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2009 Connecticut Code
Title 16 Public Service Companies
Chapter 277 Department Of Public Utility Control. Office Of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 16-48. Electricity and gas; transmission between this state and other states.
Sec. 16-48. Electricity and gas; transmission between this state and other
states. The Department of Public Utility Control is authorized to enter into compacts
in the name of the state of Connecticut with the states of New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, or any one or more of said states,
through such body in such state or states as may be designated by law to act, for the
purpose of establishing joint regulation and control of rates for electricity and gas transmitted between such states; provided the power to enter into such compacts shall be
authorized by the Congress of the United States. The department shall report the terms
of any such compact to the General Assembly of this state at its first regular session
after such compact has been agreed upon; but no such agreements or compacts shall
become effective until approved by the General Assembly and the Congress of the
United States.(1949 Rev., S. 5439; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 81, 348.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation.
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