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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-244o. - Generation evaluation and procurement process.

On or before January 1, 2012, and from time to time thereafter, as the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection determines to be in the best interests of Connecticut customers, the department shall initiate a generation evaluation and procurement process. The evaluation process shall entail a nonbinding prequalification process to identify potentially eligible new generators. Interested generators shall submit to the department information demonstrating how the generator will reduce electrical rates for Connecticut ratepayers while maintaining or improving reliability, improving environmental characteristics of the Connecticut generation fleet and providing economic benefit to Connecticut. A determination of eligibility shall be based on a showing of project attributes, including, but not limited to, ratepayer, environmental and economic benefits, as well as a demonstration of reasonable certainty of completion of development, construction and permitting activities. If the department makes a determination of eligibility of one or more generators, it shall issue a request for proposals to consider bilateral purchasing contracts from new generators by pricing such electricity on a cost-of-service basis, power purchase agreement or other mechanism the department determines to be in the best interest of Connecticut customers, which contracts shall directly or indirectly, or in combination with other initiatives, provide electricity at lower rates for Connecticut consumers. Such contracts shall be for a term of not less than five and not more than twenty years and shall provide that development, construction and operation risk be borne by the generator. Generators shall be awarded contracts based on criteria, including, but not limited to, reduction of rates, generator's heat rate, decrease in regulated pollution and cost-effectiveness.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 94.)
History: P.A. 11-80 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-244p. - Transmission line project review.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall review any proposed merchant transmission line project (1) in which a Connecticut electric distribution company may have a financial interest, or (2) that may be constructed in whole or in part in this state to determine whether to procure transmission services from such transmission lines at a rate that will lower electricity rates for Connecticut consumers.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 96.)
History: P.A. 11-80 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-244q. - Request for proposal re reliability concerns.

On or after March 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, not later than fifteen days after receiving a report of a reliability concern pursuant to section 16-50r, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue a request for proposal to seek alternative solutions to the concern. Such request for proposal shall, where relevant, solicit proposals that include energy efficiency measures or generation. The commissioner shall publish such request for proposal in one or more newspapers or periodicals. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the commissioner may determine that a request for proposal is unnecessary. Any determination that a request for proposal is not required shall include the commissioner's reasons for such determination.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 98.)
History: P.A. 11-80 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-244w. - Grid-side system enhancements pilot program.

(a) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 16-244e, each electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, shall submit a proposal or proposals to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for a pilot program to build, own or operate grid-side system enhancements, including, but not limited to, energy storage systems, as defined in section 16-1, for the purpose of demonstrating and investigating how distributed energy resources, as defined in section 16-1, can be reliably and efficiently integrated into the operation of the electric distribution system in a manner that maximizes the value provided to the electric grid, electric ratepayers and the public from such resources. Such proposal shall complement and enhance the programs, products and incentives available through the Connecticut Green Bank and the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund, pursuant to sections 16-244r, 16-244s and 16-244t, and other similar programs that support the deployment of distributed energy resources.
(b) The department shall evaluate such proposals and may approve such proposals if such proposals demonstrate: (1) How grid-side system enhancements, including, but not limited to, energy storage systems, can be reliably and cost-effectively integrated into the electric distribution system; and (2) that such proposals maximize the value provided to ratepayers. Any proposal that is approved by the department shall be subject to review and approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, and shall be approved by the authority if the authority concludes that investment in such grid-side system enhancement is reasonable, prudent and provides value to ratepayers.
(c) Each electric distribution company may enter into joint ownership agreements, partnerships or other contractual agreements for services with private entities to carry out the provisions of this section. The costs incurred by the electric distribution companies pursuant to this section shall be recovered from all customers of the contracting electric distribution company through a fully reconciling component of electric rates for all customers of electric distribution companies, until the electric distribution company's next rate case, at which time such costs and investments shall be recoverable through base distribution rates.
(d) Not later than January 1, 2017, the department shall evaluate such approved proposals pursuant to this section and submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy, regarding the performance, costs and benefits associated with grid-side system enhancements, including, but not limited to, energy storage systems procured pursuant to this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 103.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245b. - Municipalities and regional water authorities acting as electric aggregators; registration with Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 16-245, the provisions of said section shall not apply to (1) any municipality or regional water authority that aggregates the sale of electric generation services, or to the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority if such authority aggregates the sale of electric generation services, for end use customers located within the boundaries of such municipality or regional water authority, (2) any municipality that joins together with other municipalities to aggregate the sale of electric generation services for end use customers located within the boundaries of such municipalities, or (3) any municipality or regional water authority that aggregates the purchase of electric generation services for municipal facilities, street lighting, boards of education and other publicly-owned facilities within (A) the municipality for which the municipality is financially responsible, or (B) the municipalities that are within the authorized service area of the regional water authority. Any municipality or regional water authority that aggregates in accordance with this section shall register not less than annually with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on a form prescribed by the authority.
(P.A. 98-28, S. 23, 117; P.A. 00-53, S. 14; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-53 added references to regional water authorities, added reference to municipalities within the authorized service area of the regional water authority and made conforming changes; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245bb. - Bond authorization.

Section 16-245bb is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(P.A. 07-242, S. 90; P.A. 10-44, S. 30; P.A. 12-189, S. 37; P.A. 14-94, S. 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 191; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 324.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245cc. - Demand charge waiver for fuel cells.

An electric supplier or an electric distribution company shall waive a demand charge for an operator of a fuel cell during (1) a loss of power due to problems at any distribution resource, or (2) a scheduled or unscheduled shutdown of the fuel cell if said shutdown occurs during off-peak hours. The charge waived shall not exceed the amount resulting from the problem or shutdown.
(P.A. 07-242, S. 118.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245dd. - Residential electric space heating tariff.

Any electric distribution company that has a tariff for residential electric space heating customers shall maintain such tariff for a period of not less than five years after July 1, 2007. Such tariff shall be available for requests for electric service at a service location that was previously assigned to said tariff. Such tariff shall be available only to residential electric customers who use electric energy as the primary space heating source and who enter into an agreement with the electric distribution company for a period of not less than twelve months.
(P.A. 07-242, S. 123.)
History: P.A. 07-242 effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245ee. - Energy conservation and load management and renewable energy projects in lower income communities. Requirements for approval.

Before approving any plan for energy conservation and load management and clean energy projects issued to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection by the Energy Conservation and Management Board, the board of directors of the Connecticut Green Bank or an electric distribution company, said commissioner shall determine that an equitable amount of the funds administered by each such board are to be deployed among small and large customers with a maximum average monthly peak demand of one hundred kilowatts in census tracts in which the median income is not more than sixty per cent of the state median income. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall determine such equitable share and such projects may include a mentoring component for such communities. On and after January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy regarding the distribution of funds to such communities. Any such report may be submitted electronically.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 101; P.A. 13-298, S. 17; P.A. 14-94, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 11-80 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 replaced “renewable energy projects” with “clean energy projects” and references to department with references to commissioner and added provision re electronic submission of report, effective July 8, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Green Bank”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245hh. - Condominium renewable energy grant program.

The Connecticut Green Bank created pursuant to section 16-245n, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall establish a program to be known as the “condominium renewable energy grant program”. Under such program, the board of directors of said bank shall provide grants to residential condominium associations and residential condominium owners, within available funds, for purchasing clean energy sources, including solar energy, geothermal energy and fuel cells or other energy-efficient hydrogen-fueled energy.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 111; P.A. 13-298, S. 18; P.A. 14-94, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 13-298 replaced “Department” with “Commissioner” and made a technical change, effective July 8, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority” and “authority” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Green Bank” and “bank”, respectively, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245ii. - Energy consumption data of nonresidential buildings.

Commencing January 1, 2012, each electric distribution and gas company shall maintain and make available to the public, free of charge, records of the energy consumption data of all typical nonresidential buildings to which such company provides service. This data shall be maintained in a format (1) compatible for uploading to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star portfolio manager or similar system, for at least the most recent thirty-six months, and (2) that preserves the confidentiality of the customer.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 125; P.A. 14-134, S. 94.)
History: P.A. 11-80 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 deleted reference to electric company, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245jj. - Town customer electricity and gas usage information.

Commencing January 1, 2012, each electric distribution and gas company shall provide aggregate town customer usage information by customer class that preserves the confidentiality of individual customers to any legislative body of a municipality that requests such information.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 126; P.A. 14-134, S. 95.)
History: P.A. 11-80 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 deleted reference to electric company, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245nn. - Residential solar photovoltaic system permit.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Residential solar photovoltaic system” means equipment and devices that have the primary purpose of collecting solar energy and generating electricity by photovoltaic effect, have a nameplate capacity rating of twelve kilowatts or less, are installed on the roof of a single-family home and conform to the Connecticut State Building Code;
(2) “Municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough;
(3) “Electronic submission” means the act of a permit applicant who submits his or her completed application to a municipality for review by means of electronic mail, facsimile or electronic application available on a municipality's Internet web site.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2016, each municipality shall incorporate residential solar photovoltaic systems in its building permit application process or utilize a residential solar photovoltaic system permit application supplement. Each municipality may (1) develop and post on the municipality's Internet web site a permit application for the installation of a residential solar photovoltaic system, (2) allow for electronic submission of such application, and (3) exempt such system from payment of permit fees pursuant to subsection (c) of section 29-263.
(c) Not more than thirty days after receipt of a permit application, a municipality shall inform such permit applicant whether such application is approved or disapproved.
(d) In conducting inspections of work completed pursuant to a residential solar photovoltaic system permit, a local building official may use additional resources as described in the International Residential Code portion of the Connecticut State Building Code. Inspections shall be performed pursuant to said International Residential Code portion of the Connecticut State Building Code.
(e) Nothing in this section shall authorize any person to cause any home or structure located within a historic district established pursuant to section 7-147b to be altered, as defined in section 7-147a.
(f) Not later than December 1, 2015, the Connecticut Green Bank, in consultation with the office of the State Building Inspector, shall plan, implement and host five residential solar photovoltaic system permit training seminars, in different municipalities for the purpose of providing guidance and information to municipal officials developing a permitting process in accordance with this section. The Connecticut Green Bank may consult with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, the Connecticut Council of Small Towns, the Renewable Energy and Efficiency Business Association and any other organization or representative of such organization in the planning and implementation of the training seminars.
(P.A. 15-194, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245q. - Changing electric suppliers.

A customer may change his electric supplier, as defined in section 16-1, at any time. The electric distribution company, as defined in said section 16-1, and electric supplier may each charge a reasonable fee, as approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, to make a change in the customer's supplier to reflect the actual cost to read the customer's meter and make changes in its billing records, except that every customer may seek a change in his electric supplier without charge once in any twelve-month period if the change occurs at the end of the customer's regularly scheduled meter reading and billing cycle.
(P.A. 98-28, S. 28, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 98-28 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 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245r. - Discrimination by electric suppliers prohibited.

No electric supplier, as defined in section 16-1, shall refuse to provide electric generation services to, or refuse to negotiate to provide such services to any customer because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, lawful source of income, disability or familial status. No electric supplier shall decline to provide electric generation services to a customer for the sole reason that the customer is located in an economically distressed geographic area or the customer qualifies for hardship status under section 16-262c. No electric supplier shall terminate or refuse to reinstate electric generation services except in accordance with the provisions of this title.
(P.A. 98-28, S. 29, 117; P.A. 11-55, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 11-55 prohibited discrimination on basis of gender identity or expression.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245t. - Complaints to authority re electric suppliers; procedures; remedies.

(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall be responsible for receiving and acting upon customer inquiries and complaints regarding electric suppliers, as defined in section 16-1. The authority shall establish a toll-free telephone number for such purposes. Customers of any electric supplier having complaints regarding disputed bills, terminations of service or adequacy of service may bring their complaints to the authority pursuant to any provision in section 16-20, sections 16-262c to 16-262j, inclusive, or the regulations adopted to implement those sections.
(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed so as to restrict the right of any person to pursue any other remedy available to the person under law.
(P.A. 98-28, S. 31, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 98-28 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, in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-245v. - List of displaced electric utility employees to be provided to distribution companies and electric suppliers.

Section 16-245v is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(P.A. 98-28, S. 46, 117; 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 16-245z. - Internet links to Energy Star program.

Not later than October 1, 2005, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Energy Conservation Management Board, established in section 16-245m, shall establish links on their Internet web sites to the Energy Star program or successor program that promotes energy efficiency and each electric distribution company shall establish a link under its conservation programs on its Internet web site to the Energy Star program or such successor program.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 20; P.A. 11-80, S. 117.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 effective July 21, 2005; P.A. 11-80 changed “Department of Public Utility Control” to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-246. - Other companies which may sell electricity.

Any corporation authorized to construct and maintain dams or sites on any stream and to own and operate mills and manufacturing plants and to utilize the power generated by it in the operation of such plants in any town in this state and to generate, sell and distribute in any way electricity may, within the territory where it is so authorized to act and subject to the authority, supervision and order of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and the restrictions contained in section 16-245, transmit, convey and deliver electricity to any person, company or corporation desiring to use the same for any purpose incident to or connected with manufacturing purposes. The authority shall have jurisdiction upon the application of any corporation or person so desiring to supply or be supplied with electricity, after such notice as it deems reasonable, to hear and determine all questions relating to expediency or necessity arising by reason of such application and to make an order respecting the furnishing of electricity and the rates and terms upon which the same shall be furnished if so ordered. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize any such company to distribute and sell electricity in any town in which any other company or municipality has already been given the right to distribute and sell electricity.
(1949 Rev., S. 5658; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 107, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-246a. - Definitions.

Section 16-246a is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(February, 1965, P.A. 124, S. 1; P.A. 73-442, S. 8, 9; P.A. 14-134, S. 130.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-246b to 16-246d. - Area within which domestic company may generate and transmit electric energy. Area within which foreign electric company may generate and transmit electric energy. Joint ownership of facility; waiver of right to petition.

Sections 16-246b to 16-246d, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2005.
(February, 1965, P.A. 124, S. 2
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6; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-97; 80-482, S. 108, 348; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 40.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-246e. - Procurement and sale by authority of electric power capacity and power output from out-of-state producers. Approval by Governor.

(a) The Governor may designate the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority as the agent of the state, subject only to the limitation under subsection (b) of this section, to conduct negotiations and perform all acts necessary to procure electric power capacity, power output from such capacity or both from any out-of-state electric power producer, to transmit it to within the state and to sell or resell it on a nonprofit basis for distribution within the state to electric distribution companies, as defined in section 16-1, municipal electric utilities established under chapter 101, municipal electric energy cooperatives organized under chapter 101a, membership electric cooperatives organized under chapter 597 and such other persons or entities as may be designated by the Governor. The authority, if designated as such agent, shall arrange for the sale or resale of such power on an equitable basis and in such manner as it finds will most effectively promote the objectives of this title, chapters 101, 101a and 597, and section 16a-35k, subject to any conditions or limitations imposed by the out-of-state electric power producer selling such power. The authority, if so designated, may also enter into any contracts or other arrangements for the sale or resale of such power for transmission outside the state if such sale or resale is reasonably incidental to and furthers the needs of the state and the purposes of this section.
(b) The authority shall submit any final action it takes under subsection (a) of this section to the Governor, who may, not later than sixty days after such submission, disapprove such action by notifying the authority in writing of such disapproval and the reasons for it.
(P.A. 82-265, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 96.)
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; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “electric companies” with “electric distribution companies”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-246f. - Electric company emergency assistance.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Assistance” means any aid or support provided, or any actions taken by a domestic electric company for or on behalf of another domestic electric company or by a foreign electric company for or on behalf of a domestic electric company including, without limitation, the temporary transfer or use of repair personnel and equipment;
(2) “Domestic electric company” means any electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, any membership electric cooperative organized under chapter 597 and any municipal electric utility or municipal electric energy cooperative, as defined respectively in section 7-233b, which has been chartered by or organized or constituted within or under the laws of this state;
(3) “Foreign electric company” means a corporation, company, association, joint stock association or trust organized under the laws of a state other than this state, as well as a town, city, borough, or any municipal corporation, department or agency thereof, whether separately incorporated or not, of a state other than this state, authorized under the laws of the state in which organized to generate or transmit electric energy.
(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any general statute or special act, or any limitation imposed by its charter, a domestic electric company shall have the power to request assistance from and provide assistance to other domestic electric companies and to foreign electric companies and to enter into agreements regarding the reimbursement of expenses and other matters and to perform such other acts as may be necessary or desirable to request and provide such assistance. A domestic electric company shall not be exempt from nor forfeit the benefits of the provisions of any applicable laws solely by requesting or providing such assistance, except as provided in this section.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any general statute or special act, a foreign electric company shall have the right to request assistance from and provide assistance to domestic electric companies and to enter into agreements regarding the reimbursement of expenses and other matters and to perform such other acts as may be necessary or desirable to request and provide such assistance. A foreign electric company shall not constitute an “electric distribution company” or a “public service company” for the purposes of this title solely by requesting or providing assistance in this state.
(P.A. 87-213; P.A. 98-28, S. 53, 117; P.A. 14-122, S. 110; 14-134, S. 97.)
History: P.A. 98-28 redefined “domestic electric company” in Subsec. (a)(2) by adding electric distribution companies, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 14-122 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(3); P.A. 14-134 deleted reference to electric company in Subsec. (a)(2), redefined “foreign electric company” in Subsec. (a)(3), and replaced “electric company” with “electric distribution company” in Subsec. (c), effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-246g. - Pilot program for electric generation.

Section 16-246g is repealed, effective October 1, 2013.
(P.A. 07-242, S. 103; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-209, S. 20.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-247. - Foreign telephone companies.

Section 16-247 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 5659; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 109, 348; P.A. 85-187, S. 13, 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-247d. - Biennial reports on competition for intrastate interexchange telecommunications service. Plan for implementing competition. General Assembly approval required.

Section 16-247d is repealed.
(P.A. 85-187, S. 4, 15; P.A. 87-415, S. 12, 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-247h. - Use of public right-of-way for provision of intrastate telecommunications service.

The authority shall authorize any certified telecommunications provider to install, maintain, operate, manage or control poles, wires, conduits or other fixtures under or over any public highway or street for the provision of telecommunications service authorized by section 16-247c, if such installation, maintenance, operation, management or control is in the public interest, which includes but is not limited to, facilitating the efficient development and deployment of an advanced telecommunications infrastructure, facilitating maximum network interoperability and interconnectivity, and encouraging shared use of existing facilities and cooperative development of new facilities where legally possible and technically and economically feasible. The authority shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, governing such use of the public right-of-way, including, without limitation, design and construction standards and specifications to protect the public safety and implement the purposes of the goals set forth in sections 16-247a to 16-247c, inclusive, 16-247e to 16-247g, inclusive, this section and section 16-247j.
(P.A. 87-415, S. 5, 13; P.A. 93-330, S. 6, 9; P.A. 94-83, S. 8, 16; P.A. 99-222, S. 12, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-330 made authorization mandatory rather than permissive if acts to be authorized are in the public interest, effective July 2, 1993; P.A. 94-83 deleted “interexchange”, changed reference of authorization to provide telecommunications service from Sec. 16-247f to Sec. 16-247c, added provision re what public interest includes, required adoption of regulations to implement purposes of goals in Sec. 16-247a, Secs. 16-247a to 16-247c, 16-247e to 16-247g, this section and 16-247j, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 99-222 changed reference to person, firm or corporation certified pursuant to section 16-247g to “certified telecommunications provider”, effective June 29, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “department” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-247i. - Telecommunications service and regulation status report.

Section 16-247i is repealed, effective June 2, 2016.
(P.A. 87-415, S. 6, 13; P.A. 94-83, S. 10, 16; P.A. 06-144, S. 2; P.A. 13-5, S. 15; P.A. 16-101, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-247j. - Regulations.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall adopt such regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as necessary to carry out the provisions of section 16-247c and sections 16-247f to 16-247h, inclusive.
(P.A. 87-415, S. 9, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 16-101, S. 4.)
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. 16-101 replaced “16-247i” with “16-247h”, effective June 2, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-247n. - Certification of telephone company's operations support systems interface. Rates. Proceedings.

(a) The authority shall (1) not later than September 1, 1999, require each telephone company serving seventy-five thousand or more retail customers to release complete and usable specifications and business rules relating to the interface into its operations support systems for unbundled network elements and combinations thereof and any changes to the interface must be in accordance with industry standards and consistent with change management principles, (2) not later than November 1, 2000, certify that any such telephone company's operations support systems interface associated with network elements and combinations thereof are fully functional at commercial volumes, (3) not later than April 1, 2000, establish standards pursuant to section 16-247p, and (4) not later than July 1, 2000, determine the rates for such unbundled network elements and combinations thereof, pursuant to section 16-247b. If a ruling of the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to 47 USC 251(c)(3) or 47 USC 251(d)(2) necessitates a subsequent change in such rates, the authority shall redetermine such rates no more than two hundred seventy days after such ruling is issued.
(b) Upon petition by any telephone company serving fewer than seventy-five thousand retail customers, the authority shall conduct a proceeding to certify that such telephone company's operations support systems interface associated with network elements and combinations thereof are fully functional at commercial volumes.
(P.A. 99-222, S. 4, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-222 effective June 29, 1999; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “department” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-247o. - Consultant to test operations support systems interface.

Section 16-247o is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(P.A. 99-222, S. 6, 19; P.A. 00-53, S. 5; 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 16-247p. - Quality-of-service standards. Performance standards.

(a) Not later than April 1, 2000, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, by regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, establish quality-of-service standards that shall apply to all telephone companies and certified telecommunications providers and to all telecommunications services. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, measures relating to customer trouble reports, service outages, installation appointments and repeat problems as well as timeliness in responding to complaints or reports. The authority shall include with the quality of service standards methodologies for monitoring compliance with and enforcement of such standards. Such monitoring shall include input from employees of telephone companies and certified telecommunications providers, including members of collective bargaining units.
(b) Not later than April 1, 2000, the authority shall, by regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, establish comprehensive performance standards and performance based reporting requirements for functions provided by a telephone company to a certified telecommunications provider, including, but not limited to, telephone company performance relating to customer ordering, preordering, provisioning, billing, maintenance and repair. Such service standards shall be sufficiently comprehensive to ensure that a telephone company meets its obligations under 47 USC 251. Such regulations may also contain provisions the authority deems necessary to prevent anticompetitive actions by any telephone company or certified telecommunications provider.
(P.A. 99-222, S. 7, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-222 effective June 29, 1999; 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 16-247q. - Education outreach program for telecommunications competition, scope. Consumer Education Advisory Council established.

Section 16-247q is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 99-222, S. 8, 19; P.A. 00-53, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 140.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-247r. - Discrimination by telephone companies and certified telecommunications providers prohibited.

No telephone company or certified telecommunications provider, as defined in section 16-1, shall refuse to provide telecommunications services to, or refuse to negotiate to provide such services to any customer because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, lawful source of income, disability or familial status. No telephone company or certified telecommunications provider shall decline to provide telecommunications services to a customer for the sole reason that the customer is located in an economically distressed geographic area or the customer qualifies for hardship status under section 16-262c. No telephone company or certified telecommunications provider shall terminate or refuse to reinstate telecommunications services except in accordance with the provisions of this title.
(P.A. 99-222, S. 18, 19; P.A. 11-55, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 99-222 effective June 29, 1999; P.A. 11-55 prohibited discrimination on basis of gender identity or expression.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-247t. - Customer inquiries and complaints regarding cellular mobile telephone service.

(a) For purposes of this section, “carrier” means a cellular mobile telephone carrier or a reseller of service provided by a cellular mobile telephone carrier.
(b) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall receive customer inquiries and complaints regarding cellular mobile telephone service in the state. For purposes of this section, complaints do not include customer complaints not previously referred to such customer's carrier. Not later than January 1, 2006, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall provide a toll-free telephone number and Internet web site at which members of the public may submit to the authority their information inquiries and complaints regarding activations, disputed bills, collections, deactivations, equipment problems, network trouble and other service problems. The authority shall also accept such inquiries and complaints by mail.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2006, each carrier shall notify each of its customers concerning such toll-free telephone number, Internet web site address and the address of the authority for submitting such inquiries and complaints. Beginning not later than January 1, 2006, and ending on January 1, 2008, each such carrier shall disclose to all new customers at the point of sale or contract the toll-free telephone number, Internet web site address and the address of the authority for submitting such inquiries and complaints.
(d) Not later than March 1, 2007, and March 1, 2008, the authority shall prepare a report for the preceding calendar year containing information on carrier customer inquiries and complaints. Such report shall include information on consumer complaints regarding activations, disputed bills, collections, deactivations, equipment problems, network trouble and other service problems of carriers as may be relevant for the purposes of the report, provided the report may not include any information that may be a violation of section 42-110b. The information may include an analysis of such complaints and recommendations to address problems raised by customers. The authority shall make the report available to the Attorney General and the public, on request and on the authority's Internet web site.
(e) The authority shall, within available appropriations, carry out its responsibilities under this section.
(P.A. 05-241, S. 2; P.A. 06-196, S. 99; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 7, 2006; 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 16-248. - Rights of telephone company in operation May 23, 1985.

Every telephone company organized before May 23, 1985, under special or general law, for the transaction of a telephone exchange business, in whole or in part, is limited in its operation, so far as pertains to the telephone exchange business, to the limits of the town or towns in which the plant and structures of such company, association or corporation actually existed and were in operation, in whole or in part, on such date, except upon a finding that public convenience and necessity require an extension of such limits as hereinafter provided.
(1949 Rev., S. 5660; P.A. 85-187, S. 6, 15.)
History: P.A. 85-187 applied provisions of section to every telephone company organized before May 23, 1985, instead of to every company, association or corporation organized before May 3, 1899.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › Chapter 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-249 to 16-250a. - Authority finding re extension of exchange business of telephone company. Determination of public convenience and necessity for extension. Reselling or sharing of line purchased or leased from telephone company.

Sections 16-249 to 16-250a, inclusive, are repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(1949 Rev., S. 5661, 5662; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 110, 111, 348; P.A. 84-238; P.A. 85-187, S. 7, 8, 15; 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 16-250b. - Cellular mobile telephone service. Authority jurisdiction. Regulations.

(a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall have jurisdiction over the provision of cellular mobile telephone service by cellular mobile telephone carriers licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to operate within the state.
(b) Not later than six months after July 3, 1985, the authority shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing (1) conditions under which the authority may forbear from regulating such carriers, and (2) standards and procedures for the regulation, on an equal basis with regard to all carriers, of the rates and charges, services, accounting practices, safety and conduct of operations of such carriers if the authority does not forbear from regulating such carriers. Such conditions, standards and procedures shall provide for the public convenience, necessity and welfare.
(P.A. 85-552, S. 7, 8; 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 283 - Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies › Section 16-251. - Bonds of telephone company.

Any telephone company may borrow money, and issue its bonds therefor, under its seal and signed by its president or vice president and by its treasurer or assistant treasurer. The signatures of such officers may be facsimiles thereof and the seal of the company may be a facsimile of such seal.
(1949 Rev., S. 5663; 1957, P.A. 84, S. 1.)