General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6048
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2550
*02550*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. MINER, 66th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6048
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2550
*02550*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.
REP. MINER, 66th Dist.
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
AN ACT SEPARATING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to separate the functions of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from the functions of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, establish a separate state agency to perform the functions of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and rename the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as the Department of Environmental Protection.
Statement of Purpose:
To reverse the merger of the Department of Public Utility Control and the Department of Environmental Protection.