§ 16.4

No officer, employee, attorney or agent of any public service company, of any certified telecommunications provider or of any electric supplier shall be a utility commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or an employee of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.(1949 Rev., S. 5393; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 79, 136; P.A. 84-342, S. 6, 13; P.A. 94-74, S. 3, 11; P.A. 98-28, S. 80, 117; P.A. 99-286, S. 5, 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 19; P.A. 23-102, S. 22.)History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 would have replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979, except for action of P.A. 78-303 which retained reference to authority in this section; P.A. 84-342 added reference to the department of public utility control; P.A. 94-74 added provision re persons, firms or corporations certified to provide intrastate telecommunication services, effective July 1, 1994; P.A.

ence to the department of public utility control; P.A. 94-74 added provision re persons, firms or corporations certified to provide intrastate telecommunication services, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 98-28 rearranged language, deleted an obsolete provision and added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-286 changed reference to person, firm or corporation certified by the department to 'certified telecommunications provider', effective July 19, 1999; P.A. 11-80 changed 'Public Utilities Control Authority' to 'Public Utilities Regulatory Authority' and 'Department of Public Utility Control' to 'Department of Energy and Environmental Protection', effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 23-102 replaced 'member' with 'utility commissioner', effective June 29, 2023.