LCO No. 532 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5248 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 532 Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY Introduced by: REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING THE SEPARATION OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 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 1 Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from the functions of the 2 Department of Environmental Protection. 3 Statement of Purpose: To restructure the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority as an independent governmental entity.