Connecticut § 16-245q - Changing electric suppliers.
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§ 16-245q. Changing electric suppliers.
Sec. 16-245q. Changing electric suppliers. A customer may change his electric supplier, as defined in section 16-1, at any time. The electric distribution company, as defined in said section 16-1, and electric supplier may each charge a reasonable fee, as approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, to make a change in the customer's supplier to reflect the actual cost to read the customer's meter and make changes in its billing records, except that every customer may seek a change in his electric supplier without charge once in any twelve-month period if the change occurs at the end of the customer's regularly scheduled meter reading and billing cycle.
(P.A. 98-28, S. 28, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 98-28 effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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