Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00151 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/14/2021

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 151  
January Session, 2021  
LCO No. 361 
 
 
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. BERTHEL, 32nd Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY BACKUP POWER FOR CELL 
TOWERS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That chapter 283 of the general statutes be amended to require 1 
telecommunications companies to equip cell towers with at least 2 
seventy-two hours of emergency backup power for use during a power 3 
outage. 4 
Statement of Purpose:   
To equip cell towers with seventy-two hours of emergency backup 
power for use during a power outage.