Sec. 16-19pp. Uncontested proceedings before the department. Participating parties.
Sec. 16-19pp. Uncontested proceedings before the department. Participating
parties. The Department of Public Utility Control shall not hold an uncontested proceeding on any issue affecting ratepayers of the state unless such proceeding provides ratepayers with equal status and the same rights of participation as that of a public service
company, as defined in section 16-1. Such ratepayers shall include: Any domestic or
qualified nonprofit corporation or association formed in whole or in part to promote
conservation or natural beauty, to protect the environment, personal health or biological
values, to preserve historical sites, to promote consumer interests, to represent commercial and industrial groups or to promote the orderly development of the areas in which
the facility is to be located, if it has filed with the department a notice of intent to be a
party, and such other persons as the department may at any time deem appropriate.
(P.A. 92-25, S. 3.)