Connecticut General Statutes 16-331dd – Municipal electric utilities’ eligibility to be a certified competitive video service provider
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any regulation or any decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, any municipal electric utility, including its affiliate or subsidiary, which on July 1, 2007, is the holder of a second franchise to provide community antenna television service in a defined franchise area in the state shall be eligible to be a certified competitive video service provider for all purposes, regardless of the technology or technologies used to provide video programming, and may file an application to the authority for a certificate of video franchise authority pursuant to section 16-331e. Such certificate, if granted, shall (1) replace the certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide community antenna television service previously issued to such municipal electric utility, its affiliate or subsidiary, which shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of sections 16-331e to 16-331o, inclusive, (2) not limit the services in addition to video programming that said certified video service provider may offer subscribers within its service area footprint, and (3) be expressly limited to the service area footprint in which the franchise holder is authorized to provide community antenna television service as of July 1, 2007. The requirements of sections 16-331 to 16-333p, inclusive, and of any regulations adopted pursuant to said sections shall not apply unless specifically made applicable to certified competitive video service providers.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16-331dd
- Authority: means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and "department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Certificate of video franchise authority: means an authorization issued by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority conferring the right to an entity or person to own, lease, maintain, operate, manage or control facilities in, under or over any public highway to offer video service to any subscribers in the state. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Certified competitive video service provider: means an entity providing video service pursuant to a certificate of video franchise authority issued by the authority in accordance with section 16-331e. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Community antenna television company: includes every person owning, leasing, maintaining, operating, managing or controlling a community antenna television system, in, under or over any public street or highway, for the purpose of providing community antenna television service for hire and shall include any municipality which owns or operates one or more plants for the manufacture or distribution of electricity pursuant to section 7-213 or any special act and seeks to obtain or obtains a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct or operate a community antenna television system pursuant to section 16-331 or a certificate of cable franchise authority pursuant to section 16-331q. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Community antenna television service: means (A) the one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or information that a community antenna television company makes available to all subscribers generally, and subscriber interaction, if any, which is required for the selection of such video programming or information, and (B) noncable communications service. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Video programming: means programming provided by, or generally considered comparable to programming provided by, a television broadcast station. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Video service: means video programming services provided through wireline facilities, a portion of which are located in the public right-of-way, without regard to delivery technology, including Internet protocol technology. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any regulation or any decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, any municipal electric utility, including its affiliate or subsidiary, may apply to the authority to become a certified competitive video service provider for all purposes, outside of its existing community antenna television company franchise area as of July 1, 2007, if applicable, pursuant to section 16-331e, regardless of the technology or technologies used to provide video programming. Such certificate, if granted, shall not limit the services in addition to video programming that said certified competitive video service provider may offer subscribers within its service area footprint. The requirements of sections 16-331 to 16-333p, inclusive, and of any regulations adopted pursuant to said sections shall not apply unless specifically made applicable to certified competitive video service providers.