Title 16 — Title 16: Public Service Companies

Sec. 16-263. Power to construct and operate natural gas pipeline. Any corporation organized under the laws of this state or of any other state or of the United States for the purpose of constructing and operating a natural gas pipeline, which corporation holds a certificate of pu…

Sec. 16-264. Filing of certificate of public convenience. Eminent domain. Any such corporation seeking the benefits of sections 16-263 to 16-269, inclusive, shall file with the Secretary of the State a certified copy of the certificate of public convenience and necessity issued t…

Sec. 16-265. Certain property exempted from eminent domain. No lands or rights-of-way or easements therein shall be taken by eminent domain under the provisions of sections 16-263 to 16-269, inclusive, in any public street or highway, public park or reservation or other public pr…

Sec. 16-266. Procedure for determining damages. If any such corporation and the person or persons to whom damages may arise from any taking under the provisions of sections 16-263 to 16-269, inclusive, of any land, right-of-way, easement or other interest in land are unable to ef…

Sec. 16-267. Temporary use of property pending condemnation. When at any stage of condemnation proceedings brought under sections 16-263 to 16-269, inclusive, it appears to the court or judge before whom such proceedings are pending that the public interests will be prejudiced by…

Sec. 16-268. Duties of corporation. Any such pipeline shall be laid at least twenty-four inches below the surface of the soil and the soil above such pipelines shall be graded to the level of the adjacent land and left in good working condition unless otherwise agreed to between …

Sec. 16-269. Franchise area. Restricted sale. Within the franchise area of any person, firm, corporation or municipality which is chartered or authorized by the state of Connecticut to transmit or sell gas within such franchise area, no corporation described in section 16-263 sha…

Sec. 16-270. Transportation of natural gas; declaration of public interest. It is hereby declared that the business of transporting natural gas within the state by interstate or intrastate natural gas pipeline companies is affected with the public interest and that the health, sa…

Sec. 16-271. Powers of authority. In order to effectuate the policies and provisions of sections 16-270 to 16-280, inclusive, and, when deemed necessary, to obtain uniformity in the formulation, administration and enforcement of any order, ruling or regulation issued thereunder, …

Sec. 16-272. Authority of Public Utilities Regulatory Authority as to corporation holding certificate under federal act. Any corporation organized under the laws of this state or of any other state of the United States for the purposes of constructing or operating a natural gas p…

Sec. 16-273. Complaints of defects in equipment. Any person or any town, city or borough may make a complaint in writing to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of any defects in any portion of the pipeline, plant or equipment of any natural gas pipeline company or concernin…

Sec. 16-274. Hearing on complaint. Upon receipt of such complaint, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon and shall give notice thereof to all parties in interest and shall make such further investigation into the alleged conditio…

Sec. 16-275. Submission of plans to authority. Not less than thirty days before the commencement of actual construction or installation, any such corporation shall submit to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority information concerning the engineering design of its pipeline an…

Sec. 16-276. Submission of map to authority. Any such company, as soon as it has definitely established a route, but in any event not less than ninety days before the commencement of actual construction or installation, shall submit to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority an…

Sec. 16-277. Other applicable statutes. The provisions of sections 16-7 to 16-10, inclusive, 16-17, 16-25, 16-35 to 16-40, inclusive, and 16-229 to 16-231, inclusive, shall apply to any company constructing or operating a natural gas pipeline. (1951, S. 2631d; 1971, P.A. 871, S. …

Sec. 16-278. Compliance with orders. Any corporation subject to this chapter shall comply immediately with any order of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority made in accordance with section 16-271, 16-274 or 16-275 and any company failing to comply with any such order shall b…

Sec. 16-279. Interstate or foreign commerce not affected. No provision of sections 16-270 to 16-280, inclusive, or of any order or regulation thereunder shall apply or be construed to apply to interstate or foreign commerce, except so far as such provision may be effective pursua…

Sec. 16-280. Copy of certificate issued under federal act to be filed with secretary. Any corporation which intends to construct or operate any natural gas pipeline within this state shall file with the Secretary of the State a certified copy of the certificate of public convenie…

Sec. 16-280a. Definitions. As used in sections 16-280a to 16-280f, inclusive: (1) “Person” means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, municipality or cooperative association, and includes any trustee, receiver, ass…

Sec. 16-280b. Violation of federal safety standards prohibited. Regulations. Waiver of safety standards. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person who engages in the transportation of gas or maintains pipeline facilities or owns any pipeline facilities within the state to violate a…

Sec. 16-280c. Federal safety standards adopted as state standards. The federal safety standards applicable to the transportation of gas established under the provisions of the federal act, contained in 49 CFR 191 to 49 CFR 193, inclusive, and 49 CFR 199, as the same are, from tim…

Sec. 16-280d. Records, reports and inspection. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall require any person that owns any pipeline facilities or that engages in the transportation of gas or maintains pipeline facilities within the state to maintain such records, make such r…

Sec. 16-280e. Penalties. (a) Any person that violates any provision of the federal act, any regulation issued under the federal act, any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the authority pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of section 16-280b, shall be subject to …

Sec. 16-280f. Injunction. Enforcement of standards. (a) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations of sections 16-280a to 16-280e, inclusive, or to enforce standards established under the federal act upon petition of the appropriate state's attorney, upon c…

Sec. 16-280g. Facilities and transportation subject to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Section 16-280g is repealed, effective October 1, 2004. (1971, P.A. 429, S. 7; P.A. 99-31, S. 7; P.A. 04-103, S. 3.)

Sec. 16-280h. Filing of supply and transmission contracts or data with authority. Each person, firm or corporation operating a natural gas pipeline, upon receipt of a written request from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall file with the authority a copy of (1) each …