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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2149 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5404 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2149 |
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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. CANDELORA V., 86th Dist. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SEN. HARDING, 30th Dist. |
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| 16 | 16 | | REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. |
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| 17 | 17 | | REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. |
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| 19 | 19 | | REP. PERILLO J., 113th Dist. |
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| 20 | 20 | | REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist. |
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| 21 | 21 | | REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist. |
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| 22 | 22 | | REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist. |
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| 26 | 26 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION AND CONDUCT OF THE |
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| 27 | 27 | | PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 29 | 29 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 31 | 31 | | That the general statutes be amended to require that (1) the Public 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Utilities Regulatory Authority issue no final determination on any 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | docket until existing vacancies on said authority are filled, (2) the 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | existing vacancies on said authority be filled by one appointment by the 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | president pro tempore of the Senate and one appointment by the 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | speaker of the House of Representatives, (3) three members of said 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | authority shall be members of the majority party and two members shall 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | be members of the minority party, (4) any matter assigned to be heard 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | by the chairperson of said authority must include a member of the 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | authority from the minority party, (5) said authority be separated from 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, (6) the 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | chairperson of said authority provide for administrative support for 12 Proposed Bill No. 5404 |
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| 45 | 45 | | LCO No. 2149 2 of 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | each member of said authority, (7) the members of the authority refrain 13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | from ex parte communications with representatives of the Office of the 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Governor and any chairperson of any joint standing committee of the 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to said 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | authority, (8) electric distribution companies be allowed to recover costs 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | in any rate case for reasonably known or expected costs, and (9) the 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | affirmative vote of both chambers of the General Assembly be required 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | to enact any moratorium or other policy that would preclude electrical 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | service shutoff for nonpayment based on end use customer hardship or 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | other factors. 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 58 | 58 | | To require full and bipartisan membership on the Public Utilities |
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| 59 | 59 | | Regulatory Authority, restructure the role of said authority and make |
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| 60 | 60 | | said authority independent from the Department of Energy and |
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| 61 | 61 | | Environmental Protection. |
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