service within an existing certificated service area.
"Extension project." New construction of a service line,
main extension or pipeline to provide natural gas service to one
or more residential, commercial or industrial entities not
receiving natural gas service and for which a certificate of
public convenience is required under 66 Pa.C.S. § 1102 (relating
to enumeration of acts requiring certificate) that is not within
the current certificate of public convenience territory issued
by the commission to the natural gas distribution utility.
"Natural gas distribution utility." As defined in 66 Pa.C.S.
§ 1403 (relating to definitions). The term shall not include a
city natural gas distribution operation.
Section 3. Distribution system extension and expansion plan.
(a) Submission.--Within nine months after the effective date
of this section, or within two years after a franchise territory
is awarded, each natural gas distribution utility shall submit a
plan to the commission. The plan shall be updated triennially
unless sooner requested by the commission. The plan shall
include the following:
(1) The number of existing customers by municipality in
the certificated service area.
(2) The number of residential, commercial and industrial
entities in the service area by municipality that do not have
gas service available, and the anticipated market
penetration.
(3) The adjacent municipalities of a distribution system
that are not serviced by a natural gas distribution utility.
(4) A three-year projection for extension projects, if
appropriate, demonstrating a reasonable increase in the
service area of customers per year.
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