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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 331 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5229 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 331 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. FOSTER, 57 |
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| 15 | 15 | | th Dist. |
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| 21 | 21 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC |
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| 22 | 22 | | UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY, COMMUNICATIONS BY |
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| 23 | 23 | | PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF |
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| 24 | 24 | | ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 26 | 26 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | That the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit a public service 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | company from charging a fee to any customer of such company in 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | connection with the cost of any communication from such company to 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | such customer, (2) provide that any legislator or the chief executive 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | officer of any municipality may intervene and be granted party status in 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | any proceeding before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, (3) 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | specify minimum education requirements for each person appointed to 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, with a preference for 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | individuals who are accountants, auditors and engineers with 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | infrastructure estimating experience, (4) make any communication by a 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | public utility company subject to the Freedom of Information Act, (5) 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | require a minimum notification period and standards for notices to 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | customers of any public utility company concerning rate changes, (6) 13 Proposed Bill No. 5229 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO No. 331 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | require that any energy efficiency programs in the state be administered 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | by a not-for-profit entity, and (7) require that any vacancy on the Public 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Utilities Regulatory Authority be promptly filled by appointment. 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 49 | 49 | | To (1) prohibit any public service company from charging a fee to any |
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| 50 | 50 | | customer of such company in connection with a communication from |
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| 51 | 51 | | such company to such customer, (2) provide that any legislator or the |
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| 52 | 52 | | chief executive officer of any municipality may intervene and be granted |
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| 53 | 53 | | party status in any proceeding before the Public Utilities Regulatory |
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| 54 | 54 | | Authority, (3) specify minimum education requirements for each person |
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| 55 | 55 | | appointed to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority with a preference |
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| 56 | 56 | | for individuals who are accountants, auditors and engineers with |
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| 57 | 57 | | infrastructure estimating experience, (4) make any communication by a |
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| 58 | 58 | | public utility company subject to the Freedom of Information Act, (5) |
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| 59 | 59 | | require a minimum notification period and standards for notices to |
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| 60 | 60 | | customers of any public utility company concerning rate changes, (6) |
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| 61 | 61 | | require that any energy efficiency programs in the state be administered |
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| 62 | 62 | | by a not-for-profit entity, and (7) require that any vacancy on the Public |
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| 63 | 63 | | Utilities Regulatory Authority be promptly filled by appointment. |
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