Connecticut General Statutes 7-233m – Sufficiency of rate schedule. Public hearing. Public inspection
A municipal cooperative shall prescribe and from time to time when necessary revise a schedule of all of its rates, fees, rentals or other charges, which shall comply with the terms of any resolution, contract or other agreement of the municipal cooperative and shall be such that the revenues of the municipal cooperative will at all times be adequate to pay the expenses of operation and maintenance of its project or projects, including all reserves, insurance, extension, and replacement costs and to pay the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes of the municipal cooperative issued under this chapter, and to maintain such reserves therefor as may be required by the terms of any resolution, contract or other agreement of the municipal cooperative or as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the municipal cooperative. Said schedule shall thus be prescribed and from time to time revised by the municipal cooperative after public hearing thereon which shall be held by the municipal cooperative at least seven days after notice thereof has been published at least once in the area of operation. A copy of the schedule of such rates, fees, rentals or other charges of the municipal cooperative then in effect shall at all times be kept on file at the principal office of the municipal cooperative and shall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 7-233m
- Area of operation: means the geographic area served by a municipal electric utility at the time it becomes a member of a municipal electric energy cooperative pursuant to this chapter and such other areas as the municipal electric energy cooperative may serve pursuant to contract entered into under the provisions of this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
- Bonds: means bonds issued by a municipal electric energy cooperative pursuant to this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- municipal cooperative: means a separate legal entity hereafter created by concurrent resolutions of two or more municipal electric utilities to exercise any of the powers as provided in this chapter in connection with the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, repair, extension or improvement of electric power generation or transmission facilities, or the acquisition of any interest therein or of any capacity thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
- Notes: means notes issued by a municipal electric energy cooperative pursuant to this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b
- Project: means any plant or plants, hydro plants, works, system, facilities, or real or personal property, together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, used or useful in connection with the generation, production, transmission, purchase, sale, exchange or interchange of electric power or energy, or any interest therein or right to capacity thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-233b