Title 15, CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

Nonprofit cooperative corporations may be organized under this chapter for the purpose of engaging in rural electrification by any one or more of the following methods: (1) Furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who are not receiving central station service. (2) …

(a) General rule.--The articles of incorporation shall state: (1) The name of the corporation, which shall include the words "Electric Cooperative" and the word "Corporation," "Incorporated," "Inc." or "Company" and shall not be confusingly similar to the name of any other corpor…

The words "electric cooperative" shall not be used in the corporate name of any domestic or foreign corporation for profit or not-for-profit other than a corporation existing under this chapter. Cross References. Section 7307 is referred to in section 7103 of this title.

All of the provisions of law applicable to electric cooperative corporations shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods or things. …

(a) General rule.--Each electric cooperative corporation shall have power (in addition to or limitation of the powers conferred by section 5502 (relating to general powers)): (1) To generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire and accumulate electric energy and to transmit, distribut…

The power to make, alter or repeal the bylaws of an electric cooperative corporation shall be vested in the board of directors. The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation, not inconsistent with law or the articles.

A member shall not be liable for the debts of an electric cooperative corporation to an amount exceeding the sums remaining unpaid on his membership fee, but nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any member from the payment of any debt due by him to the corporatio…

All persons in rural areas proposed to be served by an electric cooperative corporation, who are not receiving central station service, shall be eligible for membership in the corporation. No person other than the incorporators shall be, become or remain a member of the corporati…

(a) Time of annual meeting.--An annual meeting of the members of an electric cooperative corporation shall be held at such time as may be provided in the bylaws. (b) Call of special meetings.--Special meetings of the members may be called by: (1) the president; (2) the board of d…

Each member present shall be entitled to one and only one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of members of an electric cooperative corporation, but voting by proxy or by mail may be provided for in the bylaws.

When a member of an electric cooperative corporation has paid the membership fee in full, a certificate of membership shall be issued to the member. Memberships in the corporation and the certificates shall be nontransferable. The certificate of membership shall be surrendered to…

Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, a majority of the members present, in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of members of an electric cooperative corporation, but, if voting by mail is provided for in the b…

(a) General rule.--The business and affairs of an electric cooperative corporation shall be managed under the direction of a board of not less than three directors who shall be natural persons of full age. All directors shall be members. (b) Vacancies.--Any vacancy occurring in t…

(a) General rule.--Each electric cooperative corporation shall be operated without profit to its members, but the rates, fees, rents or other charges for electric energy and any other facilities, supplies, equipment or services furnished by the corporation shall be sufficient at …

(a) Merger or division.--Any two or more electric cooperative corporations may merge or divide but only if the surviving or resulting corporation is a corporation existing under this chapter. Every merger or division shall be proposed by the adoption by the board of directors of …

An electric cooperative corporation may dissolve only when authorized by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the corporation. Any assets remaining after all liabilities or obligations of the corporation have been satisfied or discharged upon dissolution shall…

Electric cooperative corporations subject to this chapter shall pay annually, on or before July 1, to the Department of Revenue a fee of $10 for each 100 members or fraction thereof but shall be exempt from all other State taxes of whatsoever kind or nature.

Except as provided in Subchapter C (relating to unincorporated area certified territory), all electric cooperative corporations subject to this chapter shall be exempt in any and all respects from the jurisdiction and control of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Whenever any electric cooperative corporation subject to this chapter has borrowed money from any Federal agency, the obligations issued to secure the payment of the money shall be exempt from the provisions of the act of December 5, 1972 (P.L.1280, No.284), known as the Pennsylv…

(a) General rule.--This subchapter shall apply only to the establishment of boundaries of certified territory between retail electric suppliers where one supplier is an electric cooperative corporation and the other supplier is subject to the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Publ…

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: "Certified territory." An unincorporated area as certified pursuant to section 7354 (relating to boundaries of certif…

It is hereby declared to be in the public interest that, to encourage the orderly development of retail electric service in unincorporated areas, to avoid wasteful duplication of distribution facilities, to avoid unnecessary encumbering of the landscape of the Commonwealth, to pr…

(a) Exclusive territories.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, a retail electric supplier shall not furnish retail electric service in the certified territory of another retail electric supplier. (b) Establishment of boundaries.--Except as otherwise provided in this se…

(a) Service within certified territory.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, each retail electric supplier shall be obligated (upon receipt of an application in accordance with its tariffs, rules, regulations or bylaws) and shall have the exclusive right to furnish reta…

Notwithstanding the establishment of certified territories pursuant to this subchapter and the obligations and rights to furnish service within the territory, a retail electric supplier may request another retail electric supplier to render service to one or more electric-consumi…

After July 30, 1975, the inclusion by incorporation, consolidation or annexation of any part of the certified territory of a retail electric supplier within the boundaries of any city or borough shall not in any respect impair or affect the rights of the retail electric supplier …

Upon proceedings brought by an interested person or by action of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the commission shall have the jurisdiction to enforce compliance with this subchapter and shall have jurisdiction to prohibit the furnishing of retail electric service by …

(a) General rule.--The expenses of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in administering this subchapter shall be assessed by the commission against the affected retail electric suppliers on the following basis: (1) Expenses which relate to the preparation or review of maps…