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