Whenever a labor dispute at a public service company, as defined in § 16-1, results in a work stoppage for a period of more than seven days, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a proceeding not later than thirty days after the termination of the labor dispute to determine whether the public service company, as a result of such work stoppage, earned unreasonable profits and whether the quality of service to the customers of such public service company was impaired. The authority may issue such remedial orders as may be necessary to protect ratepayers including, but not limited to, refunds or other adjustments.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16-8b

  • 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