General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6018
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 5428
*05428HB06018ET_*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6018
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 5428
*05428HB06018ET_*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANY SERVICE RESTORATION FOR CUSTOMERS WITH SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 16-32h of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (i) as follows (Effective October 1, 2015):
(NEW) (i) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a docket to establish industry specific standards for acceptable performance by each utility in an emergency to protect customers who are diagnosed with a serious health condition, as defined in section 31-51kk, by prioritizing and facilitating restoration of service outages and disruptions and reducing the duration of such outages and disruptions for such customers. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, the following requirements for each such utility:
(1) Keeping an updated list of customers who are diagnosed with a serious health condition;
(2) Publishing relevant information on its Internet web site regarding how a customer may notify the utility regarding a serious health condition;
(3) Establishing a process that enables a medical professional to notify the utility regarding any patient of such medical professional who has a serious health condition; and
(4) Providing staff training on how to promptly restore service outages and disruptions for customers with a serious health condition.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 16-32h
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
16-32h
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that electric distribution company customers diagnosed with serious health conditions are given priority in the restoration of electric service during a service outage or disruption.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.
H.B. 6018