Sec. 16-280e. Penalties.
Sec. 16-280e. Penalties. (a) Any person that violates any provision of the federal
act, any regulation issued under the federal act, any provision of this chapter or any
regulation adopted by the department pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of section 16-280b, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed the maximum civil penalty provided
under 49 USC 60122(a), as amended.
(b) Any such civil penalty may be compromised by the Department of Public Utility
Control. In determining the amount of such penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the department shall consider the criteria set forth in 49 USC 60122(b), as
amended.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the penalties available under
section 16-33.
(1971, P.A. 429, S. 5; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 129, 348; P.A. 90-51, S. 3; P.A.
99-31, S. 6; P.A. 00-53, S. 8; P.A. 04-103, S. 2.)
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; P.A. 90-51 increased penalty for violations of federal act from $1,000 to $10,000 per day with the
maximum penalty increased from $200,000 to $500,000; P.A. 99-31 amended Subsec. (a) by changing civil penalty from
$10,000 to $25,000 and adding reference to any regulation adopted by the department, and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting
former penalty considerations and requiring department to consider criteria set forth in federal act when determining
penalty; P.A. 00-53 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 04-103 amended Subsec. (a) to replace maximum $25,000
per day civil penalty and maximum $500,000 civil penalty with maximum civil penalty provided under federal law, and
added Subsec. (c) re penalties available under Sec. 16-33.