General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 151
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 361
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
SEN. BERTHEL, 32nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY BACKUP POWER FOR CELL
TOWERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That chapter 283 of the general statutes be amended to require
2 telecommunications companies to equip cell towers with at least
3 seventy-two hours of emergency backup power for use during a power
4 outage.
Statement of Purpose:
To equip cell towers with seventy-two hours of emergency backup
power for use during a power outage.
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