Connecticut General Statutes 16-262aa – Termination of gas or electric service at certain rented or leased properties. Notice to owners
(a) Each gas company and electric distribution company, as such terms are defined in section 16-1, shall, upon request of a person who certifies that such person is the owner of a property that is used exclusively for nonresidential purposes and contains not more than twelve thousand square feet of total floor area that is rented or leased, to which the company provides service that is billed to a person other than such requestor, agree to:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16-262aa
- 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
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Gas company: includes every person owning, leasing, maintaining, operating, managing or controlling mains, pipes or other fixtures, in public highways or streets, for the transmission or distribution of gas for sale for heat or power within this state, or engaged in the manufacture of gas to be so transmitted or distributed for such purpose, but shall not include (A) a person manufacturing gas through the use of a biomass gasification plant provided such person does not own, lease, maintain, operate, manage or control mains, pipes or other fixtures in public highways or streets, (B) a municipal gas utility established under chapter 101 or any other gas utility owned, leased, maintained, operated, managed or controlled by any unit of local government under any general statute or any public or special act, or (C) an entity approved to submeter pursuant to section 16-19ff. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Person: means an individual, business, firm, corporation, association, joint stock association, trust, partnership or limited liability company. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
(1) Notify such requestor by United States mail not less than seventy-two hours prior to terminating service to such property; and
(2) Reinstate gas or electric service, as applicable, by reverting such service to such requestor’s name, if, at a later date, such requestor requests such reinstatement. Such requestor shall be responsible for maintaining such requestor’s account as current on and after any such reinstatement.
(b) Any request made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be in writing in a form prescribed by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. The authority shall prescribe such form and the implementation date for such form after evaluating evidence from electric distribution companies, gas companies and other interested parties in an uncontested proceeding. Such request shall include: (1) A certification that the requestor is the owner of the property that is the subject of the request; and (2) the mailing address of the requestor that shall be used by such gas or electric distribution company, as applicable, to mail notice in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section. The requestor shall be responsible for notifying such gas or electric distribution company of any change to such requestor’s mailing address or of the sale of such property in a timely manner.
(c) No gas company or electric distribution company may disclose to the requestor the reason the company terminates service to such property.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require such requestor to pay an account balance or arrearage of any customer who was billed for service at such property before such service was terminated.