2009 Connecticut Code
Title 16 Public Service Companies
Chapter 277 Department Of Public Utility Control. Office Of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 16-32g. Electric wire maintenance plans. Regulations.

      Sec. 16-32g. Electric wire maintenance plans. Regulations. Not later than January 1, 2008, and annually thereafter, each electric or electric distribution company shall submit to the Department of Public Utility Control a plan for the maintenance of poles, wires, conduits or other fixtures, along public highways or streets for the transmission or distribution of electric current, owned, operated, managed or controlled by such company, in such format as the department shall prescribe. Such plan shall include a summary of appropriate staffing levels necessary for the maintenance of said fixtures and a program for the trimming of tree branches and limbs located in close proximity to overhead electric wires where such branches and limbs may cause damage to such electric wires. The department shall review each plan and may issue such orders as may be necessary to ensure compliance with this section. The department may require each electric or electric distribution company to submit an updated plan at such time and containing such information as the department may prescribe. The department shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this section.

      (P.A. 87-68, S. 1, 2; P.A. 98-28, S. 97, 117; P.A. 07-242, S. 6.)

      History: P.A. 98-28 added electric distribution companies and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 07-242 changed "January 1, 1988," to "January 1, 2008, and annually thereafter" and required summary of appropriate staffing levels in plan.