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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6415
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY
AUTHORITY TO ADOPT R EGULATIONS FOR NATURAL BARRIER
PRESERVATION AND MAI NTENANCE BY ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION
COMPANIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) For purposes of this 1
section, "natural barrier" means trees, shrubs, bushes or other vegetation 2
between the facilities of an electric distribution company, as defined in 3
section 16-1 of the general statutes, and any residential neighbor to such 4
facility. 5
(b) On or before January 1, 2022, the Public Utilities Regulatory 6
Authority shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the 7
general statutes, requiring the preservation and maintenance of existing 8
natural barriers by each electric distribution company. The Public 9
Utilities Regulatory Authority may initiate a proceeding to consider the 10
implementation of such regulations.11 Raised Bill No. 6415
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to adopt regulations
ensuring electric distribution companies preserve and maintain existing
natural barriers.
[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.]