1. (a) Any person, including but not limited to a company, town, city, borough or corporation aggrieved by any order, authorization or decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, except an order, authorization or decision of the authority approving the taking of land, in any matter to which such person was or ought to have been made a party or intervenor, may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. Such person so appealing shall give bond to the state, with sufficient surety, for the benefit of the adverse party, in such sum as the authority fixes, to pay all costs in case such person fails to sustain such appeal. No municipality or political subdivision shall be determined not to be aggrieved solely because there are other persons who are similarly affected by the order, authorization or decision of the authority.
2. (b) Any person who may appeal an order, authorization or decision of the authority under subsection (a) of this section who was an intervenor or, after timely application, was denied intervenor status to the authority proceeding, shall be limited to raise on appeal only those issues that (1) such person addressed during the proceeding or were addressed in the final decision, or (2) such person raised in his request for intervenor status if he was denied intervenor status.
3. (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this title and title 16a, proceedings in which the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority conducts a request for proposals or any other procurement process for the purpose of acquiring electricity products or services for the benefit of ratepayers shall be uncontested.

4. (d) In ruling upon an application for a stay filed to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority by a person who is a party or intervenor in a proceeding, the authority may only stay enforcement of a civil penalty if the person who appeals the order, authorization or decision that imposed such penalty provides an escrow deposit, bond or other surety equal to the total amount of such penalty. To obtain a stay of enforcement from the authority of any other order, authorization or decision of the authority, the person who appeals such order, authorization or decision shall bear the burden of demonstrating that:

   1. (1) There is a strong likelihood that the appeal will succeed; (2) such person will suffer substantial and irreparable harm absent a stay; and (3) the stay will not be harmful to the public interest.

(1949 Rev., S. 5425; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 42; P.A. 75-486, S. 15, 69; P.A. 76-436, S. 357, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 41, 125; 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 40, 72, 345, 348; P.A. 96-247, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-298, S. 12; P.A. 23-102, S. 11.)

History: 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous appeal provision with statement that appeals are to be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183; P.A. 77-614 replaced the authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 96-247 lettered existing section as Subsec. (a), made technical changes and added provision prohibiting a determination that a municipality or political subdivision is not aggrieved solely because other persons are similarly affected and added Subsec. (b) re issues that may be raised on appeal; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-298 added Subsec. (c) re uncontested proceedings for acquiring electricity products or services, effective July 8, 2013; P.A. 23-102 added Subsec. (d) re applications to authority for stays of enforcement of authority orders, authorizations or decisions, effective June 29, 2023.