PRINTER'S NO. 1124
No. 978 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY ANDREZESKI, BELL, O'PAKE, SHAFFER, JONES AND BELAN, MAY 31, 1989
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 31, 1989
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of July 10, 1986 (P.L.1238, No.114), entitled 2 "An act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the 3 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the 4 appointment, terms, compensation and qualifications of and 5 restrictions on commissioners; providing for a director of 6 operations, the Office of Trial Staff, the Office of Special 7 Assistants and the Director of Operations and their powers 8 and duties; further providing for procedures, reports, budget 9 requests and audits and for rate increase requests; providing 10 for management efficiency investigators and for fuel purchase 11 audits; limiting recovery of certain employee meeting 12 expenses; making provisions relating to the sale of electric 13 generating units; providing for the regulation of excess 14 capacity costs and new electric generating units; restricting 15 rate setting procedures of telephone companies; requiring 16 that certain data be supplied by electric utilities; further 17 regulating the recovery of advertising expenses and the 18 recovery of club dues; authorizing the commission to order 19 conservation and load management; regulating coin telephone 20 service; and reestablishing the Pennsylvania Public Utility 21 Commission," further providing for sunset. 22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 23 hereby enacts as follows: 24 Section 1. Section 15 of the act of July 10, 1986 (P.L.1238, 25 No.114), entitled "An act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) 26 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for 27 the appointment, terms, compensation and qualifications of and
1 restrictions on commissioners; providing for a director of 2 operations, the Office of Trial Staff, the Office of Special 3 Assistants and the Director of Operations and their powers and 4 duties; further providing for procedures, reports, budget 5 requests and audits and for rate increase requests; providing 6 for management efficiency investigators and for fuel purchase 7 audits; limiting recovery of certain employee meeting expenses; 8 making provisions relating to the sale of electric generating 9 units; providing for the regulation of excess capacity costs and 10 new electric generating units; restricting rate setting 11 procedures of telephone companies; requiring that certain data 12 be supplied by electric utilities; further regulating the 13 recovery of advertising expenses and the recovery of club dues; 14 authorizing the commission to order conservation and load 15 management; regulating coin telephone service; and 16 reestablishing the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission," is 17 amended to read: 18 Section 15. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission shall 19 continue, together with its statutory functions and duties, 20 until December 31, [1991] 1990, when it shall terminate and go 21 out of existence unless reestablished or continued by the 22 General Assembly for an additional [ten years] one year. 23 Evaluation and review, termination, reestablishment and 24 continuation of the agency beyond December 31, [1991] 1990, and 25 every [tenth] year thereafter, shall be conducted pursuant to 26 the act of December 22, 1981 (P.L.508, No.142), known as the 27 Sunset Act. The performance audit of the Pennsylvania Public 28 Utility Commission under the Sunset Act shall evaluate how 29 effectively the commission has dealt with the needs of consumers 30 regarding all of the following: 19890S0978B1124 - 2 -
1 (1) Price. 2 (2) Service. 3 (3) Weighing of consumer input before granting any rate 4 increase. 5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. B23L66DGS/19890S0978B1124 - 3 -