or occupant of any premises upon which water is allowed to be wasted by reason of defective fixtures, or otherwise, after notification to such owner or occupant and reasonable time given to him to make necessary repairs.
(1949 Rev., S. 5672.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-261. - Extension of electric lines to unserved areas. Determination of rates.

(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall order and direct the electric distribution companies providing electric distribution services in this state to extend lines in their chartered territory to all unserved areas having a density of subscribers for electric distribution service averaging at least two per mile on such proposed new lines, in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(b) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is directed, in considering the rates of electric distribution companies or in the proceedings having to do with such rates, to consider the expenses and revenues of each company as a whole, in arriving at a fair return on the fair value of such properties. In prescribing a rate for service on such new lines, the authority shall exercise its statutory powers, except that the guarantee required shall not exceed thirteen dollars and fifty cents per mile per month.
(c) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is directed to advance the objects of this section in every lawful manner.
(d) Nothing in this section shall authorize the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to order and direct electric distribution companies to extend their lines in their chartered territory over or under any body of water or elsewhere than along public highways unless said authority, exercising its powers under section 16-20, finds such extension to be economically justifiable.
(1949 Rev., S. 5673; 1955, S. 2616d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 114, 348; P.A. 98-28, S. 102, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 99.)
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 amended Subsec. (a) by changing electric utility companies distributing current to electric and electric distribution companies providing electric distribution services and amended Subsecs. (b) and (d) by adding electric distribution companies, 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. 14-134 deleted references to electric companies, effective June 6, 2014.
To refuse an extension, commission must find facts from which it reasonably concludes that the order for extension would amount to a use of the company's property without just compensation or to the imposition of a discriminatory rate upon other subscribers. 142 C. 359.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-261a. - Interagency electric and magnetic fields task force; composition; study. Assessment of electric public service companies for specified expenses of task force.

Section 16-261a is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 91-317, S. 1
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3; P.A. 92-169, S. 1
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3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-245, S. 12, 44; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 140.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262. - Gas companies authorized to deal in natural gas.

Any gas company is authorized to buy, manufacture, produce, sell, furnish, transport, store, distribute, dispose of or otherwise deal in natural gas and a mixture of natural and manufactured gas and the by-products thereof, to the same extent and with the same rights, privileges and limitations conferred or imposed upon it with respect to manufactured gas, and within the same territorial limitations within which it is authorized to deal in manufactured gas.
(1951, S. 2614d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262a. - Water company to have area resident as director or advisory council of area residents.

The board of directors of each water company shall include at least one member who is a resident of the area served by such company and who is not an officer or employee of the company; provided, in lieu of this requirement, such company may establish an area advisory council, consisting of three or more members who are residents of the area served by the company and who are not officers or employees of the company. The members of the advisory council shall be appointed as follows: (1) If the service area contains three or more municipalities, the chief elected official of each municipality shall appoint one member to the council, (2) if the service area contains two municipalities, the chief elected official of each municipality shall appoint one member and the local legislative body shall appoint one member, and (3) if the service area contains one municipality, the chief elected official shall appoint two members and the local legislative body shall appoint two members. Such company shall report to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, within thirty days after appointment, the names and towns of residence of such appointees. Each company having such a council shall, through its officers and board of directors, consult and advise with the council on matters of local interest.
(1961, P.A. 220; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 115, 348; P.A. 91-300, S. 1; 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. 91-300 added provision concerning the appointment of advisory council members by the chief elected official and the local legislative body, replacing provision whereby company appointed members; 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 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262g. - Penalty.

Any wilful or malicious violation of sections 16-262c to 16-262i, inclusive, by any agent, owner, lessor, manager or any company, electric supplier or municipal utility shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days or both.
(P.A. 75-625, S. 5, 8; P.A. 98-28, S. 62, 117.)
History: P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998.
Cited. 183 C. 85.
Cited. 12 CA 499; 25 CA 226.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262h. - Nonexclusivity of remedy.

Nothing in sections 16-262c to 16-262i, inclusive, shall be construed to prevent the occupant of such building from pursuing any other action or remedy at law or equity that it may have against the owner, agent, lessor, manager, company, electric supplier, certified telecommunications provider or municipal utility.
(P.A. 75-625, S. 6, 8; P.A. 98-28, S. 63, 117; P.A. 99-222, S. 16, 19.)
History: P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-222 added “certified telecommunications provider”, effective June 29, 1999.
Cited. 183 C. 85.
Cited. 12 CA 499; 25 CA 226.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262i. - Regulations.

(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 16-262c to 16-262h, inclusive.
(b) The authority may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth the terms and conditions under which electric distribution, gas, telephone and water companies, electric suppliers, certified telecommunications providers and municipal utilities furnishing electric, gas or water service may be prohibited from terminating service to a residential dwelling on account of nonpayment of a delinquent account in the name of the former spouse or spouse of the individual who occupies the dwelling, if the marriage of such individuals has been dissolved or annulled or such individuals are legally separated or have an action for dissolution or annulment of a marriage or for legal separation pending, pursuant to chapter 815j.
(c) The authority may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth the terms and conditions under which electric distribution, gas, telephone and water companies, electric suppliers, certified telecommunications providers and municipal utilities furnishing electric, gas, telecommunications or water service may terminate service for reasons other than nonpayment of a delinquent account.
(P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; 75-625, S. 7, 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 117, 348; P.A. 85-103; P.A. 98-28, S. 42, 117; P.A. 99-222, S. 15, 19; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 29; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 104.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority where appearing in P.A. 75-625; 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. 85-103 added Subsec. (b) re regulations concerning termination of utility service for persons who have separated or whose marriage has been dissolved or annulled; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers and electric distribution companies and made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-222 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “certified telecommunications providers”, effective June 29, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 added Subsec. (c) re adoption of regulations containing terms and conditions for termination of service; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to electric companies, effective June 6, 2014.
Cited. 183 C. 85.
Cited. 12 CA 499; 25 CA 226.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262k. - Interconnection of public water supply systems to relieve site-specific water shortages.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may require any water company as defined in section 16-1 to connect its public water supply system with that of another water company or municipal utility if it finds that such a connection would be an effective means of relieving site-specific water shortages.
(P.A. 81-358, S. 3; 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 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262p. - Improvements by acquiring entity.

Any recipient of an order pursuant to section 16-262o shall make improvements it determines are necessary within a reasonable time after transfer of the company to the acquiring entity to assure the availability and potability of water and the provision of water at adequate volume and pressure to the persons served by the water company. The water company shall immediately take the steps necessary for the transfer of the company to the acquiring company, municipal water authority, municipality or other public or private entity.
(P.A. 84-330, S. 4; P.A. 93-380, S. 2, 19.)
History: P.A. 93-380 specified that the recipient determines what improvements are necessary and that they be made within a reasonable time, effective June 30, 1993.
Cited. 219 C. 121.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262q. - Compensation for acquisition of water company.

Compensation for the acquisition of a water company pursuant to section 16-262o shall be determined by the procedures for determining compensation under section 25-42 or by agreement between the parties, provided the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in consultation with the Department of Public Health, after a hearing, approves such agreement. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale of a private water company to a municipally owned and operated water company providing service in such municipality. In such cases, if the parties determine compensation for such acquisition by agreement the sale may proceed without the approval of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
(P.A. 84-330, S. 5; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 11, 85; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 exempted sales of private water companies to a municipally owned and operated water company, effective June 9, 1994; P.A. 95-160 revised effective date of May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 but without affecting this section; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; 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. 219 C. 121.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262r. - Satellite management of water companies. Expedited rate proceedings.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Provider water company” means a water company, as defined in section 16-1, which provides satellite management services.
(2) “Recipient water company” means a water company, as defined in section 25-32a, which receives satellite management services.
(3) “Satellite management services” includes any of the following services relating to public water systems: Operation, maintenance, administration, emergency and scheduled repairs, monitoring and reporting, billing, operator training and the purchase of supplies and equipment.
(b) A provider water company may provide satellite management services to a recipient water company.
(c) In any proceeding pursuant to section 16-19 on a rate amendment proposed by a provider water company, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall review any revenue derived and expenses incurred from satellite management services provided by the provider water company, and the authority, if it deems appropriate, may deem such revenue and expenses to be excluded for purposes of rate-making under said section 16-19.
(d) The authority, if it deems appropriate, may equalize the rates charged to customers by a provider water company and a recipient water company having fifty or more consumers, which are participating in a satellite management services arrangement. The authority may phase in such equalization over a period of time.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 16-19e, the authority, if it deems appropriate, may award a premium rate of return to a provider water company, in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (1), (2), (3) and (5) of subsection (a) of section 16-19e, on any water system which the company voluntarily acquires or acquires pursuant to an order issued under section 16-262o.
(P.A. 85-259, S. 1; 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.
Cited. 219 C. 121.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262x. - Termination of residential utility service. Requirements.

(a) A person seeking to terminate electric, gas, telecommunications or water service to a residential dwelling shall provide to the electric distribution, gas, telecommunications or water company, electric supplier or municipal utility providing such service either (1) identification, as defined in section 16-49e, (2) the password previously provided by the customer of record for such service, (3) the customer code provided by the company, supplier or utility, or (4) other reasonable identification method established by the company, supplier or utility sufficient to establish that the person authorizing the termination is the customer of record or the customer's authorized representative. Such company, supplier or utility shall not terminate service if the person does not provide such reasonable identification.
(b) If a person or entity, other than a customer of record or the customer's authorized representative, seeks to terminate electric, gas, telecommunications or water service to a residential dwelling, the company, supplier or utility shall not terminate service unless, nine or more days prior to the requested termination date, the company, utility or supplier sends a notification letter to the customer of record at the customer's last-known address.
(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of this section, an electric distribution, gas, telecommunications or water company, electric supplier or municipal utility may terminate service at any time (1) upon request of a state or local fire or police authority, (2) upon determination by the company, supplier or utility that failure to terminate the service may adversely impact safety or the public health, or (3) upon the company's, supplier's or utility's compliance with applicable statutes or Public Utilities Regulatory Authority regulations governing termination of service not requested by the customer.
(P.A. 09-31, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 09-31 effective July 1, 2009; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-262z. - Properties served by deficient well systems. Extension of service by water company.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, may, upon application of a water company, as defined in section 16-1, order such water company to extend its system to serve properties that the authority determines are served by a deficient well system, as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 16-262n, if the authority determines that the net costs of extending water service are reasonable. The cost recovery, rates and charges of such extension shall be treated in the same manner as provided for acquisitions pursuant to section 16-262o or 16-262s.
(P.A. 14-94, S. 50.)
History: P.A. 14-94 effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 284 - Natural Gas Pipelines › Section 16-263. - Power to construct and operate natural gas pipeline.

Any corporation organized under the laws of this state or of any other state or of the United States for the purpose of constructing and operating a natural gas pipeline, which corporation holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under the provisions of the federal Natural Gas Act, approved June 21, 1938, as it may be amended, authorizing such corporation to construct and operate a natural gas pipeline or pipelines and appurtenant facilities within this state, is authorized, upon compliance with the provisions of sections 16-264 to 16-267, inclusive, to acquire by condemnation and to enter upon, take and use such lands, rights-of-way, easements or other interests in land in this state as are necessary for the construction, operation, maintenance and alteration of such pipeline or pipelines and the installation of compressor stations, appliances and other appurtenant equipment, and to operate the same subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; provided such corporation shall be held to pay all damages that may arise to any person or persons from any such taking.
(March, 1950, S. 2617d.)
Cited. 138 C. 370. Act held constitutional; taking of temporary interest in land is authorized. Id., 582. Cited. 162 C. 56.
Cited. 5 CA 189.
Cited. 19 CS 11; 20 CS 51.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 284 - Natural Gas Pipelines › Section 16-264. - Filing of certificate of public convenience. Eminent domain.

Any such corporation seeking the benefits of sections 16-263 to 16-269, inclusive, shall file with the Secretary of the State a certified copy of the certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to such corporation under the provisions of said federal Natural Gas Act. Upon the filing of such certificate and, in the case of a corporation organized under the laws of any state other than Connecticut, upon compliance with the provisions of sections 33-920 and 33-922, such corporation shall be entitled and empowered to take by eminent domain such land, rights-of-way, easements or other interests in land in this state as are necessary for the construction, operation, maintenance and alteration of such pipeline or pipelines and for the installation of compressor stations, appliances or other appurtenant equipment.
(March, 1950, S. 2618d; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 23; P.A. 96-271, S. 161, 254.)
History: 1965 act deleted references to repealed statutes and added sections 33-396, 33-399 and 33-400; P.A. 96-271 replaced reference to “sections 33-396, 33-399 and 33-400” with “sections 33-920 and 33-922”, effective January 1, 1997.
See Sec. 16-280 re filing of copy of certificate with Secretary of the State.
Cited. 138 C. 370. Act held constitutional; taking of temporary interest in land is authorized. Id., 582.
Cited. 20 CS 51.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 284 - Natural Gas Pipelines › Section 16-265. - Certain property exempted from eminent domain.

No lands or rights-of-way or easements therein shall be taken by eminent domain under the provisions of sections 16-263 to 16-269, inclusive, in any public street or highway, public park or reservation or other public property, or within the location of any railroad company, as defined in section 13b-199, or other public utility company; provided such pipeline or pipelines may be constructed under or through any public highway or street, public park or reservation or other public property if the method of such construction and the plans and specifications therefor have been approved by the authority having jurisdiction over the maintenance of such public highway or street, public park or reservation or other public property; and provided such pipeline or pipelines may be constructed over or across the location of any railroad company, as defined in section 13b-199, or other public utility company by agreement with such railroad company or other public utility company or, in the event of failure so to agree, then with the approval of and in such manner as may be determined by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
(March, 1950, S. 2619d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 118, 348; P.A. 85-246, S. 16; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 5.)
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. 85-246 deleted references to street railway companies; 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 made technical changes, effective June 6, 2014.
Cited. 138 C. 370. Act held constitutional; taking of temporary interest in land is authorized. Id., 582.
Constitutionality upheld; immediate entry onto property upon deposit of sum with court to cover damages. 17 CS 327.