Sec. 16-272. Authority of department as to corporation holding certificate under federal act.
Sec. 16-272. Authority of department as to corporation holding certificate under federal act. Any corporation organized under the laws of this state or of any other
state of the United States for the purposes of constructing or operating a natural gas
pipeline, which corporation holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under the provisions of the federal Natural Gas Act, authorizing such corporation
to construct or operate a natural gas pipeline or pipelines and appurtenant facilities
within the state, shall be subject to the authority of the Department of Public Utility
Control in respect to its pipeline, equipment and manner of operation as they relate to
the safety of the public and of the employees of said corporation in the same manner as
are Connecticut public service companies, provided the authority of the Department of
Public Utility Control 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. 2626d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 121, 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.
Cited. 162 C. 51.