Title 16 — Title 16: Public Service Companies

Sec. 16-1. Definitions. (a) Terms used in this title and in chapters 244, 244a, 244b, 245, 245a and 245b shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or is clearly apparent from the language or context: (1) “Authority” means the Public Utilities Regulatory A…

Sec. 16-10. Enforcement of statutes and orders. The Superior Court, on application of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or of the Attorney General, may enforce, by appropriate decree or process, any provision of this chapter or any order of the authority rendered in pursu…

Sec. 16-10a. Revocation of franchises. Procedure. Reassignment. (a) Whenever any person, firm or corporation, incorporated under the general statutes or any special act, is granted a franchise to operate as a public service company, as defined in section 16-1, and fails to provid…

Sec. 16-11. Safety of public and employees. Powers. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, so far as is practicable, keep fully informed as to the condition of the plant, equipment and manner of operation of all public service companies and persons involved in the trans…

Sec. 16-11a. Nuclear Energy Advisory Council; composition; duties. (a) There is established a Nuclear Energy Advisory Council which shall (1) hold regular public meetings for the purpose of discussing issues relating to the safety and operation of the nuclear power generating fac…

Sec. 16-12. Complaints as to dangerous conditions. Any person or any town, city or borough may make complaint, in writing, to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, of any defects in any portion of the plant or equipment of any public service company or electric supplier, or …

Sec. 16-13. Procedure upon 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 cond…

Sec. 16-14. Powers concerning electrolysis or escape of electricity. Any town, city or borough, or any person or corporation maintaining pipes, conductors or other structures under or above ground in the streets or highways, or owning cattle, as defined in section 22-381, may mak…

Sec. 16-15. Compliance with orders. Penalty. Each public service company and electric supplier shall comply immediately with any order of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority made in accordance with the provisions of sections 16-13 and 16-14, and any company failing to compl…

Sec. 16-16. Report of accidents. Penalties. (a) Each public service company, person involved in the transportation of gas, as such terms are defined in section 16-280a, and electric supplier subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, in the event of…

Sec. 16-17. Duties as to accidents. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall examine the causes of, and the circumstances connected with, all fatal accidents occurring in the operation of the plant or equipment of any public service company or electric supplier, and such o…

Sec. 16-18. Powers concerning poles and wires. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall have power, after notice to the companies interested and public hearing, to require any public service company or certified telecommunications provider maintaining a line or lines of po…

Sec. 16-18a. Consultants: Retention, expenses, findings and recommendations. (a) In the performance of their duties the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Office of Consumer Counsel may retain consultants to assist…

Sec. 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. (a) No public service company may charge r…

Sec. 16-19a. Periodic review re gas, electric distribution and water companies' rates, services and performance. Approval of performance-based incentives and penalties. (a)(1) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, at intervals of not more than four years from the last …

Sec. 16-19aa. Excess generating capacity. Exclusion of costs associated with. Return on and depreciation of unrecovered investment in generating facilities. Section 16-19aa is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 88-220, S. 10, 11; P.A. 91-248, S. 7, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. …

Secs. 16-19aaa to 16-19ddd. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 16-19b. Purchased gas adjustment clauses, energy adjustment clauses and transmission rate adjustment clauses. (a) No adjustment clause of any kind whatsoever shall be authorized by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority if such a clause operates automatically to permit ch…

Sec. 16-19bb. Application or refund of electric distribution company rate moderation funds. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall require that any funds held by an electric distribution company in excess of the company's authorized return on equity, which funds are inte…

Sec. 16-19c. Investigation of fuel cost adjustment and purchased gas adjustment charges. Section 16-19c is repealed. (P.A. 74-216, S. 5, 8; P.A. 75-486, S. 68, 69.)

Sec. 16-19cc. Semiannual reports from nuclear generating facility licensees re maintenance, refueling and shutdown schedules. Penalty for shutdown for a significant period of time. Section 16-19cc is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 88-220, S. 9, 11; P.A. 96-180, S. 44, 166…

Sec. 16-19d. Advertising not to be deemed an operating expense for purposes of rate-making. Disclosure of source of payment for advertising. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Advertising” means the commercial use of any media including, but not limited to, newspaper and all other…

Sec. 16-19dd. Conservation and load management programs for agricultural customers. All electric public service companies shall implement conservation and load management programs for agricultural customers. (P.A. 88-93, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-242, S. 4, 9; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-13…

Sec. 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. (a) In the exercise of its powers under the provisions of this ti…

Sec. 16-19ee. Reports from electric distribution companies concerning electrical outages affecting at least two hundred fifty customers. Each electric distribution company shall, in its monthly report to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority required pursuant to section 16-16…

Sec. 16-19eee. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 14-12, 16-19fff, 16-19ggg, 16a-3e and 43-3a: (1) “Battery electric vehicle” means any vehicle that operates solely by use of a battery or battery pack, or that is powered primarily through the use of an electric bat…

Sec. 16-19f. Rate design standards for electric public service companies and municipal electric companies. Determination of appropriateness. Implementation. Electric vehicle charging stations. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Cost of service” means an electric utility rate for a…

Sec. 16-19ff. Submetering. Regulations. Application process. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes to the contrary, each electric distribution company shall allow the installation of submeters at (1) a recreational campground, (2) individual slips at marinas …

Sec. 16-19fff. Electric vehicle charging load projections. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall require each electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, to integrate electric vehicle charging load projections into such company's distribution planning…

Sec. 16-19g. Penalty for failure to report nuclear incident not an operating expense. Section 16-19g is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 80-351, S. 4, 5; P.A. 82-150, S. 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)

Sec. 16-19gg. Factors to be considered during a rate proceeding. (a) During each proceeding on a rate amendment under section 16-19 proposed by an electric or gas public service company, as defined in section 16-1, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, when determining rates…

Sec. 16-19ggg. Public electric vehicle charging stations. Parking restrictions. (a) The owner or operator of a public electric vehicle charging station, as defined in section 16-19f, that requires payment of a fee shall provide multiple payment options that allow access by the pu…

Sec. 16-19h. Reopening of water company rate proceedings. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may reopen proceedings on a proposed rate amendment filed under section 16-19 and amend its final decision on such filing to adjust the rates of a water company, as defined in sect…

Sec. 16-19hh. Implementation of flexible pricing and rates. Special contracts for electric service. Exemption from competitive transition assessment. Regulations. Gas rates for certain manufacturers. (a) In order to encourage economic development and maintain the state's manufact…

Sec. 16-19i. Electric company residential customer service charge indicated on bill. Section 16-19i is repealed, effective July 11, 2001. (P.A. 82-211, S. 2; P.A. 94-242, S. 3, 9; P.A. 98-28, S. 92, 117; P.A. 01-195, S. 180, 181.)

Sec. 16-19ii. Use of electric resistance space heating. Differential rates. Section 16-19ii is repealed. (P.A. 90-219, S. 8; P.A. 96-23.)

Sec. 16-19j. Portion of authority staff to be made party to certain rate proceedings. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may require a portion of the staff of the authority to be made a party to any proceeding. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the au…

Sec. 16-19jj. Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Settlements. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may, whenever it deems appropriate and is consistent with the principles set forth in sections 16-19 and 16-19e, adopt proposed settlements produced by alternative …

Sec. 16-19k. Costs of educational materials or information on water conservation included as operating costs. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may include the costs of educational materials or information on water conservation required pursuant to section 25-32k as opera…

Sec. 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. Con…

Sec. 16-19l. Authorization of rates that promote water conservation. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall authorize rates for each water company, as defined in section 16-1, that promote comprehensive supply-side and demand-side water conservation. In establishing such…

Sec. 16-19ll. Submittal of legislation re encouraging conservation and load management programs, etc. Section 16-19ll is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 91-248, S. 2, 13; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Secs. 16-19m to 16-19q. Decommissioning of nuclear power generating facilities; definitions. Decommissioning financing plan; contents. Decommissioning finance plans; updates; hearing approval. Review of plan; changes. Decommissioning costs; liability. Sections 16-19m to 16-19q, i…

Sec. 16-19mm. Consideration of external costs and benefits. In its review of an electric, gas and water public service company's resource planning, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall consider the external costs and benefits of all proposed resources, consistent with …

Sec. 16-19nn. Encouragement of specific end uses of electricity and gas. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may permit electric and gas public service companies, as defined in section 16-1, to encourage specific end uses of electricity and gas to further the state's energy…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 16-19pp. Uncontested proceedings before the authority. Participating parties. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not hold an uncontested proceeding on any issue affecting ratepayers of the state unless such proceeding provides ratepayers with equal status and th…

Sec. 16-19qq. Outages of nuclear power generating facilities; rate proceedings; rebuttable presumption of imprudent management. Section 16-19qq is repealed, effective May 8, 2013. (P.A. 97-21, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-5, S. 52.)

Secs. 16-19r to 16-19t. 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 …

Sec. 16-19rr. Rates charged by electric distribution companies and electric utilities to veterans' organizations. Each municipal electric utility established under chapter 101 and each electric utility owned, leased, maintained, operated, managed or controlled by any unit of loca…