| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | - | Senate Bill No. 575 | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 575 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2015 LCO No. 5602 | |
| 3 | + | *_____SB00575ET____032515____* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | (ET) | |
| 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | - | Public Act No. 15-135 | |
| 8 | + | General Assembly | |
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Committee Bill No. 575 | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | January Session, 2015 | |
| 13 | + | ||
| 14 | + | LCO No. 5602 | |
| 15 | + | ||
| 16 | + | *_____SB00575ET____032515____* | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY | |
| 19 | + | ||
| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | (ET) | |
| 4 | 23 | ||
| 5 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRIC RATE TRANSPARENCY. | |
| 6 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 8 | 27 | ||
| 9 | 28 | Section 1. Section 16-26 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015): | |
| 10 | 29 | ||
| 11 | - | ||
| 30 | + | 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. | |
| 12 | 31 | ||
| 13 | - | (1) An electric distribution company that has a service area of not more than seventeen towns, the authority shall hold hearings on such matter in at least two towns within the service area of such company; | |
| 14 | 32 | ||
| 15 | - | (2) An electric distribution company that has a service area of eighteen or more towns, the authority shall hold hearings on such matter in at least three towns within the service area of such company; or | |
| 16 | 33 | ||
| 17 | - | (3) Any other public service company, the authority shall hold [at least one session of its] a hearing or hearings on such matter in [a] at least one town within the [area served by the public service] service area of such company. [concerned with such matter, such town to be selected] | |
| 18 | 34 | ||
| 19 | - | (b) The authority shall select each town described in subsection (a) of this section for a hearing to suit as nearly as practicable the convenience of persons affected by [such] the matter. Upon petition of not fewer than twenty-five persons affected by [such] the matter, any such [a session] hearing shall be held in the evening. The authority shall have the discretion to hold the remainder of its hearings on a matter, if any, anywhere within the state of Connecticut. | |
| 35 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 36 | + | Section 1 October 1, 2015 16-26 | |
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| 38 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 39 | + | ||
| 40 | + | Section 1 | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | October 1, 2015 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | 16-26 | |
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| 48 | + | ET Joint Favorable | |
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| 50 | + | ET | |
| 51 | + | ||
| 52 | + | Joint Favorable |