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IAMUpres10-27-10Haug Municipal Acquisition of a Power Plant You asked for a summary of the law governing a municipal utility's acquisition of a privately owned-power plant. You were specifically interested in the law as it applies to Norwalk. Any municipality can purchase, lease, or build a power plant (CGS § 7-213). CGS § 7-224 et seq. provides that the owner of a power plant serving the municipality at the time the municipal utility is created can force the municipality to buy the plant before the municipality builds its own plant. The utilities serving Norwalk's Second and Third Taxing Districts (South and East Norwalk) are also subject to S.A. 352 of 1913, as amended. In addition to provisions governing individual municipal utilities, the Connecticut Municipal Electrical Energy Cooperative, which provides power to these utilities, is authorized to acquire power plants and other real and personal property (CGS § 7-233c). KM:ro