General Assembly Committee Bill No. 575
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 5602
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 575
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 5602
*_____SB00575ET____032515____*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRIC RATE TRANSPARENCY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 16-26 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
In any matter within the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority involving rates, charges or accommodation of the public, the authority shall hold at least one session of its hearings on such matter in [a town] three separate towns within the area served by the public service company concerned with such matter, such [town] towns to be selected to suit as nearly as practicable the convenience of persons affected by such matter. Time shall be reserved at each hearing session for public comment. Upon petition of not fewer than twenty-five persons affected by such matter, such a session shall be held in the evening. The authority shall have the discretion to hold the remainder of its hearings, if any, anywhere within the state of Connecticut.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 16-26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
16-26
ET Joint Favorable
ET
Joint Favorable