Sec. 16-331dd. Municipal electric utilities' eligibility to be a certified competitive video service provider.
Sec. 16-331dd. Municipal electric utilities' eligibility to be a certified competitive video service provider. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes,
any regulation or any decision of the Department of Public Utility Control, any municipal
electric utility, including its affiliate or subsidiary, which on July 1, 2007, is the holder
of a second franchise to provide community antenna television service in a defined
franchise area in the state shall be eligible to be a certified competitive video service
provider for all purposes, regardless of the technology or technologies used to provide
video programming, and may file an application to the department for a certificate of
video franchise authority pursuant to section 16-331e. Such certificate, if granted, shall
(1) replace the certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide community
antenna television service previously issued to such municipal electric utility, its affiliate
or subsidiary, which shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of sections 16-331e to
16-331o, inclusive, (2) not limit the services in addition to video programming that said
certified video service provider may offer subscribers within its service area footprint,
and (3) be expressly limited to the service area footprint in which the franchise holder
is authorized to provide community antenna television service as of July 1, 2007. The
requirements of sections 16-331 to 16-333p, inclusive, and of any regulations adopted
pursuant to said sections shall not apply unless specifically made applicable to certified
competitive video service providers.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any regulation or any
decision of the Department of Public Utility Control, any municipal electric utility,
including its affiliate or subsidiary, may apply to the department to become a certified
competitive video service provider for all purposes, outside of its existing community
antenna television company franchise area as of July 1, 2007, if applicable, pursuant to
section 16-331e, regardless of the technology or technologies used to provide video
programming. Such certificate, if granted, shall not limit the services in addition to
video programming that said certified competitive video service provider may offer
subscribers within its service area footprint. The requirements of sections 16-331 to 16-333p, inclusive, and of any regulations adopted pursuant to said sections shall not apply
unless specifically made applicable to certified competitive video service providers.
(P.A. 07-253. S. 34.)