Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 262m - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity for Small Water Companies › Section 16-262m-9 - Financial, managerial, and technical qualifications criteria

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If the Department of Public Utility
			 Control and Department of Health Services determined that a main extension is
			 not feasible or no utility is willing to extend such main, and that no existing
			 regulated public service or municipal utility or regional water authority is
			 willing to own, operate and maintain the final constructed water supply
			 facilities as a non-connected, satellite system, and if it is not feasible to
			 install private individual wells, the applicant may continue forward with the
			 application by satisfactorily providing the following additional information:
(1) A description of the applicant's business
			 organization along with certified copies of the executed documents or any
			 authority granted pursuant to Section
			 2-20a
			 of the General Statutes of Connecticut;
(2) Certified copy of most current 12-month
			 balance sheet and income statement of proposed owner of water system including
			 a statement of current assets and liabilities;
(3) A copy of most current income tax return
			 of proposed owner of water system;
(4) Indicated source of financial resources
			 that would be used to fund the daily operations and any needed future capital
			 improvements;
(5) Describe the
			 financial ability of the proposed owner of the water system to provide a
			 continuous, adequate and pure supply of water in routine and emergency
			 situations including a pro forma cash flow statement for one year starting
			 immediately after construction is completed;
(6) Describe the annual budget formulation
			 process;
(7) Indicate the name,
			 address, and qualifications of person/company who will be responsible for the
			 budget preparation and administration;
(8) Describe the controls that will be in
			 place to keep operations within budget and the sanctions or consequences that
			 there will be for budget overruns;
(9) Indicate the name and address of person
			 responsible for filing tax returns and annual audit reports;
(10) Indicate the name and address of
			 person(s)/company(s) who will be responsible for routine operations including
			 maintenance, customers billing and collections, repairs, emergency service and
			 daily management;
(11) Describe the
			 planning process to be implemented and assignment of responsibilities to
			 provide for future needs of the customers including a program for routine
			 system maintenance and the increase of future supplies as may be
			 necessary;
(12) Describe the
			 technical background and experience of the proposed operator including any
			 membership in professional water industry organizations;
(13) Furnish a signed agreement or contract
			 under which the proposed operator will serve, including guarantees of
			 continuous long-term operation;
(14) Indicate the name and address of
			 person/company who will manage the water system if different from
			 operator;
(15) If there will be a
			 business manager, in addition to the operator, describe his or her
			 qualifications;
(16) Describe the
			 governing board, its background in utility business governance and the decision
			 making process of the management entity;
(17) List items which the operator will be
			 responsible for and those which the manager will be responsible for;
(18) A plan for conducting cross-connection
			 investigations including identification of the personnel capable of conducting
			 cross-connection inspections;
(19)
			 A plan (including the procedures, methods, schedule and location) for
			 conducting required sampling, testing and reporting regarding:
(A) water quality testing;
(B) pressure testing;
(C) production metering;
(D) customer meter testing;
(E) ground water monitoring pursuant to
			 Section
			 19-13-B102(n)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(20) A plan for maintenance of the
			 system;
(21) A plan for the
			 maintenance of required records including at least:
(A) service area maps;
(B) water quality, pressure, metering and
			 other tests;
(C) emergency
			 procedures;
(D) metering;
(E) energy use;
(F) chemcial use;
(G) water levels;
(H) production and consumption;
(I) customer complaints;
(J) non-revenue water;
(K) all financial
			 records;
(22) A plan for
			 operator safety;
(23) A plan for
			 leak detection;
(24) A plan for
			 long range conservation including supply and demand management
			 practices;
(25) A plan for action
			 and proper notification of authorities in the event of an emergency;
(A) As used above, "emergency" means any
			 hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave,
			 tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, midslide, snowstorm, drought
			 or fire, explosion, electrical outage, toxic spill or attack or series of
			 attacks by an enemy of the United States causing, or which may cause,
			 substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons in the United
			 States in any manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs, shellfire or atomic,
			 radiological, chemical, bacteriological or biological means or other weapons or
			 processes.
(26)
			 Estimated itemized cost of water facilities to be constructed or
			 expanded.