Sec.16-1-22. Grant of hearing

(a) A hearing will be held in all contested cases and otherwise as the commissioners may determine in specific investigations of the Authority.

(b) Any public service company which served an average of more than 50,000 customers in the calendar year covered by its most recent annual report to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall file with the Authority, the Governor of the State of Connecticut and the Chief Executive Officer of every municipality located within its franchise area, a preliminary notice of its intention to file an amended rate schedule proposing an increase in rates not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the actual filing of such amended rate schedule under Section 16-19 of the General Statutes. The preliminary notice shall state the approximate dollar amount and the approximate percentage of the increase in revenues over existing rates that the proposed amended rate schedule will produce.

(c) Such hearing as is ordered by the Authority for the investigation of proposed amendments to existing rate schedules by any public service company which is required to file a preliminary notice as set forth in Subsection (b) hereof shall not commence earlier than sixty (60) days after the date of the filing of such amendment under Section 16-19 of the General Statutes.

(Effective April 23, 1974; Amended February 5, 2016)