General Assembly |
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January Session, 2015 |
LCO No. 5274 | ||
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING SMALL COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, establish a process to identify and monitor small community water systems having financial difficulty. As used in this section, "small community water systems" are such water systems that are not required to submit a water supply plan under section 25-32d of the general statutes.
(b) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiate a docket to establish a cost-based, rate-setting policy for small community water systems. The authority shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, the findings of such docket to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy, on or before February 1, 2016.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2015 |
New section |
ET |
Joint Favorable |
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PH |
Joint Favorable |