Connecticut Statutes
§ 16-22 — Rates; transfer of assets or franchise; burden of proof.
Connecticut·Title 16 Public Service Companies·Ch. 277 Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions
At any hearing involving a rate or the transfer of ownership of assets or a franchise of a public service company, the burden of proving that said rate under consideration is just and reasonable or that said transfer of assets or franchise is in the public interest shall be on the public service company. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the regulation of a telecommunications service which is a competitive service, as defined in section 16-247a.
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Related
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. v. Council on Water Co.
453 F. Supp. 942 (D. Connecticut, 1978)
Northeastern Telephone Co. v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
477 F. Supp. 251 (D. Connecticut, 1978)
Hartford Consumer Activists Association v. Hausman
381 F. Supp. 1275 (D. Connecticut, 1974)
Legislative History
(1949 Rev., S. 5412; P.A. 75-486, S. 13, 69; P.A. 94-83, S. 14, 16.) History: P.A. 75-486 made section applicable to transfers of asset ownership or franchise; P.A. 94-83 added provision re applicability to competitive telecommunications service, effective July 1, 1994. Cited. 158 C. 626; 183 C. 128. Cited. 24 CS 446; 29 CS 253; Id., 379; 30 CS 36; Id., 149.