S.B. No. 20
Session Year 2023

AN ACT CONCERNING ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS OF CABLE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS.

To require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to review any proposed acquisition or merger of a cable or telecommunications provider doing business in this state, and provide that no such provider may be the subject of such an acquisition or merger without having obtained prior approval from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

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  Cable television 

 

• HB05314 - AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER AGREEMENTS, CONSUMER BILLS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TICKETING.
• SB00019 - AN ACT PROHIBITING FIBER OPTIC PROVIDERS AND CABLE COMPANIES FROM CHARGING CUSTOMERS THROUGH THE END OF THE BILLING CYCLE AFTER A SUBSCRIPTION IS CANCELLED.
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  Internet service providers 

 

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• HB05643 - AN ACT PREVENTING A CUMULATIVE INTERNET DATA USAGE CAP.
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  Merger and consolidation 

 

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  Telecommunications companies 

 

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• SB00687 - AN ACT CONCERNING PHONE NUMBER PORTABILITY.
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  Public Utilities Regulatory Authority 

 

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• HB05642 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO REGULATE RESIDENTIAL INTERNET SERVICE.
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• HB06338 - AN ACT CONCERNING SEPARATING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
• HB06397 - AN ACT CONCERNING ZERO-CARBON EMISSIONS.
• HB06408 - AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY RATES AND EARNINGS IN EXCESS OF THEIR AUTHORIZED RATE OF RETURN.
• HB06493 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE DECOUPLING OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
• HB06723 - AN ACT PERMITTING HARDSHIP CUSTOMERS TO PURCHASE ELECTRICITY FROM ENERGY SUPPLIERS.
• HB06724 - AN ACT CONCERNING UTILITY CUSTOMER PAYMENT PLANS, EXTENDING THE SHUTOFF MORATORIUM FOR HARDSHIP CUSTOMERS AND PERMITTING HARDSHIP CUSTOMERS TO ENROLL WITH ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS.
• HB06764 - AN ACT CONCERNING A SOLAR UNIFORM CAPACITY TAX AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE STATE'S RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMS.
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