Title 66, PUBLIC UTILITIES

No public utility shall, as to rates, make or grant any unreasonable preference or advantage to any person, corporation, or municipal corporation, or subject any person, corporation, or municipal corporation to any unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. No public utility shall e…

No public utility shall require the payment of rates in advance, or the making of minimum payments, ready to serve charges, or deposits to secure future payments of rates, except as the commission, by regulation or order, may permit. Any deposit made by any domestic consumer, und…

Where public utilities entitled to share in any joint rate shall be unable to agree upon the division thereof, or shall make any unjust or unreasonable division or apportionment thereof, the commission may, after hearing, upon its own motion or upon complaint, fix the proportion …

(a) General rule.--Any public utility, except common carriers and those natural gas distributors with gross intrastate annual operating revenues in excess of $40,000,000 with respect to the gas costs of such natural gas distributors, may establish a sliding scale of rates or such…

(a) General rule.--Unless the commission otherwise orders, no public utility shall make any change in any existing and duly established rate, except after 60 days notice to the commission, which notice shall plainly state the changes proposed to be made in the rates then in force…

(a) General rule.--Whenever the commission, after reasonable notice and hearing, upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that the existing rates of any public utility for any service are unjust, unreasonable, or in anywise in violation of any provision of law, the commission…

(a) General rule.--The commission may, in any proceeding involving the rates of a public utility, except a proceeding involving a general rate increase, brought either upon its own motion or upon complaint, after reasonable notice and hearing, if it be of opinion that the public …

(a) Valuation generally.--The commission may, after reasonable notice and hearing, ascertain and fix the value of the whole or any part of the property of any public utility, insofar as the same is material to the exercise of the jurisdiction of the commission, and may make reval…

(a) General rule.--If, in any proceeding involving rates, the commission shall determine that any rate received by a public utility was unjust or unreasonable, or was in violation of any regulation or order of the commission, or was in excess of the applicable rate contained in a…

Whenever any person, corporation or other entity, not a public utility, electric cooperative corporation, municipality authority or municipal corporation, purchases service from a public utility and resells it to consumers, the bill rendered by the reseller to any residential con…

The commission shall adopt regulations prohibiting public utilities subject to its jurisdiction from paying for or agreeing to pay for goods, services, equipment or fuels at prices in excess of those contained in contracts existing between the utilities and providers of such good…

Except for such nonrevenue producing, nonexpense reducing investments as may be reasonably shown to be necessary to improve environmental conditions at existing facilities or improve safety at existing facilities or as may be required to convert facilities to the utilization of c…

(a) General rule.--For purposes of rate determinations, no public utility may charge to its consumers as a permissible operating expense for ratemaking purposes any direct or indirect expenditure by the utility for political advertising. The commission shall also disallow as oper…

No public utility may charge to its customers as a permissible operating expense for ratemaking purposes membership fees, dues or charges to fraternal, social or sports clubs or organizations. (July 10, 1986, P.L.1238, No.114, eff. imd.) 1986 Amendment. Act 114 added section 1316…

(a) General rule.--In every rate proceeding instituted by a natural gas distribution utility, pursuant to section 1307(f) (relating to sliding scale of rates; adjustments), each such utility shall be required to supply to the commission such information, to be established by comm…

(a) General rule.--In establishing just and reasonable rates for those natural gas distribution companies, as defined in section 2202 (relating to definitions), with gross intrastate operating revenues in excess of $40,000,000 under section 1307(f) (relating to sliding scale of r…

(a) Recovery of certain additional expenses.--If: (1) a natural gas or electric public utility elects to establish a conservation or load management program and that program is approved by the commission after a determination by the commission that the program is prudent and cost…

(1) Upon complaint, the commission shall conduct an audit of an electric public utility's purchases of fuel for generating purposes. Such an audit shall examine the utility's fuel purchasing activities for the two years prior to the date of such complaint, provided that: (i) The …

No public utility may charge to its customers as a permissible operating expense for ratemaking purposes any portion or portions of the direct or indirect costs of meetings, conferences, seminars or other events conducted by the utility for its employees, managers or directors wh…

(a) General rule.--Whenever an electric generating unit, determined by the commission to be a base load unit, is out of service for more than 120 consecutive days, a utility owning a share of that unit shall not be permitted to recover, through base rates, a sliding scale of rate…

(a) Excess capacity costs.--Whenever a public utility claims the costs of an electric generating unit in its rates for the first time and the commission finds that the unit results in the utility having excess capacity, the commission shall disallow from the utility's rates, in t…

(a) Required charging method.--In addition to any other method of charging offered on an optional basis, a telecommunications utility providing local exchange telephone service to residential customers within a certified exchange area must provide service which charges, for calls…

2004 Repeal. Section 1325 was repealed November 30, 2004, P.L.1398, No.183, effective immediately.

(a) Prohibition.--A public utility that furnishes water to or for the public shall not impose a standby charge on owners of residential structures equipped with automatic fire protection systems. (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "standby charge" means an amount,…

(a) Acquisition cost greater than depreciated original cost.--If a public utility acquires property from another public utility, a municipal corporation or a person at a cost which is in excess of the original cost of the property when first devoted to the public service less the…

(a) General rule.--A public utility that furnishes water to or for the public shall be allowed to recover in rates the full cost of service related to public fire hydrants. (b) Charge to municipalities and other customers of the public utility.-- (1) In determining the rates to b…

(a) Process to establish fair market value of selling utility.--Upon agreement by both the acquiring public utility or entity and the selling utility, the following procedure shall be used to determine the fair market value of the selling utility: (1) The commission will maintain…

(a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: (1) Innovations in utility operations and information technologies are creating new opportunities for all customers, and it is in the public interest for the commission to approve just and reasonable …

This subchapter shall provide an additional mechanism for a distribution system to recover costs related to the repair, improvement and replacement of eligible property.

The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Capitalized cost." Costs permitted to be capitalized pursuant to the Uniform System of Accounts and Generally Accept…

(a) Submission.--In order to be eligible to recover costs under section 1353 (relating to distribution system improvement charge), a utility must submit a long-term infrastructure improvement plan. The plan shall include the following: (1) Identification of the types and age of e…

(a) Authority.--Except as provided under this subchapter, after January 1, 2013, a utility may petition the commission, or the commission, after notice and hearing, may approve the establishment of a distribution system improvement charge to provide for the timely recovery of the…

Utilities shall provide notice to customers in bill inserts or through other means as prescribed by the commission of the following: (1) Submission of the proposed distribution system improvement charge and initial tariff. (2) Notice of the commission's disposition of the submiss…

Following the filing of a petition in compliance with section 1353 (relating to distribution system improvement charge), the commission shall, after notice and opportunity to be heard, approve, modify or reject the distribution system improvement charge and initial tariff. The co…

A utility with an approved distribution system charge and long-term infrastructure plan shall file annual asset optimization plans. The plan shall include the following: (1) A description that specifies all eligible property repaired, improved and replaced in the immediately prec…

(a) Recovery.--The following shall apply: (1) The initial distribution system improvement charge shall be calculated to recover the fixed cost of eligible property that has: (i) Not previously been reflected in the utility's rates or rate base. (ii) Been placed in service during …

(a) Limitation.--As follows: (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), the distribution system improvement charge may not exceed 5% of the amount billed to customers under the applicable rates of the wastewater utility or distribution rates of the electric distribution company,…

(a) Standards.--The commission shall establish standards to ensure that work on utility systems to repair, improve or replace eligible property is performed by qualified employees of either the utility or an independent contractor in a manner that protects system reliability and …

(a) Acceptance.--The commission may accept a long-term infrastructure plan filed by a water utility prior to the effective date of this subsection in order to comply with section 1352 (relating to long-term infrastructure improvement plan). (b) Submission.--The commission may req…