CT SB01079

Expands receivership petition authority to include nursing home facilities (as defined in section 19a-521) in addition to residential dwellings when owners default on utility bills to electric, gas, or telephone companies.

Allows utility companies and municipal utilities to petition Superior Court for appointment of a receiver to collect rents, payments for use and occupancy, or common expenses from delinquent property owners or managers.

Requires the Department of Public Utility Control to initiate a docket examining how gas and electric distribution companies decouple distribution revenues from the volume of natural gas or electricity sales.

Mandates the Department of Public Utility Control to report its findings on decoupling strategies to the joint standing committee on energy by February 1, 2012.

Section 1 takes effect July 1, 2011; Section 2 takes effect upon passage.