CT HB06402

Exempts telephone companies, community antenna television companies, certified competitive video service providers, and cable franchise holders from annual comprehensive audits if their accounts and operations are audited annually under federal law; allows the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to require additional information from these exempt entities as needed.

Allows certified telecommunications providers and telephone companies to elect exemption from tariff filing requirements for competitive and emerging competitive intrastate services on or after July 1, 2013, instead making terms and conditions available through customer service guides filed annually with the authority.

Changes the process for telephone company withdrawal from retail provision of competitive services from requiring authority approval through application to a notice-based system requiring sixty days' notice to the authority and thirty days' notice to customers, effective July 1, 2013.

Restricts quality-of-service standards established by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to apply only to noncompetitive services offered by telephone companies and certified telecommunications providers, rather than all telecommunications services.

Repeals sections 16-247i and 16-256 of the general statutes and removes pricing standards that previously required competitive service rates to not be less than the sum of noncompetitive service rates plus incremental costs.