Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-238
When it is deemed necessary to cut or otherwise disconnect the wires or fixtures of any telephone, electric distribution company or other company or association hereinbefore referred to, or to remove such wires from the poles or fixtures to which they are attached, for the transportation of any object on the highway or upon any waterway, any person or corporation may do so, exercising reasonable care therein, after obtaining written consent of the municipality or other authority having control over such highway or waterway and the public service company or companies affected, which consent may be granted under such reasonable conditions as such municipality or other authority having such control and such company or companies may impose. If such consent cannot be secured, or if any of such conditions is not acceptable to the person or corporation seeking such consent, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, upon written application by such person or corporation and after notice to all parties affected, determine the necessity of such disconnection or removal and order the terms and conditions under which it shall be made.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-238
(1949 Rev., S. 5649; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 104, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 32.)