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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-2 - Number of community access channels required

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 Each franchise holder shall maintain at least one specially designated channel
			 to be used for community access. The franchise holder may use any such access
			 channel for any other purpose whenever that channel's time has not been
			 contracted for use for public access. Any conflict in time for use between
			 community access or other use shall be resolved in favor of community access.
			 The franchise holder shall keep a record, available for public inspection, of
			 the requests for and use of access channel time. Such records must be retained
			 for not less than two years.
(b)
			 When the activated access channel capacity is in use for community access
			 purposes during 80 percent of any consecutive five hour period Monday-Friday,
			 for six consecutive weeks, the franchise holder shall, within six months,
			 activate an additional channel for access use, provided, however, that this
			 requirement shall not necessitate the rebuilding of a system or elimination of
			 any existing services, and further provided that in no case shall the number of
			 mandated access channels exceed ten per cent of the total channel capacity of
			 the system.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-4 - Operating rules

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Within 6 months
			 after the effective date of these regulations or upon commencing operations,
			 whichever is later, each franchise holder shall file proposed operating rules
			 for access use with the DPUC approval. Such rules must include the following:
(1) All proposed rates and charges applicable
			 to the use of access channels including technical assistance and production
			 expenses.
(2) All forms to be used,
			 e.g., applications or agreements.
(3) Equipment available for access
			 use.
(4) A prohibition of the
			 presentation of any advertising material designed to promote the sale of
			 commercial products or services (including advertising by or on behalf of
			 candidates for public office).
(5)
			 Any other operating rules which may apply to the provision and programming of
			 access channels.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-6 - Applicability of support requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Sections
				16-331a-7
				through
				16-331a-10
				shall only apply to franchise holders that seek a new, renewed or transferred
				certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate a community antenna
				television system after October 1, 1995. Community access support levels of all
				other franchise holders shall be governed by the terms of their existing
				franchise agreements, or in the absence of such agreement, by the requirements
				of sections
				16-331a-11
				and
				16-331a-12.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-7 - Community access support amount, CPI adjustment

Current through July 10, 2024
The amount to be provided by each MVPD within a franchise area
				for community access support shall be $5.00 per subscriber per year unless a
				different amount is required pursuant to section
				16-331a-8.
				The amount shall be adjusted annually reflecting the CPI for the preceding
				calendar year. The amount shall be paid on a quarterly basis and shall be
				determined by multiplying the amount per subscriber by the average number of
				subscribers as determined in section
				16-331a-9.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-8 - Procedures for increasing or decreasing community access funding other than by the CPI

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) At any time, on
			 its own motion or for good cause shown, the department may increase or decrease
			 the per subscriber amount to be collected annually from MVPDs within a
			 franchise area to support community access by not more than 40% of said
			 amount.
(b) The department, in its
			 sole discretion, shall determine if a proceeding to increase or decrease the
			 community access amount shall be held. To assist the department in determining
			 whether good cause exists to initiate a proceeding pursuant to this section of
			 the regulations, an entity requesting an increase or decrease shall provide to
			 the department a clear statement indicating good cause why the request should
			 be granted.
(c) Before increasing
			 or decreasing the amount of community access support, the department shall hold
			 a hearing, and accept evidence from the community access provider within the
			 franchise area, MVPDs within the franchise area, the cable advisory council and
			 residents of the franchise area.
(d) In determining whether the amount shall
			 be increased or decreased not more than 40%, the department shall take into
			 consideration:
(1) the number of subscribers
			 served by the MVPD within a franchise area;
(2) the fundamental purposes of community
			 access, including but not limited to, the following: enhancing First Amendment
			 rights; providing for the dissemination of diverse views and for a marketplace
			 of ideas and information; providing viable alternatives to commercial
			 programming, and enhancing a sense of community among residents of the town and
			 franchise area; and
(3) the
			 criteria set forth in subsection (c) of Section
			 16-331a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and subsection (k) of Section
			 16-331a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-9 - Determination of average number of subscribers per MVPD within a franchise area

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The average
			 number of subscribers per MVPD within a franchise area shall be determined on a
			 quarterly basis. For purposes of calculating the amount of community access
			 support due on the first business day of each calendar quarter (beginning
			 January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1), the number of subscribers of an
			 MVPD operating within a franchise area shall be the average number of
			 subscribers during the preceding quarter.
(b) The amount attributable to subscribers
			 connected to a video dialtone platform shall be based on the average number of
			 end-user premises connected to the platform which purchased programming from
			 one or more video information providers over that platform.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-10 - Assessment and collection procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No later than
			 June 1 of each year, the Department shall, by decision, adjust the required
			 community access support amount per subscriber reflecting changes in the CPI
			 and notify each MVPD within a franchise area and each community access provider
			 of the adjusted amount for the next calendar year. The notification shall
			 include the manner in which the adjusted amount was calculated.
(b) If an MVPD within a franchise area or the
			 community access provider believes that the department's determination of the
			 total amount due is incorrect, it shall, within 30 days from the date the
			 Department issues the notification of the adjusted amount, inform the
			 department in writing that it disagrees with the Departments calculation,
			 indicating the reason or reasons it believes the calculation is incorrect. The
			 department shall respond to the MVPD within a franchise area or the community
			 access provider within 60 days of receipt of the written
			 disagreement.
(c) If an MVPD within
			 a franchise area is the community access provider, it shall include in its
			 annual report filed pursuant to subsection (i) of section
			 16-331a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes information sufficient to establish that it
			 has met its community access support obligations. If an MVPD within a franchise
			 area is not the community access provider, it shall make quarterly payments to
			 the community access provider no later than the first business day of each
			 calendar quarter. At the same time, it shall notify the department of the
			 amount of the payment made, showing all calculations.
(d) The department shall resolve any disputes
			 regarding the quarterly payments.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-11 - Standards for determining adequacy

Current through July 10, 2024
The Department shall employ the standards in this section to
				determine, on a case-by-case basis, the level of support which each CATV
				company shall make available to the public to facilitate meaningful community
				access. The department shall review each company's support taking into
				consideration the factors in section
				16-331a-12.
				The Department considers that community access support which comprises the
				following components would be adequate to facilitate meaningful community
				access:
(a)
Personnel:
(1) Personnel sufficient to accomplish the
			 following:
(A) Coordinate all access
			 programming functions and efforts, including coordinating efforts and
			 communicating with the Advisory Council, and
(B) Administer all efforts made by the
			 company for community access;
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-12 - Review of community access support levels

Current through July 10, 2024
The Department shall review each company's support, according
				to the standards set in section
				16-331a-11,
				and may adjust the level of support below such standards if the following so
				warrant an adjustment:
(1) The size of
			 the company's rate base;
(2) The
			 number of subscribers served by the company;
(3) The length of time for which the company
			 has held the franchise;
(4) The
			 company's channel capacity;
(5) The
			 terms of the company's existing franchise certificate as it applies to
			 community access;
(6) The overall
			 effectiveness of the community access program, including, but not limited to,
			 the following: the number of people who have enrolled in the training program
			 or taken a proficiency test, the number of programs produced, the number of
			 inquiries received about community access, the amount of air time used on the
			 community access channels, the amount of donations made to the company for
			 community access, including funds raised by access users and access
			 organizations, the perceptions and responses to the community access program
			 held by the Advisory Council, access users, and the community;
(7) The existence of an agreement by the
			 company to provide a level of support higher than that set by the standards in
			 section
			 16-331a-11;
(8) The demography of the community and the
			 public need;
(9) The fundamental
			 purposes of community access, including but not limited to, the following:
			 enhancing First Amendment rights; providing for the dissemination of diverse
			 views and for a marketplace of ideas and information; capitalizing on the
			 possibilities inherent in "narrowcasting," as contrasted with broadcasting;
			 providing for viable alternatives to commercial programming, and enhancing a
			 sense of community among residents of the town and franchise area.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-13 - Annual report requirements for entities providing community access operations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The annual
			 report required to be filed with the department pursuant to section
			 16-331a(i)
			  of the Connecticut General Statutes by each
			 company or nonprofit organization providing community access operations shall
			 conform to a standard format provided by the department to all community access
			 providers no later than December first preceding the February fifteenth
			 statutory filing deadline.
(b) The
			 standard format provided by the department shall contain questions pertaining
			 to the official name and address of the community access studio, contact phone
			 numbers, description of facilities, equipment, personnel, hours of operation,
			 number of access channels and channel designation, cablecast logs, programming,
			 operating rules, annual budgets, accounting, number of access users, training,
			 funding, donations, promotions and outreach efforts, and any further
			 information deemed necessary by the Department. This form shall be revised and
			 updated as required.
(c) Any
			 community access provider designated as a not-for-profit corporation shall file
			 with the department a copy of its Form 990 or 990-EZ (Return of Organization
			 Exempt from Income Tax) within 30 days of its filing of said form with the
			 Internal Revenue Service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part II - Application and Territory › Section 16-333-2 - Applications

Current through July 10, 2024
Each application to the commission for a CATV certificate of
				  public convenience and necessity shall be accompanied by the statutory fee and
				  shall set forth, by town, or designated portion thereof, the territory that the
				  applicant proposes to serve.
(See 1963 Supp. §
									16-331(a).)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part II - Application and Territory › Section 16-333-3 - Territory served

Current through July 10, 2024
CATV service shall be limited to territory exclusively
				  authorized in the certificate issued by the commission. No cable or other
				  connections shall be constructed to points outside territory authorized in the
				  certificate of said CATV without prior approval of the
				  commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part III - Attachments Rights › Section 16-333-4 - Right of occupancy of public service facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Prior to attachment of CATV equipment on facilities of public
				  service companies or municipalities, contracts defining the rights of the
				  parties with respect to the authority of the CATV certificate holder to occupy
				  space on poles shall be filed with the commission.
(See 1963 Supp. §
									16-332.)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part IV - Safety › Section 16-333-5 - Safety manuals

Current through July 10, 2024
Each CATV certificate holder shall adopt comprehensive
				  instructions prescribing safety of employees. Construction of a CATV shall not
				  be initiated until after the commission has approved said instructions. Each
				  employee assigned to electrical work shall be furnished a copy of said safety
				  instructions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part IV - Safety › Section 16-333-6 - Accident prevention

Current through July 10, 2024
Each CATV certificate holder shall use every effort to warn
				  and protect the public from danger and shall exercise all reasonable care to
				  reduce hazards to employees, public service company facilities, patrons and
				  members of the public.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part V - Reports and Records › Section 16-333-7 - Accident reports

Current through July 10, 2024
Every accident attended with personal injury, or involving
				  public safety, which occurs in the operation of any CATV, shall be promptly
				  reported in writing to the commission. Sufficient information shall be
				  furnished to enable the commission to investigate each such
				  accident.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part V - Reports and Records › Section 16-333-8 - Records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each CATV company shall keep records
				relating to operations and shall assist the department in examining into any
				matter under investigation by the department.
(b) Each CATV company shall keep a record of
				all subscriber complaints, on a form to be prescribed by the department, having
				to do with service, including outages and interruptions, service calls,
				installations, disconnections, terminations, billing disputes, inadequate level
				of signal quality, workmanship, or employee attitude in serving the public.
				Such record shall show the name and address of the complainant, the date and
				nature of the complaint and the date and description of response thereto.
				Records of all such complaints shall be kept for a period of not less than
				three years.
(c) Each CATV company
				shall timely submit to the department any report, record, or data reasonably
				requested by the department in its regulation of CATV companies, including
				without limitation, any information the department requests concerning a CATV
				company's operations, services, facilities and equipment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9 - Information

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon request, each CATV company shall
				provide its subscribers reasonable information on home operation in order that
				safe and proper service may be furnished.
(b) Each CATV company shall have personnel on
				duty at all times to respond in a prompt and reasonable manner to all
				inquiries, complaints and other service requests made to it, either by person,
				telephone or in writing. The definition of "personnel" may include an answering
				service outside of normal business hours.
(c) Each CATV company shall, every three
				months, provide on bills, bill inserts or letters to subscribers the following
				information:
(1) the company's telephone
				number(s);
(2) the department of
				Public Utility Control's consumer assistance toll-free telephone
				numbers;
(3) A summary of the
				company's procedures for providing refunds or credits for service interruptions
				pursuant to section
				16-333e(a)
				of the Connecticut General Statutes; and
(4) A notice indicating that the company is
				required to restore interrupted service pursuant to section
				16-333i(b)
				of the Connecticut General Statutes not later than twenty-four hours after
				notification by a subscriber that service has been interrupted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9a - Description of services

Current through July 10, 2024
Each CATV company shall provide a description of all service
				  offerings and all rates and charges to each subscriber, at the time of initial
				  subscription and at least annually thereafter, and to the advisory council and
				  the department, at least annually.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9b - Credit policies/late charges

Current through July 10, 2024
Each CATV company shall provide each subscriber with a
				  description of the company's customer credit policies, including any finance
				  charges or late payment charges at the time of initial subscription and at
				  least annually thereafter.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9c - Billing practices

Current through July 10, 2024
Each CATV company shall provide each subscriber with a
				  description of the company's billing practices at the time of initial
				  subscription and at least annually thereafter. Such description shall include
				  information on the following:
(1)
				billing period and frequency,
(2)
				security deposit requirements,
(3)
				late payment charges,
(4) returned
				check charges,
(5) credits for
				service outages,
(6) pay per view
				billing procedures, and
(7) such
				other items as required by the Department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9d - Notice to the department and subscribers of changes in billing

Current through July 10, 2024
Each CATV company shall file a copy of its billing practices
				  with the department and its advisory council and shall give notice to the
				  department, its advisory council, and each subscriber not less than forty-five
				  days prior to implementing any changes in said practices as filed pursuant to
				  §
									16-333-9c of
				  these Regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9e - Information on bills

Current through July 10, 2024
Every bill to subscribers of CATV service shall contain the
				  following:
(1) the date on which any
				individually chargeable service is rendered;
(2) each rate or charge levied;
(3) the amount due for the current billing
				period, identified separately from any prior balance due;
(4) the billing date, as defined in section
				16-333-1(i)
				of these Regulations, for the current billing period;
(5) the specific date by which payment is
				due;
(6) the company's telephone
				numbers, including any toll-free numbers;
(7) the Department of Public Utility
				Control's consumer assistance telephone number, including its toll-free number;
				and
(8) such other items as the
				Department may require.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9f - Subscriber complaint information

Current through July 10, 2024
Each company shall provide each subscriber, at the time of
				  initial subscription and quarterly thereafter, with a summary of the procedures
				  for resolving subscriber complaints including notice of the subscriber's right
				  to appeal, to the Department, the company's response to the contested
				  disposition of the complaint pursuant to section
				  16-333-9o
				  of these regulations as well as all provisions contained in sections
				  16-333-9
l
through 16-333-9o, and for providing refund or credit for
				  service interruptions, pursuant to subsection (a) of section
				  16-333e
				  of the General Statutes, and a notice indicating that, pursuant to the General
				  Statutes, the company is required to restore interrupted service not later than
				  twenty-four hours after being notified by a subscriber that service has been
				  interrupted. Each bill insert or letter to subscribers, other than promotional
				  material, shall contain the company's telephone numbers, including any
				  toll-free numbers or any other free calling option, and the Department of
				  Public Utility Control's consumer assistance toll-free
				  number.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9g - Bill payment due date

Current through July 10, 2024
No CATV company shall issue a bill which contains a statement
				  that payment is due upon receipt. The payment due date of any subscriber's
				  bills shall be no earlier than twenty-five days after the billing date, as
				  defined in section
				  16-333-1(i)
				  of these Regulations, of such bill.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9h - Determination of delinquency

Current through July 10, 2024
No CATV subscriber's account shall be considered delinquent
				  prior to twenty five days after the billing date, as defined in section
				  16-333-1(i)
				  of these Regulations, contained on the subscriber's bill.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9i - Late charge/termination notice period

Current through July 10, 2024
No CATV company may impose a late charge or terminate service
				  on account of non-payment of a delinquent account fewer than forty-five days
				  from the original billing date, as defined in section
				  16-333-1(i)
				  of these Regulations. To impose a late charge or terminate service, a company
				  shall first give notice of such delinquency and impending late charge or
				  termination at least fifteen days prior to the imposition of the proposed late
				  charge or the termination. Said notification must be served by first class mail
				  addressed to the subscriber. The fifteen day period shall commence from the
				  date the notice is mailed, provided no notice may be mailed until at least
				  thirty days have elapsed from the billing date contained in the subscriber's
				  bill.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9l - Customer complaint procedure

Current through July 10, 2024
Any CATV subscriber shall have forty-five days from the
				  billing date contained on the subscriber's bill in which to register a
				  complaint with a CATV company with respect to any alleged billing error or
				  dispute. A billing complaint may be registered in person at the company's
				  business office, by telephone or by mail.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9m - Company response to customer complaints

Current through July 10, 2024
The CATV company shall provide an initial response, oral or
				  in writing, to the subscriber not later than three days after receipt of said
				  complaint. The company shall then provide a written proposal of the disposition
				  of the complaint to the subscriber not later than fifteen business days
				  following the company's receipt of the complaint.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9n - Procedures to contest disposition of complaint

Current through July 10, 2024
The subscriber shall have ten days, from the receipt of the
				  company's proposed disposition of the complaint, to contest the disposition.
				  The notification by the customer that he is contesting the proposed disposition
				  may be submitted in writing, in person at the company's business office, mailed
				  to the company's business office or made by telephone to the company's business
				  office. The subscriber may present the company with additional information
				  concerning the complaint. If additional information is presented by the
				  customer to the company, the company shall review the
				  information.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-9o - Company response to contested disposition of complaint

Current through July 10, 2024
When a customer has contested a company's proposed
				  disposition of a complaint, as described in 16-333-9n above, the company shall
				  review any additional information provided and notify the subscriber by first
				  class mail of the company's final disposition within fifteen days of the date
				  the subscriber contested the company's written proposal of disposition. Notice
				  of the subscriber's right to appeal to the Department and the Department's
				  address shall be included in the company's final disposition. Service to the
				  customer shall
not
be terminated pending the outcome of the
				  Department's review provided the subscriber shall pay current and undisputed
				  bill amounts during the pendency of the complaint. No further notice of
				  termination is required.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-10 - Termination for non-payment

Current through July 10, 2024
No CATV company shall disconnect service to a subscriber for
				  non-payment of a disputed bill during the pendency of any billing complaint,
				  provided the subscriber shall pay current and undisputed bill amounts during
				  the pendency of the complaint. Any action taken under this section shall be in
				  accordance with the procedures contained in section
				  16-333-9i
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VI - Customer Relations › Section 16-333-10a - Department of public utility control review

Current through July 10, 2024
The Department of Public Utility Control, upon written
				  request of the subscriber, shall review the company's disposition of a billing
				  complaint. The Department may review the procedures the company followed and
				  the issues involved in the complaint and may prescribe and make such orders as
				  the Department deems reasonable and necessary to resolve the
				  complaint.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VII - Rates and Accounting › Section 16-333-12 - Accounting reports

Current through July 10, 2024
Each CATV certificate holder shall keep account of its
				  financial condition in accordance with a system of accounts to be prescribed by
				  the commission. Each CATV certificate holder shall report to the commission,
				  annually, on or before April first, its financial condition as of the
				  thirty-first day of the preceding December, and the result of its operations,
				  on forms furnished by the commission. Each CATV certificate holder shall make
				  available such books, records, vouchers, memoranda, documents, letters,
				  contracts or other papers relating to its operations and financial affairs as
				  the commission may request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VII - Rates and Accounting › Section 16-333-12a - CATV cost accounting requirements for municipalities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any municipality constructing, purchasing
				or operating a community antenna television company shall develop rules and
				maintain accounting records in accordance with the Cost Accounting Standards
				Board Part 9904 - Cost Accounting Standards, Allocation of Home Office Expenses
				to Segments, 57 Fed. Reg. 14,185 (1992) (to be codified at
				48 C.F.R. §
										9904.403 ), in order to fairly allocate costs
				and expenses between the operations of the CATV system and other operations of
				the municipality.
(b) The
				allocation rules developed shall be submitted to the Department of Public
				Utility Control for approval. Once an allocation method has been approved, it
				shall not be modified without the consent of the Department of Public Utility
				Control.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VIII - Construction › Section 16-333-13 - Minimum construction and extension requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions:
(1) Franchise holder as used in this section
				means any CATV operator authorized to do business by the Public Utilities
				Control Authority.
(2) Primary
				franchise area used in this section means a single, contiguous area within the
				franchised territory, the outer limits of which shall be as near as possible to
				80 residential dwelling units per mile of street or highway, and which shall
				have been selected by the franchise holder and approved by the DPUC.
(3) Residential dwelling unit (R.D.U.) as
				used in this section means any habitation used by a person or family unit as a
				primary place of abode on a year-round basis.
(4) Prospective subscriber as used in this
				section means any owner or occupier of a residential dwelling unit or
				commercial establishment who has agreed to purchase CATV service in accordance
				with the franchise holder's filed and approved tariffs.
(5) Aerial plan as used in this section means
				CATV cable and equipment other than individual service cable placed above
				ground on public service company poles or other supporting structures, aerial
				plant miles shall include any direct line distance spanned by
				microwave.
(6) Underground plant as
				used in this section means CATV cable and equipment other than individual
				service cable, placed in trenches.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VIII - Construction › Section 16-333-13a - Application

Current through July 10, 2024
These construction standards apply to community antenna
				  television systems when the franchised CATV company enters into a pole
				  attachment agreement with the established public utility providing electric or
				  telephone facilities in the area.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VIII - Construction › Section 16-333-13b - Minimum requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Construction specifications not covered by these regulations
				  or specific orders of the commission shall be governed by requirements of
				  sections
				  16-11-100
				  to
				  16-11-152,
				  inclusive, and the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), 1984 edition, as may
				  be from time to time amended.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part VIII - Construction › Section 16-333-14 - Petition and supporting data

Current through July 10, 2024
No CATV cable or extensions shall be constructed without
				  prior commission approval. Petition for such approval shall be submitted to the
				  commission at least thirty days prior to the proposed date of construction and
				  shall furnish the following information:
(a) The location of the proposed
				construction;
(b) the names of all
				public service companies and municipalities involved;
(c) a map showing routes of the television
				cable;
(d) the location of
				amplifiers, power supplies, television tower and all other major components of
				the television cable system.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part IX - Attachment of CATV Systems to Poles › Section 16-333-15 - Clearances

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Vertical runs of CATV cables or wire
				shall be arranged to avoid interference with safe use of existing pole
				steps.
(b) Vertical and horizontal
				runs of CATV cables or wire on poles shall provide a minimum separation of two
				inches from vertical and horizontal runs of power conductors.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part IX - Attachment of CATV Systems to Poles › Section 16-333-16a - Separation at the pole

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) CATV equipment
				located above of within four feet of the highest telephone cable or multiple
				line wire shall be mounted on extension arms placed perpendicular to the run of
				the cable. When such CATV equipment is mounted on an extension fixture, it
				shall be located on the side of the extension fixture away from the pole with a
				minimum horizontal separation of thirty inches from the pole surface.
(b) CATV equipment located below and at a
				distance greater than four feet from the highest telephone cable or multiple
				line wire may be mounted on the pole surface or on an extension arm placed
				perpendicular to or parallel to the run of cable. Such equipment shall be
				located outside of the climbing space.
(c) Amplifiers and associated equipment such
				as couplers, splitters, combiners, equalizers, taps and bridging terminals,
				etc., may be strand mounted above telephone facilities. A minimum of four
				inches of clearance shall be maintained between the lowest point of the CATV
				equipment and the telephone cable, multiple line wire or equipment.
(d) CATV attachments shall have a minimum
				separation of four inches from telephone attachments except as follows: CATV
				cable shall be located above and at a minimum distance of twelve inches from
				the highest telephone cable or multiple line wire. When the CATV cable is
				attached to an extension arm fixture, such cable may be located at the same
				level as the highest telephone cable.
(e) CATV drip loops shall have a minimum
				separation of four inches from telephone cable, multiple line wire or
				equipment.
(f) CATV
				pole-to-building cables and drop wires, where they leave the pole surface,
				shall be at least four inches above the highest telephone cable or multiple
				line wire attachment.
(g) No
				through bolt shall be installed with less than four inch separation from a
				parallel through bolt at the pole. Perpendicular through bolts may be installed
				with two inch minimum separation.
(h) CATV cables attached to poles supporting
				telephone facilities shall have a distinctive, readily visible means of
				identification attached to the CATV cable at each pole.
(i) When it is proposed to place CATV
				attachments on a pole which supports power attachments only, for the purposes
				of this docket, said CATV attachments shall be located on the pole with the
				same clearances that would otherwise be required if a telephone cable were
				attached to the pole at a distance of four and one-half feet below the lowest
				power attachment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part IX - Attachment of CATV Systems to Poles › Section 16-333-17a - Separation in the span

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) These
				clearances apply under the following conditions: Temperature of 60° F, no
				wind, with the cable or wire at its final unloaded sag.
(b) For the purpose of this section, the span
				shall be considered as starting four feet from the surface of the
				pole.
(c) In pole to pole spans,
				CATV cables, equipment and associated drip loops shall be at least twelve
				inches from telephone cable or multiple drop wire.
(d) Pole to pole or pole to building span
				crossings involving CATV and telephone facilities on different supports are
				required to have a minimum clearance of two feet.
(e) In pole to building spans, CATV cable or
				drop wire shall be at least twelve inches from telephone cable, multiple line
				wire or drop wire except where within four feet of the surface of the pole the
				clearance may be reduced to four inches.
(f) In span tap to building spans, CATV cable
				or drop wire shall be at least twelve inches from telephone cable, multiple
				line wire or drop wire where the CATV and telephone cable or wire are attached
				to the same supports.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part IX - Attachment of CATV Systems to Poles › Section 16-333-19 - Climbing space

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Climbing space
				consisting of a horizontal area of thirty inches square extending vertically
				not less than forty inches above and below cables, conductors, crossarms or
				other communication attachments shall be provided on all poles.
(b) The climbing space shall be a
				continuation of the existing climbing space through telephone
				facilities.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part IX - Attachment of CATV Systems to Poles › Section 16-333-20 - Electrical equipment requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A fused
				disconnecting means or a circuit breaker device of the lowest current rating
				consistent with the load requirements of the ***
power supply
shall be provided for power service to the ***
power supply.
This device may be included within the ***
power supply
housing
				or it may be in a separate weatherproof enclosure. such enclosure shall be
				acceptable to the power company.
(b) Where the power service protective device
				is in an enclosure which is external to and not part of the ***
power
				supply
case, this enclosure and the ***
power supply
case shall be made electrically continuous by a means other than the power
				service neutral conductor.
(c)
				Properly identified line and neutral terminals for connecting electrical
				service conductors shall be provided. All power service connections at the CATV
				***
power supply
shall be such as to preclude the possibility
				of a reversal in polarity.
(d) CATV
power supply
equipment shall be designed so as to provide
a separate, permanent
electrical interconnection between the
				service neutral conductor
terminal,
metallic enclosure ***and
				the CATV cable strand.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part IX - Attachment of CATV Systems to Poles › Section 16-333-21 - Bonding and grounding

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) CATV cable
				strand shall be bonded to the telephone cable strand or the multiple line wire
				support strand at the first and last joint pole, and at every amplifier
and power supply
location, with the distance between the bond
				points not to exceed ten sections. Where there are no telephone facilities
				present and the power system is multi-grounded neutral, the CATV cable
strand
shall be bonded to a vertical grounding conductor of
				the power system multi-grounded neutral at approximately one quarter mile
				intervals.
(b) The outer conductor
				of the CATV coaxial service drop shall be grounded at the subscriber's location
				in accordance with requirements as specified by the National Electrical Code.
				Where a ground rod is used for grounding, an interconnection shall be made
				between the CATV ground rod and the existing power system ground.
(c) Where a supporting strand is required for
				the CATV service drop, such strand shall be bonded to the CATV cable
				strand.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part IX - Attachment of CATV Systems to Poles › Section 16-333-22 - Strength requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The supporting
				strand for CATV cable shall be adequate to support the load to which it may be
				subjected, and to maintain the required ground clearance or mid span separation
				from telephone cables or wires. The strand shall have a minimum breaking
				strength of six thousand pounds and shall not be stressed to more than sixty
				per cent of rated breaking strength under the maximum load to which it may be
				subjected, including heavy storm loading.
(b) The supporting wire or strand for CATV
				service drop, or self-supporting CATV service cable, shall have adequate
				strength to withstand the stresses imposed under heavy storm loading
				conditions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 333 - Construction and Maintenance Standards and Terms and Conditions of Operation of Community Antenna Television Systems › Part IX - Attachment of CATV Systems to Poles › Section 16-333-23 - Diagrams for pole attachments

Current through July 10, 2024
The attached nine diagrams, designated as Appendix Aa, are
				  furnished for illustrative purposes.