Connecticut General Statutes 16-26 – Public hearing to be held in locality affected
(a) In any matter within the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority involving rates, charges or accommodation of the public, which concerns:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16-26
- Authority: means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and "department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- distribution company: means any person providing electric transmission or distribution services within the state, but does not include: (A) A private power producer, as defined in section 16-243b. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Public service company: includes electric distribution, gas, telephone, pipeline, sewage, water and community antenna television companies and holders of a certificate of cable franchise authority, owning, leasing, maintaining, operating, managing or controlling plants or parts of plants or equipment, but shall not include towns, cities, boroughs, any municipal corporation or department thereof, whether separately incorporated or not, a private power producer, as defined in section 16-243b, or an exempt wholesale generator, as defined in 15 USC 79z-5a. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
(1) An electric distribution company that has a service area of not more than seventeen towns, the authority shall hold hearings on such matter in at least two towns within the service area of such company;
(2) An electric distribution company that has a service area of eighteen or more towns, the authority shall hold hearings on such matter in at least three towns within the service area of such company; or
(3) Any other public service company, the authority shall hold a hearing or hearings on such matter in at least one town within the service area of such company.
(b) The authority shall select each town described in subsection (a) of this section for a hearing to suit as nearly as practicable the convenience of persons affected by the matter. Upon petition of not fewer than twenty-five persons affected by the matter, any such hearing shall be held in the evening. The authority shall have the discretion to hold the remainder of its hearings on a matter, if any, anywhere within the state of Connecticut.