2009 Connecticut Code
Title 16 Public Service Companies
Chapter 284 Department Of Public Utility Control: Natural Gas Pipelines
Sec. 16-274. Hearing on complaint.

      Sec. 16-274. Hearing on complaint. Upon receipt of such complaint, the Department of Public Utility Control shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon and shall give notice thereof to all parties in interest and shall make such further investigation into the alleged conditions as it deems necessary. If upon such hearing the department finds the conditions to be dangerous to public safety or to the safety of employees, it shall make such order as may be necessary to remedy the same and shall furnish a copy of such order to the complainant upon request. If the department finds that the complaint is not justified, it shall so notify the complainant in writing, by registered or certified letter, specifying the reasons for such finding and shall file a copy of such notification in the office of the department. Any such hearing and investigation or order entered pursuant thereto shall not be inconsistent with or in violation of the provisions of the federal Natural Gas Act, as amended, or any rules, orders, regulations or certificates of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant thereto.

      (1951, S. 2628d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 123, 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.