Connecticut General Statutes 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.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16-19j
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Authority: means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and "department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Public service company: includes electric distribution, gas, telephone, pipeline, sewage, water and community antenna television companies and holders of a certificate of cable franchise authority, owning, leasing, maintaining, operating, managing or controlling plants or parts of plants or equipment, but shall not include towns, cities, boroughs, any municipal corporation or department thereof, whether separately incorporated or not, a private power producer, as defined in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the authority shall require a portion of the staff to be made a party to proceedings relating to (1) a rate amendment proposed pursuant to § 16-19 by a public service company having more than seventy-five thousand customers, (2) the approval of performance-based incentives pursuant to subsection (b) of § 16-19a, or (3) the approval of any alternative form of regulation pursuant to § 16-247k, provided the authority shall not require a portion of the staff to be made a party to any proceeding described in this subsection if the authority issues a notice of its intent not to do so in writing. The notice shall include the reasons for not requiring a portion of the staff to be made a party. Upon petition of any party so noticed, the authority shall require a portion of the staff to be made a party.
(c) The provisions of § 4-181 shall apply to any proceeding in which a portion of authority staff is made a party.
(d) The authority staff assigned to participate as a party to any rate proceedings described in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section shall review the proposed rate amendment filed by the company and shall file with the directors of the authority proposed modifications of the rate amendment. Such modifications shall carry out the purposes of subsection (a) of § 16-19e and § 16a-35k. Such staff shall appear and participate in the proceedings in support of its proposed modifications and may employ outside consultants knowledgeable in the utility regulation field.