Connecticut-2018-SB00329-Introduced


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 329*
*February Session, 2018*		LCO No. 1846
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING MINIMUM UTILITY STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT LEVELS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 16-32h of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (i) as follows (Effective from passage):

(NEW) (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, on or before July 1, 2018, the authority shall initiate an additional docket and issue a final order in such additional docket to establish standards pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of this section.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	16-32h

Statement of Purpose:

To require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to initiate a docket and issue a final order regarding minimum utility staffing and equipment levels.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]