PRINTER'S NO. 314
No. 257 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY EARLL, WHITE, SALVATORE, CORMAN, COSTA, LEMMOND,
LAVALLE, WAUGH, GERLACH, MELLOW, SCHWARTZ AND SLOCUM,
FEBRUARY 3, 1999
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 3, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for account information.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
6 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
7 § 1509.1. Account information.
8 (a) General rule.--A utility shall provide customer billing
9 information only to the customer, authorized agent of the
10 customer, a person having a written customer consent, or to a
11 person with a valid court order or subpoena requiring production
12 of that information. However, if a utility receives a request
13 for consumption information from a bona fide prospective tenant
14 or a purchaser of a premises, the utility shall provide the
15 requesting party with the equal monthly billing amount for the
16 premises based upon the existing customer's usage. No
17 information regarding the existing customer's name, current
1 address, telephone number, account number, payment history or
2 any other information shall be provided.
3 (b) Exception.--A utility shall not be responsible for
4 providing consumption or billing information if the utility no
5 longer renders bills for the subject premises as a result of a
6 pilot program, a restructuring plan or changes in the
7 commission's rules, regulations or governing statutes.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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