Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 16 - Requirements of Public Service Companies and Electric Suppliers To Report Accidents › Section 16-16-3 - Reporting requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Immediate
			 report.
Each affected utility shall notify the Department of any major
			 accident that occurred in Connecticut or affected Connecticut residents as soon
			 as possible but no later than 24 hours after the occurrence or the utility's
			 discovery of the accident. Such notification shall be electronically filed
			 through the Department's Web Filing System, but may be made by telephone to the
			 Department's main number (860) 827-1553, or by fax to (860) 827-2822, if the
			 filer is unable to file the notification electronically.
(b)
Five-day report.
No later
			 than five business days after the occurrence or discovery of a major accident
			 that occurred in Connecticut or affected Connecticut residents, each affected
			 utility shall submit a written report of the accident to the Department. Such
			 report shall be electronically filed through the Department's Web Filing
			 System; however, if the filer is unable to file the report electronically, such
			 report may be submitted to the Department's Executive Secretary by regular U.S.
			 mail or by fax. When additional relevant information is obtained or becomes
			 available after a report has been submitted under this subsection, the utility
			 shall file supplemental reports to the Department as deemed necessary with a
			 clear reference by date and subject to the original report.
(c)
Monthly report.
No later
			 than the tenth day of each month, each utility shall file with the Department a
			 monthly accident report. Such report shall be in writing and shall list, in
			 summary form, all minor and major accidents that occurred in Connecticut or
			 affected Connecticut residents in the previous calendar month. All monthly
			 reports shall be electronically filed through the Department's Web Filing
			 System; however, if the filer is unable to file the monthly report
			 electronically, it may be submitted to the Department's Executive Secretary by
			 regular U.S. mail or by fax.
(d)
Additional reporting requirements for gas companies.
(1) In addition to the reporting requirements
			 contained in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section, each affected
			 gas company shall notify the Department's Gas Pipeline Safety Unit of any major
			 accident that occurred in Connecticut or affected Connecticut residents as soon
			 as possible but no later than one hour after the occurrence or the gas
			 company's discovery of the accident. Such notification shall be made in
			 accordance with any existing procedures established by the Department's Gas
			 Pipeline Safety Unit.
(2) The
			 provisions of sections
			 16-16-1 to
			 16-16-3, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies are in
			 addition to, and not in place of, any reporting or notification requirements
			 prescribed in any federal laws or other state statutes or regulations that
			 govern natural gas, flammable gas, liquefied natural gas or other gas that is
			 toxic or corrosive. A gas company's compliance with any such federal laws or
			 other state statutes or regulations shall not be a substitute for compliance
			 with sections
			 16-16-1 to
			 16-16-4,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.