Section 16-19pp - Uncontested proceedings before the authority. Participating parties.

CT Gen Stat § 16-19pp (2019) (N/A)

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The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not hold an uncontested proceeding on any issue affecting ratepayers of the state unless such proceeding provides ratepayers with equal status and the same rights of participation as that of a public service company, as defined in section 16-1. Such ratepayers shall include: Any domestic or qualified nonprofit corporation or association formed in whole or in part to promote conservation or natural beauty, to protect the environment, personal health or biological values, to preserve historical sites, to promote consumer interests, to represent commercial and industrial groups or to promote the orderly development of the areas in which the facility is to be located, if it has filed with the authority a notice of intent to be a party, and such other persons as the authority may at any time deem appropriate.

(P.A. 92-25, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.

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