2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 16 - Public Service Companies
Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 16-19bb - Application or refund of electric distribution company rate moderation funds.
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall require that any funds held by an electric distribution company in excess of the company's authorized return on equity, which funds are intended by the authority to offset future rate increases in lieu of a present rate decrease, shall be applied to such rate increases or shall be refunded to the company's customers within one year of receipt.
(P.A. 87-331, S. 3, 4; P.A. 98-28, S. 93, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 58.)
History: P.A. 98-28 added electric distribution companies and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 deleted reference to electric company, deleted “not later than July 1, 1988” and deleted provision re funds collected after July 1, 1988, effective June 6, 2014.
