Title 16 — Title 16: Public Service Companies

Sec. 16-33. Obstructing authority; false entries and returns to; penalty. Any person who wilfully makes any false return or report to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, or to any member thereof, or to any agent or any employee acting therefor, or who testifies falsely to …

Sec. 16-34. Annual reports to Governor. Section 16-34 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5424; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 81-348, S. 3.)

Sec. 16-34a. Annual report re lost and unaccounted for gas. Docket to investigate. (a) Not later than July 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing …

Sec. 16-35. Appeals to Superior Court. Uncontested proceedings re acquiring electricity products or services. Stays of orders of authority. (a) Any person, including but not limited to a company, town, city, borough or corporation aggrieved by any order, authorization or decision…

Secs. 16-36 to 16-39. Venue. Procedure on appeal. Notice when parties are numerous. Supersedeas. Sections 16-36 to 16-39, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5426–5429; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 6; 870, S. 43, 106; P.A. 76-436, S. 358, 359, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 42, 125.)

Sec. 16-3a. Appointment of initial members. Transfer of business between commission and authority. Obsolete. (P.A. 75-486, S. 21, 69; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 75-1, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 79, 136.)

Sec. 16-4. Employees of public service companies, certified telecommunications providers and electric suppliers ineligible to serve on authority or in department. No officer, employee, attorney or agent of any public service company, of any certified telecommunications provider o…

Sec. 16-40. Rights and duties of trustees and receivers. When any company is operated by a trustee or receiver, such trustee or receiver shall have all the powers and shall be subject to all the duties, obligations and penalties which such company would otherwise have or to which…

Sec. 16-41. Imposition of civil penalties by authority. (a) Each (1) public service company and its officers, agents and employees, (2) electric supplier or person providing electric generation services without a license in violation of section 16-245, and its officers, agents an…

Sec. 16-42. Not to affect labor contracts. Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to interfere in any manner with contracts between public service companies and their employees. (1949 Rev., S. 5432; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P…

Sec. 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. (a) A public service company shall obtain the approval of the Public Utilities…

Sec. 16-43a. Validity of securities issued pursuant to order of authority. Any stock, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness or securities of any nature issued or sold pursuant to or in reliance on and in accordance with any order, authorization or decision of the Public…

Sec. 16-43b. Definitions applicable to apportionment of land sales benefits. For purposes of subsection (e) of section 16-43, “open space or recreational purposes” means public parks or forests or natural areas, including, but not limited to, reservoirs and water company land, wh…

Sec. 16-43c. Sale of water company land to certain municipal corporations for construction of a school. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or section 12-217dd, any land acquired from a water company, as defined in section 16-1, by a municipal corporation for the purpo…

Sec. 16-43d. Sale of existing electric generation plants. If any existing electric generation plant within the state is offered for sale, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall authorize the electric distribution companies to purchase and operate such plants if the autho…

Sec. 16-44. Notice of formation, consolidation or discontinuance of public service companies; change of name. Penalty. Whenever any company is organized for the purpose of doing business as a public service company, or whenever any company so organized acquires any plant or any p…

Sec. 16-44a. Disclosure of salaries of directors and officers of public service companies. (a) Each public service company, as defined in section 16-1, regulated pursuant to sections 16-19 and 16-19e and serving more than three thousand three hundred customers shall (1) on each c…

Sec. 16-45. Increase or reduction of capital stock by public service companies. Any public service company which is authorized to increase its authorized capital stock in accordance with the laws applicable to corporations organized under the general law may increase or reduce it…

Sec. 16-46. Dissolution or termination of public service company. Cessation of public service operations. (a) No public service company shall cease operations as a public service company, dissolve or terminate its corporate existence without the consent of the Public Utilities Re…

Sec. 16-47. Holding companies. Approval of authority re exercise of control. Investigation and hearing. Annual reports. Injunctive relief. Exemption. (a) As used in this section and section 16-47a, (1) “holding company” means any corporation, association, partnership, trust or si…

Sec. 16-47a. Code of conduct for gas company transactions with affiliates. (a) As used in this section, “affiliate” means a person, as defined in section 16-1, or class of persons that, with a gas company, as defined in said section 16-1, is under the control of the same holding …

Sec. 16-48. Electricity and gas; transmission between this state and other states. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is authorized to enter into compacts in the name of the state of Connecticut with the states of New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey …

Sec. 16-48a. Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control Fund established. There is established a fund to be known as the “Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control Fund”. The fund may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treas…

Sec. 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.…

Secs. 16-49a to 16-49c. Appropriation. Council on water company lands established. Moratorium on sale of water company lands; duties of council. Sections 16-49a to 16-49c, inclusive, are repealed. (1972, P.A. 138, S. 1; P.A. 75-405, S. 1, 2, 5; 75-486, S. 1, 69; 75-567, S. 55, 80…

Sec. 16-49d. Applications for sales of water company lands submitted prior to June 25, 1975. Section 16-49d is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 75-405, S. 5; P.A. 83-487, S. 7, 33; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 16-49e. Public service company may request identification from person opening an account. Telecommunications company may request identification prior to providing service. (a) As used in this section, “identification” means a Social Security number, the number of an identity…

Sec. 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. (a) A public service company, as defined in section 16-1, that requires the disclosure of a potential custom…

Sec. 16-5. Removal. Misconduct, material neglect of duty, incompetence in the conduct of his office or active participation in political management or campaigns by any commissioner shall constitute cause for removal. Such removal shall be made only after judgment of the Superior …

Sec. 16-50. Employees. Consultants. Section 16-50 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5396; June, 1955, S. 2608d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-367; 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 82-150, S. 9.)

Sec. 16-50a. Local filing of maps on acquisition of property. Any public service company which acquires land or any easement or right-of-way therein for any of its purposes shall, if it has prepared a map or maps in connection with such acquisition, file, in the clerk's office in…

Sec. 16-50aa. Tower sharing: Policy, requests, feasibility proceeding, compensation, expenses. (a) The General Assembly finds that the sharing of towers for fair consideration whenever technically, legally, environmentally and economically feasible, and whenever such sharing meet…

Sec. 16-50aaa. Council on 5G Technology. Use of state real properties for placement, construction, maintenance and operation of personal wireless service facilities and small wireless facilities. Telecommunications License Agreements. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Council” me…

Sec. 16-50b. Declaration of policy. It is found and declared that conservation of undeveloped lands and preservation of open spaces, together with orderly control and development of remaining natural resources is the settled public policy of Connecticut and bears a substantial re…

Sec. 16-50bb. Municipal participation account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “municipal participation account”, within the General Fund, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. There shall be deposited in the account the municipal participation fee…

Sec. 16-50bbb. Processes for siting small wireless facilities on municipal property. (a) The Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Office of Consumer Counsel, the State Broadband Office and the Connecticut Siting Coun…

Sec. 16-50c. Notification of intent to dispose of unimproved real property. Approval or disapproval by authority. Hearing. (a) Whenever any public service company, as defined in section 16-1, except a water company, owning any contiguous area of unimproved real property containin…

Sec. 16-50cc. Reconfiguration or burial of electric transmission facility. If legislation adopted on or after January 1, 2004, results in the reconfiguration or burial of a proposed facility described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 16-50i, all prudent costs incur…

Sec. 16-50d. Action to acquire property. (a) Within one hundred eighty days after approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of the sale, lease or other disposition of land owned by a public service company, except a water company, the recipient of a notice provided pu…

Sec. 16-50dd. State-wide telecommunications coverage data base. On or before January 1, 2006, the Connecticut Siting Council shall develop, maintain and update quarterly a state-wide telecommunications coverage data base that includes the location, type and height of all telecomm…

Sec. 16-50e. Notices to town clerk. A copy of each notice required by sections 16-50c and 16-50d shall be sent by the party giving such notice to the town clerk of the municipality in which the land is situated and such town clerk shall make all such notices part of the appropria…

Sec. 16-50ee. State-wide telecommunications coverage plan. (a) On or before September 1, 2006, the Connecticut Siting Council shall develop a plan for state-wide telecommunications coverage and annually shall review and revise such plan as necessary. The plan shall be consistent …

Sec. 16-50f. Solicitation of insurance applications from employees of public service companies. Payroll deductions. (a) Any public service company providing payroll deduction services for its employees for premiums on individual policies of any line of insurance shall permit soli…

Sec. 16-50ff. Local telecommunications coverage assessments. (a) On or before January 1, 2008, the Connecticut Siting Council, upon the request of a municipality, shall develop a local telecommunications coverage assessment for that municipality. Such assessment shall identify lo…

Sec. 16-50g. Legislative finding and purpose. The legislature finds that power generating plants and transmission lines for electricity and fuels, community antenna television towers and telecommunication towers have had a significant impact on the environment and ecology of the …

Sec. 16-50gg. Municipal location preferences. When notifying a municipality pursuant to section 16-50l of an application for a telecommunications tower or a proposed transmission line in such municipality, the Connecticut Siting Council shall request that the municipality provide…

Sec. 16-50h. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the “Public Utility Environmental Standards Act”. (1971, P.A. 575, S. 2.)

Sec. 16-50hh. Restoration and revegetation of the right-of-way. As part of its supervision of construction activity in connection with any transmission line project, the Connecticut Siting Council may order such restoration or revegetation of the right-of-way occupied by the over…

Sec. 16-50i. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (a) “Facility” means: (1) An electric transmission line of a design capacity of sixty-nine kilovolts or more, including associated equipment but not including a transmission line tap, as defined in subsection (e) of this section;…

Sec. 16-50ii. Electric generating facility: Flammable gas to clean piping prohibited; requirements prior to issuance of certificate to build. Penalty. (a) No person shall use flammable gas to clean or blow the gas piping of an electric generating facility. (b) The Connecticut Sit…