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Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-1— Definitions
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-1a— Reference to Public Utilities Commission deemed to mean Public Utilities Control Authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-1b— Department of Public Utility Control. Department head
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-2— Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Utility commissioners. Staff
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-2a— Office of Consumer Counsel. Office of State Broadband. Consumer Counsel. Staff
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-2b— Term “Office of Consumer Counsel” deemed to mean Division of Consumer Counsel within the Department of Business Regulation
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-2c— Division of Adjudication
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-2d— Office of energy efficient businesses
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-3— Vacancy
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-3a— Appointment of initial members. Transfer of business between commission and authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-4— Employees of public service companies, certified telecommunications providers and electric suppliers ineligible to serve on authority or in department
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-5— Removal
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-6— Office and records
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-6a— Participation in proceedings before federal agencies and federal courts. Expenses
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-6b— Regulations
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-6c— Power to delay implementation of electric suppliers' generation portfolio standards
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-7— Right of entry. Penalty
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-7a— Power to stop work
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-8— Examination of witnesses and documents. Hearing officers. Management audits
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-8a— Protection of employee of public service company, person involved in the transportation of gas, contractor or Nuclear Regulatory Commission from retaliation. Procedures. Regulations
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-8b— Labor disputes at public service companies. Determination of unreasonable profits during dispute. Refunds
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-8c— Examination of witnesses and documents. Audits. Relationship between public service companies and subsidiaries
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-8d— Recovery of costs, expenses, judgments or attorney's fees for an action brought under section 16-8a
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-9— Orders
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-9a— Party status in proceedings before authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-9b— Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to be party to proceedings before authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-9c— Participation by stakeholder groups in proceedings pertaining to a gas, water, pipeline, electric distribution company or electric supplier. Compensation program. Independent evaluation of program
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-10— Enforcement of statutes and orders
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-10a— Revocation of franchises. Procedure. Reassignment
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-11— Safety of public and employees. Powers
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-11a— Nuclear Energy Advisory Council; composition; duties
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-12— Complaints as to dangerous conditions
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-13— Procedure upon complaint
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-14— Powers concerning electrolysis or escape of electricity
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-15— Compliance with orders. Penalty
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-16— Report of accidents. Penalties
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-17— Duties as to accidents
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-18— Powers concerning poles and wires
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-18a— Consultants: Retention, expenses, findings and recommendations
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19— Amendment of rate schedule; investigations and findings by authority; hearings; deferral of municipal rate increases; refunds; notice of application for rate amendment, interim rate amendment and reopening of rate proceeding
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19a— Periodic review re gas, electric distribution and water companies' rates, services and performance. Approval of performance-based incentives and penalties
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19aa— Excess generating capacity. Exclusion of costs associated with. Return on and depreciation of unrecovered investment in generating facilities
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19aaa
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19b— Purchased gas adjustment clauses, energy adjustment clauses and transmission rate adjustment clauses
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19bb— Application or refund of electric distribution company rate moderation funds
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19c— Investigation of fuel cost adjustment and purchased gas adjustment charges
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19cc— Semiannual reports from nuclear generating facility licensees re maintenance, refueling and shutdown schedules. Penalty for shutdown for a significant period of time
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19d— Advertising not to be deemed an operating expense for purposes of rate-making. Disclosure of source of payment for advertising
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19dd— Conservation and load management programs for agricultural customers
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19e— Guidelines for transfer of assets and franchises, plant expansion, internal utility management and rate structures. Public hearing. Policy coordination among state agencies. Parties to rate proceeding
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19ee— Reports from electric distribution companies concerning electrical outages affecting at least two hundred fifty customers
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19eee— Definitions
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19f— Rate design standards for electric public service companies and municipal electric companies. Determination of appropriateness. Implementation. Electric vehicle charging stations
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19ff— Submetering. Regulations. Application process
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19fff— Electric vehicle charging load projections
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19g— Penalty for failure to report nuclear incident not an operating expense
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19gg— Factors to be considered during a rate proceeding
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19ggg— Public electric vehicle charging stations. Parking restrictions
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19h— Reopening of water company rate proceedings
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19hh— Implementation of flexible pricing and rates. Special contracts for electric service. Exemption from competitive transition assessment. Regulations. Gas rates for certain manufacturers
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19i— Electric company residential customer service charge indicated on bill
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19ii— Use of electric resistance space heating. Differential rates
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19j— Portion of authority staff to be made party to certain rate proceedings
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19jj— Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Settlements
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19k— Costs of educational materials or information on water conservation included as operating costs
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19kk— Finding re conservation and load management programs. Rates of return for conservation and load management programs and programs promoting the state's economic development. Considerations in establishing company's authorized return. Performance-based incentives. Consumer Counsel authorized to retain experts. Regulations
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19l— l . Authorization of rates that promote water conservation
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19ll— ll . Submittal of legislation re encouraging conservation and load management programs, etc
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19m— Decommissioning of nuclear power generating facilities; definitions. Decommissioning financing plan; contents. Decommissioning finance plans; updates; hearing approval. Review of plan; changes. Decommissioning costs; liability
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19mm— Consideration of external costs and benefits
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19nn— Encouragement of specific end uses of electricity and gas
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19oo— Approval of rate amendments for conservation and load management programs or programs promoting the state's economic development in proceedings other than rate proceedings. Approval of rate mechanisms to recover costs of natural gas infrastructure expansion plan in contested proceedings
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19pp— Uncontested proceedings before the authority. Participating parties
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19qq— Outages of nuclear power generating facilities; rate proceedings; rebuttable presumption of imprudent management
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19r— Three Mile Island nuclear power generating facility damage costs prohibited from being placed in rate base or included as operating expenses. Revenues associated with construction of electric company facilities and Millstone 3 and Seabrook 1 nuclear power generating facilities; rate treatment; proceedings on economic viability of Seabrook 1; low power startup decontamination costs of Seabrook 1 not included in rates. Excess construction costs of Millstone 3 nuclear power generating facility not included in rates
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19rr— Rates charged by electric distribution companies and electric utilities to veterans' organizations
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19ss— Solicitations for the provision of temporary electric generation facilities
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19tt— Gas and electric distribution companies' distribution revenue decoupling
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19u— Monthly reports from nuclear power generating facility licensees re construction costs and progress. Excess construction costs of Seabrook 1 nuclear power generating facility not included in rates. Prohibition on inclusion of certain costs associated with construction of Seabrook 2 nuclear power generating facility in rates
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19uu— Adjustments to competitive transition assessment with respect to economic recovery revenue bonds
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19vv— Public service companies' customer deposits
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19ww— Natural gas infrastructure expansion plan. Hurdle rate; rate for new customers added pursuant to the plan; rate mechanism for gas companies to recover prudent investments made pursuant to the plan outside a rate proceeding; assignment of nonfirm margin credit
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19x— Phase-in of costs of certain large electric generating facilities
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19xx— Deferral of public service company tax expense increase
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19y— Rate treatment of enhanced 9-1-1 service costs
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19yy— Compensation rate recovery for electric distribution companies, gas companies or water companies
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19z— Rate treatment of land purchased, owned or retained by water companies for water supply protection or future water supply use
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-19zz— Interim rate decreases, low-income rates and economic development rates for customers of electric distribution companies
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-20— Inadequate service or unreasonable rates; petition to authority. Small community water system rates and service
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-21— Change of rates fixed pursuant to charter or contract
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-22— Rates; transfer of assets or franchise; burden of proof
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-23— Regulations and service prescribed by authority deemed reasonable
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-24— Classification of service
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-24a— Low-income discounted rates for electric and gas service
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-24b— Low-income rates for gas and water companies with more than seventy-five thousand customers
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-25— Time and place of hearings. Notice
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-25a— Hearings on Office of Consumer Counsel petitions
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-26— Public hearing to be held in locality affected
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-27— Returns from public service companies. Reports from community antenna television companies. Penalty. Form 8-K reports
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-28— Correction of returns and reports
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-29— Reports from municipalities
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-30— Returns from motor bus companies. Penalty
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-31— Remission of forfeitures by the Attorney General
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32— Annual audit report
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32a— Filing re procurement practices. Public hearing. Regulations re competitive bidding
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32b— Regional water authority or water district to submit annual report
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32c— Water company rate adjustments. Application. Notice to customers
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32d
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32e— Emergency plans to be filed by public service companies, telecommunications companies, voice over Internet protocol service providers and municipal utilities. Hearings. Revisions. Staffing of electric distribution companies' emergency operations centers
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32f— Gas company supply and demand forecast reports
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32g— Electric wire maintenance plans. Regulations
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32h— Performance standards for electric distribution companies and gas companies in emergencies. Emergency response report
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32i— Performance review of electric distribution companies and gas companies after emergencies. Hearing. Penalty
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32j— Procedures for expedited road clearing after emergencies
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32k— Vegetation management practices review. Report
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32l— l . Residential customer credits for distribution-system service outage. Recovery of costs. Waiver of requirements
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32m— Residential customer compensation for expiration of medicine and food due to distribution-system service outage. Recovery of costs. Waiver of requirements
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-32n— Cost-benefit analysis concerning resources expended and existing staffing levels during storm events. Minimum staffing levels and acceptable performance standards for electric distribution companies. Penalties
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-33— Obstructing authority; false entries and returns to; penalty
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-34— Annual reports to Governor
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-34a— Annual report re lost and unaccounted for gas. Docket to investigate
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-35— Appeals to Superior Court. Uncontested proceedings re acquiring electricity products or services. Stays of orders of authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-36— Venue. Procedure on appeal. Notice when parties are numerous. Supersedeas
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-40— Rights and duties of trustees and receivers
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-41— Imposition of civil penalties by authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-42— Not to affect labor contracts
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-43— Merger or sale of public service companies. Issuance and approval of securities. Net proceeds from sale of water company land. Allocation of economic benefits of sale of water company land
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-43a— Validity of securities issued pursuant to order of authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-43b— Definitions applicable to apportionment of land sales benefits
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-43c— Sale of water company land to certain municipal corporations for construction of a school
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-43d— Sale of existing electric generation plants
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-44— Notice of formation, consolidation or discontinuance of public service companies; change of name. Penalty
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-44a— Disclosure of salaries of directors and officers of public service companies
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-45— Increase or reduction of capital stock by public service companies
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-46— Dissolution or termination of public service company. Cessation of public service operations
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-47— Holding companies. Approval of authority re exercise of control. Investigation and hearing. Annual reports. Injunctive relief. Exemption
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-47a— Code of conduct for gas company transactions with affiliates
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-48— Electricity and gas; transmission between this state and other states
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-48a— Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control Fund established
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-49— Expenses of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Bureau of Energy and Technology, the Office of Consumer Counsel, the Office of Policy and Management and the operations of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Assessment of regulated companies
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-49a— Appropriation. Council on water company lands established. Moratorium on sale of water company lands; duties of council
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-49d— Applications for sales of water company lands submitted prior to June 25, 1975
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-49e— Public service company may request identification from person opening an account. Telecommunications company may request identification prior to providing service
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-49f— Verification of Social Security number prior to opening new account. Minor not liable for services fraudulently obtained using minor's Social Security number
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-50— Employees. Consultants
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-50a— Local filing of maps on acquisition of property
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-50b— Declaration of policy
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-50c— Notification of intent to dispose of unimproved real property. Approval or disapproval by authority. Hearing
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-50d— Action to acquire property
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-50e— Notices to town clerk
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-50f— Solicitation of insurance applications from employees of public service companies. Payroll deductions