Title 16 — Title 16: Public Service Companies

Sec. 16-50j. Connecticut Siting Council. Membership. Regulations. Consultation with state agencies. (a) There is established the Connecticut Siting Council, hereinafter referred to in this title as the “council”, which shall be within the Department of Energy and Environmental Pr…

Sec. 16-50jj. Meeting conducted during construction of electric generating facility. At least once during the period of construction of an electric generating facility in this state, the Connecticut Siting Council, the Departments of Administrative Services, Emergency Services an…

Sec. 16-50k. Certificate of environmental compatibility and public need. Transfer. Amendment. Excepted matters. Waiver. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 16-50z, no person shall exercise any right of eminent domain in contemplation of, commence the preparation o…

Sec. 16-50kk. Regulations re wind-powered generation. (a) On or before July 1, 2012, the Connecticut Siting Council, in consultation with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning th…

Sec. 16-50l. Application for certificate. Notice. Application or resolution for amendment of certificate. Consultation with municipality. (a) To initiate a certification proceeding, an applicant for a certificate shall file with the council an application, in such form as the cou…

Sec. 16-50ll. Annual report re backup power for telecommunications towers and antennas during electric service outages. Study re feasibility of backup power requirements. (a) On or before October 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each provider of mobile radio service, as defined …

Sec. 16-50m. Public hearing. Notice. (a) The council shall promptly fix a commencement date and location for a public hearing on an application for a certificate complying with section 16-50l not less than thirty days after receipt of an application or more than one hundred fifty…

Secs. 16-50mm to 16-50zz. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 16-50n. Parties to a certification or amendment proceeding or a declaratory ruling. Grouping of parties. Intervenors. Counsel and consultant to council. Limited appearances. (a) The parties to a certification or amendment proceeding or to a declaratory ruling proceeding shal…

Sec. 16-50o. Record of hearing. Rights of parties. Administrative notice re electromagnetic fields. (a) A record shall be made of the hearing and of all testimony taken and the cross-examinations thereon. Every party or group of parties as provided in section 16-50n shall have th…

Sec. 16-50p. Certification proceeding decisions: Timing, opinion, factors considered. Telecommunications and community antenna television facilities: Additional factors considered, conditions. Modification of location. Amendment proceeding decisions. Service and notice. “Public n…

Sec. 16-50q. Judicial review. (a) Any party may obtain judicial review of an order issued on an application for a certificate or an amendment of a certificate in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. Any judicial review sought pursuant to this chapter shall be privileg…

Sec. 16-50r. Report of forecast of loads and resources. Confidential information. Regulations. Investigation of life-cycle costs for overhead and underground transmission lines: Scope, hearings, consultants, assessment. (a) Every person engaged in electric transmission services, …

Sec. 16-50s. Expenditures by utilities as consideration in proceedings. (a) From October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, inclusive, council may give appropriate consideration in all proceedings to (1) the amounts expended by a utility for research on generation and transmission o…

Sec. 16-50t. Regulations and standards. Hearing. Certain expenditures excluded in computation of fair net return. (a) The council shall prescribe and establish such reasonable regulations and standards in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 as it deems necessary and in t…

Sec. 16-50u. Enforcement of certificate and other requirements. Imposition of civil penalties by council. (a) Each holder of a certificate issued by the council shall comply with such certificate, any condition of such certificate and any other requirements of this chapter. The c…

Sec. 16-50v. Administration expenses. Assessments. Fees. Staff. Consultants. Late fees. (a) All expenses of administering this chapter, including the functions of the council and its staff, shall be financed as provided in this section. (b) (1) Before December thirty-first of eac…

Sec. 16-50w. Conflicting provisions. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this chapter and any provisions of the general statutes, as amended, or any special act, this chapter shall take precedence. (1971, P.A. 575, S. 18.) Cited. 35 CS 303.

Sec. 16-50x. Exclusive jurisdiction of council; exception. Eminent domain after certification. Municipal regulation of proposed location. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, except as provided in section 16-243, the council shall have exclusive jurisd…

Sec. 16-50y. Location application for electric generating facilities. Section 16-50y is repealed. (P.A. 73-458, S. 14; P.A. 76-359, S. 5, 7.)

Sec. 16-50z. Acquisition of real property for transmission facility. Regulations. Public service company acquisition of residential real property by condemnation. (a) No person engaged in the transmission of electric power or fuel in the state shall acquire real property in conte…

Sec. 16-6. Office and records. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall keep its office open during the usual business hours and shall keep all of its records in such office. The authority shall keep a record of all communications addressed to it, or to any of its members …

Sec. 16-6a. Participation in proceedings before federal agencies and federal courts. Expenses. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and the Office of Consumer Counsel are authorized to participate in proceedings before agencies of the federal government and the federal c…

Sec. 16-6b. Regulations. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may, in accordance with chapter 54, adopt such regulations with respect to: (1) Rates and charges, services, accounting practices, safety and the conduct of operations generally of public service companies subject…

Sec. 16-6c. Power to delay implementation of electric suppliers' generation portfolio standards. Section 16-6c is repealed, effective July 1, 2003. (P.A. 99-225, S. 19, 33; P.A. 03-135, S. 24.)

Sec. 16-7. Right of entry. Penalty. The utility commissioners of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, or their designees, while engaged in the performance of their duties may, at all reasonable times, enter any premises, buildings, cars, plants or other places belonging to …

Sec. 16-7a. Power to stop work. The utility commissioners, as defined in section 16-1, or their designees, shall have the authority to cause any work performed by any person involved in the transportation of gas, as such terms are defined in section 16-280a, to cease immediately …

Sec. 16-8. Examination of witnesses and documents. Hearing officers. Management audits. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may, in its discretion, delegate its powers, in specific cases, to one or more of its directors or to a hearing officer to ascertain the facts and…

Sec. 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. (a) No public service company, as defined in section 16-1, holding company, as define…

Sec. 16-8b. Labor disputes at public service companies. Determination of unreasonable profits during dispute. Refunds. Whenever a labor dispute at a public service company, as defined in section 16-1, results in a work stoppage for a period of more than seven days, the Public Uti…

Sec. 16-8c. Examination of witnesses and documents. Audits. Relationship between public service companies and subsidiaries. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or any director or any hearing officer thereof may exercise the powers provided under subsection (a) of sectio…

Sec. 16-8d. Recovery of costs, expenses, judgments or attorney's fees for an action brought under section 16-8a. (a) No costs, expenses or judgments associated with any action brought under the provisions of section 16-8a may be included in the rates or charge of any public servi…

Sec. 16-9. Orders. All decisions, orders and authorizations of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall be in writing and shall specify the reasons therefor, shall be filed and kept in the office of the authority and recorded in a book kept by it for that purpose and shall…

Sec. 16-9a. Party status in proceedings before authority. In a proceeding before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the authority shall give special consideration to a request for party status from a person whose interests are not otherwise adequately represented by anoth…

Sec. 16-9b. Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to be party to proceedings before authority. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall be a party to each proceeding before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and may participate in any suc…

Sec. 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. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Compensation” means payment by any p…

Secs. 16-51 to 16-71. Transferred to Chapter 245, Secs. 13b-200 to 13b-210, inclusive, and Secs. 13b-212 to 13b-222, inclusive.

Sec. 16-72. Sunday laws not applicable to electric cars or motor buses. Section 16-72 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5462; P.A. 76-415, S. 9; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)

Secs. 16-73 to 16-75i. Transferred to Chapter 245, Secs. 13b-223 to 13b-234, inclusive.

Secs. 16-76 to 16-139a. Transferred to Chapter 245a, Secs. 13b-244 to 13b-314, inclusive.

Secs. 16-140 to 16-180. Transferred to Chapter 245b, Secs. 13b-324 to 13b-365, inclusive.

Sec. 16-181. Sunday trains. Freight. Forfeiture. Section 16-181 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5563; P.A. 76-415, S. 9; 76-435, S. 81, 82.)

Secs. 16-182 to 16-190. Transferred to Chapter 245b, Secs. 13b-366 to 13b-374, inclusive.

Secs. 16-191 to 16-203. Location in highway; payment for certain repairs. Failure to repair or pay costs. Agreements for repairs. Company liable for defects. Notice to commissioner of repairs on highway. Apportionment of expense of repair of highway. Appeal. Liability of railroad…

Secs. 16-204 and 16-205. Right of certain companies to lay tracks to cease. Failure to operate railway. Sections 16-204 and 16-205 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 5594, 5595; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 16-206. Appeal by adjoining owner. Section 16-206 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5596; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 233; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 95, 348; P.A. 85-246, S. 22.)

Secs. 16-207 and 16-208. May operate motor buses and discontinue cars. Street railway company operating motor buses may change capital structure. Sections 16-207 and 16-208 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 5616, 5617; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 234; P.A. 75-486, S.…

Sec. 16-209. Directors to be residents of state. Section 16-209 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5620; P.A. 85-246, S. 22.)

Secs. 16-210 to 16-215. Rights of trustees and others after foreclosure. Court may order sale. Rights and liabilities of reorganized corporation. Certificate of reorganization to be filed. Sale of mortgaged property when electrical operation abandoned and buses substituted. Mortg…

Sec. 16-216. Issuance of bonds. Each railroad company may borrow money and give its bonds therefor, signed by its president and countersigned by its treasurer, and may dispose thereof as authorized by its stockholders. Any bonds issued by virtue of the general authority conferred…