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:
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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.
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