Sec. 16-9a. Party status in proceedings before department.

      Sec. 16-9a. Party status in proceedings before department. In a proceeding before the Department of Public Utility Control, the department shall give special consideration to a request for party status from a person whose interests are not otherwise adequately represented by another party to the proceeding and shall not unreasonably deny such request.

      (P.A. 96-247, S. 2.)