The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut (State public utility commission) · Connecticut
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Conn. Gen. Stat. 16-2, 16-11, 16-262c-262d
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-12 (ruling); announced 2020-03-13 (read as 2020-03-12)
- End
- 'at least for the duration of the Public Health and Civil Preparedness Emergency' unless PURA acted; non-hardship residential moratorium concluded September 30, 2020 (Ex. 012); hardship protections and payment-program protections continued (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- all PURA-regulated electric, natural gas and water public service companies
- Functions reached
- OP collections and termination operations of Eversource, United Illuminating, Connecticut Natural Gas, Southern Connecticut Gas, Yankee Gas, Aquarion, Connecticut Water and the other regulated companies
- SV termination crews
- CB residential customers
- Collection
- State utilities, housing and agriculture agencies AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG
Operative words
Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) announced that it issued a ruling directing all regulated electric, natural gas, and water companies in the state to cease residential service terminations for nonpayment as a protective measure during the current public health emergency.... PURA's ruling applies to PURA-regulated public service companies and will remain in effect at least for the duration of the Public Health and Civil Preparedness Emergency... PURA's ruling prohibits the regulated utilities from terminating service for nonpayment while the moratorium is in effect.... Unless PURA takes further action, the conclusion of the emergency declaration will end the PURA shut-off moratorium.
Enforcement
Conn. Gen. Stat. 16-41 (civil penalties for violation of PURA orders)
Notes
The underlying ruling of March 12, 2020 is CT-065 in the Connecticut State file; this release is the Authority's contemporaneous statement of its scope and duration. The docket was opened on the Attorney General's emergency petition, which places the Attorney General's office within the chain of instruments.
Retrieval noteRendered from the April 3, 2020 Wayback capture; body text confirmed in the PDF.