Sec. 16-19j. Portion of department staff to be made party to certain rate proceedings.
Sec. 16-19j. Portion of department staff to be made party to certain rate proceedings. (a) The Public Utilities Control Authority may require a portion of the staff
of the department to be made a party to any proceeding.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the authority shall require a portion of the staff to be made a party to proceedings relating to (1) a rate amendment
proposed pursuant to section 16-19 by a public service company having more than
seventy-five thousand customers, (2) the approval of performance-based incentives pursuant to subsection (b) of section 16-19a, or (3) the approval of any alternative form of
regulation pursuant to section 16-247k, provided the authority shall not require a portion
of the staff to be made a party to any proceeding described in this subsection if the
authority issues a notice of its intent not to do so in writing. The notice shall include the
reasons for not requiring a portion of the staff to be made a party. Upon petition of any
party so noticed, the authority shall require a portion of the staff to be made a party.
(c) The provisions of section 4-181 shall apply to any proceeding in which a portion
of department staff is made a party.
(d) The department staff assigned to participate as a party to any rate proceedings
described in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section shall review the proposed
rate amendment filed by the company and shall file with the commissioners of the
department proposed modifications of the rate amendment. Such modifications shall
carry out the purposes of subsection (a) of section 16-19e and section 16a-35k. Such
staff shall appear and participate in the proceedings in support of its proposed modifications and may employ outside consultants knowledgeable in the utility regulation field.
(P.A. 84-342, S. 1, 13; P.A. 95-217, S. 1; P.A. 99-15.)
History: P.A. 95-217 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting obsolete references to 1984 and 1985 and made a technical
change; P.A. 99-15 amended Subsec. (a) by allowing the assignment of staff as party to any department proceeding, moved
language re mandatory assignment of staff in Subsec. (a) to Subsec. (b), designated a portion of existing Subsec. (a) as
Subsec. (b) and amended same by designating existing provisions re a rate amendment proposed by a public service
company having more than 75,000 customers as Subdiv. (1), making technical changes thereto, by adding new Subdivs.
(2) and (3) and by adding language re proviso of when assignment of staff is not mandatory, added new Subsec. (c) re
applicability of Sec. 4-181, relettered former Subsec. (b) as (d), and deleted former Subsecs. (c) and (d).