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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 857
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT CONCERNING EM ERGENCY BACKUP POWER FOR CELL
TOWERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) On or before October 1, 2022, 1
each telecommunications company, as defined in section 16-1 of the 2
general statutes, shall ensure that any free-standing telecommunications 3
tower or antenna owned, leased or operated by such company contains 4
a backup power source sufficient to provide twenty-four consecutive 5
hours of service during an electric service outage. 6
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 a telecommunications company to provide backup power for
free-standing telecommunications towers or antennas. Raised Bill No. 857
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