Connecticut § 16-4 Employees of public service companies, certified telecommunications providers and electric suppliers ineligible to serve on authority or in department.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 16-4 — Employees of public service companies, certified telecommunications providers and electric suppliers ineligible to serve on authority or in department.

Connecticut § 16-4

Title 16Public Service Companies

Ch. 277Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-4 (2026).

Text

No officer, employee, attorney or agent of any public service company, of any certified telecommunications provider or of any electric supplier shall be a utility commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or an employee of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

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Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 5393; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 79, 136; P.A. 84-342, S. 6, 13; P.A. 94-74, S. 3, 11; P.A. 98-28, S. 80, 117; P.A. 99-286, S. 5, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 19; P.A. 23-102, S. 22.) History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 would have replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979, except for action of P.A. 78-303 which retained reference to authority in this section; P.A. 84-342 added reference to the department of public utility control; P.A. 94-74 added provision re persons, firms or corporations certified to provide intrastate telecommunication services, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 98-28 rearranged language, deleted an obsolete provision and added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-286 changed reference to person, firm or corporation certified by the department to “certified telecommunications provider”, effective July 19, 1999; P.A. 11-80 changed “Public Utilities Control Authority” to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “Department of Public Utility Control” to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 23-102 replaced “member” with “utility commissioner”, effective June 29, 2023.