Connecticut § 16-19h - Reopening of water company rate proceedings.
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§ 16-19h. Reopening of water company rate proceedings.
Sec. 16-19h. Reopening of water company rate proceedings. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may reopen proceedings on a proposed rate amendment filed under section 16-19 and amend its final decision on such filing to adjust the rates of a water company, as defined in section 16-1, to include in the rate base the construction costs associated with additions to a plant that are required by order of the authority, the Department of Public Health or the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The adjustment and approval of any rate under this section shall be based on the criteria set forth in section 16-19e.
(P.A. 82-252, S. 5, 6; P.A. 85-259, S. 2; P.A. 96-153, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 29.)
History: P.A. 85-259 authorized rate adjustments to reflect increased costs of purchased electricity and taxes assessed under Sec. 12-75 or 12-76, applied provisions of section to municipal utilities and established a maximum size for water companies subject to section's provisions; P.A. 96-153 deleted the requirement that a water company supply water to “not more than two hundred fifty service connections or one thousand persons on a regular basis” to reopen a rate proceeding, and redefined the circumstances under which a rate proceeding may be reopened; P.A. 11-80 replaced “Department of Public Utility Control” with “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” or “authority” and replaced “Department of Environmental Protection” with “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 219 C. 121.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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