Title 16 — Title 16: Public Service Companies

Sec. 16-262e. Notice furnished tenants re intended termination of utility service. Assumption by tenants of liability for future service. Liability of landlords for certain utility services. Deduction from rent. Access to meters. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16-2…

Sec. 16-262f. Action for receivership of rents and common expenses by electric distribution, gas and telephone companies; petition; hearing; appointment; duties; termination. (a)(1) Upon default of the owner, agent, lessor or manager of a residential dwelling who is billed direct…

Sec. 16-262g. Penalty. Any wilful or malicious violation of sections 16-262c to 16-262i, inclusive, by any agent, owner, lessor, manager or any company, electric supplier or municipal utility shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for …

Sec. 16-262h. Nonexclusivity of remedy. Nothing in sections 16-262c to 16-262i, inclusive, shall be construed to prevent the occupant of such building from pursuing any other action or remedy at law or equity that it may have against the owner, agent, lessor, manager, company, el…

Sec. 16-262i. Regulations. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 16-262c to 16-262h, inclusive. (b) The authority may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth …

Sec. 16-262j. Refusal of residential utility service. Regulations. Refusal of telecommunications service to a candidate or committee. Interest on customer security deposits. (a) No public service company and no electric supplier shall refuse to provide electric, gas or water serv…

Sec. 16-262k. Interconnection of public water supply systems to relieve site-specific water shortages. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may require any water company as defined in section 16-1 to connect its public water supply system with that of another water company o…

Sec. 16-262l. Receivership of water companies for failure to provide adequate service. Personal liability of directors, officers and managers. (a) As used in this section, “water company” includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership or pe…

Sec. 16-262m. Construction specifications for water companies. (a) As used in this section, except as otherwise specified, and section 8-25a, “water company” means a corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership, municipality, state agency, other entity …

Sec. 16-262n. Definition. Economic viability of water companies. Reviews. Failure to comply with orders. Hearings. (a) As used in this section, sections 16-262o to 16-262q, inclusive, and section 16-262s, “water company” means either (1) a corporation, company, association, joint…

Sec. 16-262o. Acquisition of water company ordered by authority. Rates and charges. Recovery of acquisition costs. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, upon a determination that the costs of improvements to and the a…

Sec. 16-262p. Improvements by acquiring entity. Any recipient of an order pursuant to section 16-262o shall make improvements it determines are necessary within a reasonable time after transfer of the company to the acquiring entity to assure the availability and potability of wa…

Sec. 16-262q. Compensation for acquisition of water company. Compensation for the acquisition of a water company pursuant to section 16-262o shall be determined by the procedures for determining compensation under section 25-42 or by agreement between the parties, provided the Pu…

Sec. 16-262r. Satellite management of water companies. Expedited rate proceedings. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Provider water company” means a water company, as defined in section 16-1, which provides satellite management services. (2) “Recipient water company” means a wate…

Sec. 16-262s. Voluntary acquisition of water company. Surcharges. Rate of return. (a)(1) In the case of a proposed acquisition of a water company that is not economically viable, as determined by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in accordance with the criteria provided i…

Sec. 16-262t. Action for receivership of rent and common expenses by water companies; petition; hearing; appointment; duties; termination. (a)(1) Upon default of the owner, agent, lessor or manager of a residential dwelling or dwellings who is billed directly by a water company o…

Sec. 16-262u. Replacement and repair of water service connections. Granting of exceptions. (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “service connection” means the service pipe from the water main to the curb stop, at or adjacent to the street line or the customer's property line, an…

Sec. 16-262v. Water company infrastructure projects: Definitions. For purposes of this section: (1) “Eligible projects” means those water company plant projects not previously included in the water company's rate base in its most recent general rate case and that are intended to …

Sec. 16-262w. Water company rate adjustment mechanisms. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may authorize a water company to use a rate adjustment mechanism, such as a water infrastructure and conservation adjustment (WICA), for eligible projects completed and in servic…

Sec. 16-262x. Termination of residential utility service. Requirements. (a) A person seeking to terminate electric, gas, telecommunications or water service to a residential dwelling shall provide to the electric distribution, gas, telecommunications or water company, electric su…

Sec. 16-262y. Water company revenue adjustment mechanism. (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “revenue adjustment mechanism” means a mechanism that reconciles in rates the difference between the actual revenues of a water company and allowed revenues, (2) “actual revenues” mean…

Sec. 16-262z. Properties served by deficient well systems. Extension of service by water company. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, may, upon application of a water company, as defined in section 16-1, order such wate…

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 …

Sec. 16-281. Transferred to Chapter 245c, Sec. 13b-387.

Sec. 16-281a. Transfer of powers and duties. Section 16-281a is repealed, effective June 6, 2014. (P.A. 88-249, S. 2, 9; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 130.)