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66 PA Cons Stat § 2706 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 27 - Railroads|Section 2706 - Flag protection

§ 2706. Flag protection.   (a) General rule.--All railroads operating in this Commonwealth shall promulgate and maintain appropriate operating rules and special instructions for the government of their respective employees in conformity with the following: (1) When a train stops under circumstances in which it may be overtaken by another train, a member of the crew must provide flagging protection by going back immediately with a red flag, torpedoes and fusees by day and with a red and/or white light, torpedoes and fusees by night, a sufficient distance to insure full protection, placing two torpedoes on the rail and also, when necessary, display lighted fusees. (2) When recalled and safety to the train will permit, he may return. (3) When conditions require, he will leave the torpedoes and a lighted fusee. (4) The front of the train must be protected in the same way, when necessary, by a member of the crew. (5) When a train is moving under circumstances in which it may be overtaken by another train, a member of the crew must take such action as may be necessary to insure full protection. By night, or by day, when the view is obscured, lighted fusees must be dropped off the moving train or displayed at proper intervals. (6) When day signals cannot be plainly seen, owing to weather or other conditions, night signals must also be used. (7) Conductors and enginemen are responsible for the protection of their trains. (8) When a pusher engine is assisting a train, coupled behind the cabin or caboose car, and the member of the crew who protects the rear-end of the train is riding in the cabin or caboose car, the requirements as to the fusees will be met by dropping them off between the cabin or caboose car and pusher engine on the track the train is using, and not between that track and an adjacent track.  (b) Exceptions.--Unless specific circumstances indicate to the contrary, it will be presumed that trains stopping under the following circumstances will not be overtaken by another train: (1) Passenger trains making normal station stops. (2) All trains stopping in manual block territory protected by absolute block. (3) All trains stopping so as to be completely within the limits of classification or storage yards at the usual place to change crews or remove power.  (c) Construction of section.--For the purposes of this section a "train" means a movement on which the air brakes must be connected and functioning under Federal law. This section is not intended to require the employment of additional employees or restrict the use of crew members in any manner.  (d) Enforcement.--The commission shall enforce the provisions of this section.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2709 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 27 - Railroads|Section 2709 - Disposition of real property by public utility engaged in railroad business

§ 2709. Disposition of real property by public utility engaged in railroad business.   (a) Notice.--Before a public utility engaged in a railroad business disposes of real property previously used as a roadbed right-of-way, it must notify the county, city, borough, incorporated town or township in which the real property is located, and it must notify the Department of Transportation, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and the Department of Environmental Resources. Notifications shall be in writing.  (b) Procedure after notice.--  (1) If a municipality or any authority created by a municipality or group of municipalities makes an offer to purchase the real property within 60 days of receiving notice under subsection (a), the public utility shall accept or reject the offer. (2) If a municipality or any authority created by a municipality or group of municipalities does not make an offer to purchase the real property within 60 days of receiving notice under subsection (a) or if the public utility rejects the offer of a municipality, the administrative agencies specified in subsection (a) have 60 days to decide on making an offer for the real property. If an administrative agency makes an offer under this paragraph, the public utility shall consider the offer and make a decision on the offer before making other disposition of the property. If more than one administrative agency makes an offer, the public utility shall consider the offers in the following order: the Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Resources, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.  (c) Violation.--If a public utility engaged in a railroad business disposes of real property previously used as a roadbed right-of-way without complying with this section, the disposition is voidable.  (d) Compliance.--The notification requirements of this section shall be deemed to have been complied with if the executed, notarized and recorded deed conveying the property contains a recital affirming that the notifications required under this section were made. A copy of each notice shall be appended to the deed when it is recorded.  (Nov. 29, 1990, P.L.600, No.151, eff. 60 days; Mar. 19, 1992, P.L.18, No.7, eff. imd.)    1992 Amendment. Act 7 amended subsecs. (a) and (b).  1990 Amendment. Act 151 added section 2709.  Transfer of Powers. Section 304(c) of Act 18 of 1995, which created the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and renamed the Department of Environmental Resources as the Department of Environmental Protection, provided that the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall exercise the powers and duties conferred upon the Department of Environmental Resources by section 2709 as added by Act 151 of 1990.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2801 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 28 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Section 2801 - Short title of chapter

§ 2801. Short title of chapter. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2806.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 28 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Section 2806.2 - Energy efficiency and conservation

§ 2806.2. Energy efficiency and conservation.   (a) Registry.--The commission shall, by March 1, 2009, establish a registry of approved persons qualified to provide conservation services to all classes of customers. In order to be included in the registry, a conservation service provider must meet experience and other qualifications determined by the commission.  (b) Application.--The commission shall develop an application for registration under subsection (a) and may charge a reasonable registration fee.  (Oct. 15, 2008, P.L.1592, No.129, eff. 30 days)    2008 Amendment. Act 129 added section 2806.2. See the preamble to Act 129 of 2008 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2813 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 28 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Section 2813 - Procurement of power

§ 2813. Procurement of power.  Except as provided under the act of November 30, 2004 (P.L.1672, No.213), known as the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act, the commission may not order a default service provider to procure power from a specific generation supplier, from a specific generation fuel type or from new generation only.  (Oct. 15, 2008, P.L.1592, No.129, eff. 30 days)    2008 Amendment. Act 129 added section 2813. See the preamble to Act 129 of 2008 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2814 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 28 - Restructuring of Electric Utility Industry|Section 2814 - Additional alternative energy sources

§ 2814. Additional alternative energy sources.   (a) Alternative energy sources.--The term "alternative energy sources" as defined under section 2 of the act of November 30, 2004 (P.L.1672, No.213), known as the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act, shall also include low-impact hydropower consisting of any technology that produces electric power and that harnesses the hydroelectric potential of moving water impoundments if one of the following applies: (1) (i) the hydropower source has a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensed capacity of 21 megawatts or less; and (ii) the license for the hydropower source was issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on or prior to January 1, 1984, and held on July 1, 2007, in whole or in part by a municipality located wholly within this Commonwealth or by an electric cooperative incorporated in this Commonwealth. (2) The incremental hydroelectric development: (i) does not adversely change existing impacts to aquatic systems; (ii) meets the certification standards established by the Low Impact Hydropower Institute and American Rivers, Inc., or their successors; (iii) provides an adequate water flow for protection of aquatic life and for safe and effective fish passage; (iv) protects against erosion; and (v) protects cultural and historic resources.  (b) Biomass.--The term "biomass energy" as defined under section 2 of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act shall also include the generation of electricity utilizing by-products of the pulping process and wood manufacturing process, including bark, wood chips, sawdust and lignins in spent pulping liquors. Electricity from biomass energy under this subsection generated inside this Commonwealth shall be eligible as a Tier I alternative energy source. Electricity from biomass energy under this subsection generated outside this Commonwealth shall be eligible as a Tier II alternative energy source.  (c) Increase in Tier I.--The commission shall at least quarterly increase the percentage share of Tier I alternative energy sources required to be sold by an electric distribution company or electric generation supplier under section 3(b)(1) of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act to reflect any new biomass energy or low-impact hydropower resources that qualify as a Tier I alternative energy source under this section. No new resource qualifying as biomass energy or low-impact hydropower under this section shall be eligible to generate Tier I alternative energy credits until the commission has increased the percentage share of Tier I to reflect these additional resources.  (Oct. 15, 2008, P.L.1592, No.129, eff. 30 days)    2008 Amendment. Act 129 added section 2814. See the preamble to Act 129 of 2008 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2901 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 29 - Telephone and Telegraph Wires|Section 2901 - Definitions

§ 2901. Definitions.  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:  "Dissemination." The act of transmitting, distributing, advising, spreading, communicating, conveying or making known.  "Private wire." Any and all service equipment, facilities, conduits, poles, wires, circuits, systems by which or by means of which service is furnished for communication purposes, either through the medium of telephone, telegraph, Morse, teletypewriter, loudspeaker or any other means, or by which the voice or electrical impulses are sent over a wire, and which services are contracted for or leased for service between two or more points specifically designated, and are not connected to or available for general telegraphic or telephonic exchange or toll service, and shall include such services known as "special contract leased wire service," "leased line," "private line," "private system," "Morse line," "private wire," but shall not include the usual and customary telephone service by which the subscriber may be connected at each separate call to any other telephone designated by him only through the general telephone exchange system or toll service, and shall not include private wires used for fire or burglar alarm purposes, nor telegraph messenger call boxes and circuits used in connection therewith, time clock circuits used for furnishing correct time service, nor telegraph teleprinters when these teleprinters terminate in the telegraph companies' offices and are not directly connected between two customers.  "Public utility." A person, partnership, association or corporation, now or hereafter owning or operating in this Commonwealth, equipment or facilities for conveying or transmitting messages or communications by telephone or telegraph to the public for compensation.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2902 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 29 - Telephone and Telegraph Wires|Section 2902 - Private wire for gambling information prohibited

§ 2902. Private wire for gambling information prohibited.   (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any public utility knowingly to furnish to any person or corporation any private wire for use or intended for use in the dissemination of information in furtherance of gambling or for gambling purposes. Any contract shall constitute prima facie evidence that such private wire will be used in furtherance of gambling or for gambling purposes if it shall appear in such contract, or otherwise, that such private wire will be used, is intended to be used or has been used for the dissemination of information pertaining to any horse-racing, race track, race horse, betting, betting odds or any information relative thereto.  (b) Burden of proof.--In any proceeding before the commission under this chapter and in any hearing or proceeding on appeal, the burden of proof shall be on the public utility and the person or corporation contracting for such private wire to show that the private wire has not been used, or is not being used, or is not intended for use in the furtherance of gambling or for gambling purposes.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2903 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 29 - Telephone and Telegraph Wires|Section 2903 - Written contract for private wire

§ 2903. Written contract for private wire.   (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any public utility to furnish to any person or corporation any private wire, except in pursuance of a written contract signed by the public utility, by the person or corporation contracting for said private wire and responsible under the terms of the contract for the payment for the service, and by the person or corporation in possession or control of any place or location designated in the contract for installation or connection of said private wire, which contract shall include a detailed written statement of the purpose for which such private wire is intended to be used.  (b) Exceptions.--This section does not apply to: (1) The furnishing of any private wire in case of public emergency, or where the furnishing of the said private wire is for a temporary purpose not to exceed 48 hours. (2) Any private wire furnished for use in radio broadcasting, or to any private wire furnished for use by any protective service operating under a franchise granted by any municipality, or to any private wire furnished for use in interstate commerce, or to any private wire furnished for use of newspapers of general circulation.  (c) Action by commission.--It is unlawful for any public utility to furnish to any person or corporation any private wire without first furnishing to the commission a duplicate original of the written contract required by this section. The commission shall examine the same forthwith and conduct such investigation as it may deem necessary, and, if upon examination of the contract, or after investigation, or otherwise at any time, the commission shall find that the said private wire is intended for or has been used for or is being used for the transmission of information or advice in furtherance of gambling, the commission shall disapprove the said contract and give notice of such disapproval to the contracting parties. Thereafter it shall be unlawful for any public utility to furnish the said private wire provided for in the said contract. This subsection does not apply to the furnishing of any private wire in case of public emergency, or where the furnishing of the said private wire is for a temporary purpose not to exceed 48 hours.  (d) Hearing.--Any public utility or other person or corporation party to the contract who shall feel aggrieved at the action of the commission in disapproving any contract for any private wire shall be entitled to a hearing before the commission upon written request.  (e) Illegal use.--It is unlawful for any person or corporation, who has been furnished a private wire by any public utility in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to use such private wire for any purpose other than that specified in the contract.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2904 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 29 - Telephone and Telegraph Wires|Section 2904 - Joint use of telephone and telegraph facilities

§ 2904. Joint use of telephone and telegraph facilities.   (a) Through lines for continuous service.--The commission may, upon complaint or upon its own motion, after reasonable notice and hearing, by order, require any two or more public utilities, whose lines or wires form a continuous line of communication, or could be made to do so by the construction and maintenance of suitable connections or the joint use of facilities, or the transfer of messages at common points, between different localities which cannot be communicated with, or reached by, the lines of either public utility alone, where such service is not already established or provided, to establish and maintain through lines within this Commonwealth between two or more such localities. The rate for such service shall be just and reasonable and the commission shall have power to establish the same, and declare the portion thereof to which each company affected thereby is entitled and the manner in which the same must be secured and paid. All facilities necessary to establish such service shall be constructed and maintained in such manner and under such rules, with such division of expense and labor, as may be required by the commission.  (b) Trunk line connections.--The commission may, upon complaint or upon its own motion, after reasonable notice and hearing, by order, require any one or more public utilities to connect their facilities, through the medium of suitable trunk lines, with such manual or automatic inter-communicating telephone or telegraph systems as may be wholly owned or leased by such public utilities, or by any other person or corporation. Rates for such trunk line connections and service shall be in accordance with tariffs filed with and approved by the commission.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2907 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 29 - Telephone and Telegraph Wires|Section 2907 - State correctional institutions

§ 2907. State correctional institutions.   (a) Identification of calls.--Telecommunication service providers which provide telecommunication services to State correctional institutions shall identify to the called party any call made by an inmate as originating from a correctional institution.  (b) Payment of calls.--  (1) The Department of Corrections may direct that calls made by an inmate shall be collect calls. (2) The Department of Corrections may provide guidelines for alternative payment methods for telephone calls made by inmates, provided that the alternative methods are consistent with security needs, orderly operation of the prison and the public interest.  (c) No cause of action created.--This section shall not be construed to create any cause of action or any legal right in any person or entity. In addition, this section is not intended to create any right of an inmate to make a telephone call or to compel a particular method of payment.  (Dec. 18, 1996, P.L.1061, No.156, eff. 60 days; Apr. 2, 2002, P.L.218, No.23, eff. imd.)
66 PA Cons Stat § 2911 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 29 - Telephone and Telegraph Wires|Section 2911 - Legislative findings and declarations

§ 2911. Legislative findings and declarations.  The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: (1) It is in the public interest of the citizens of this Commonwealth to maintain and promote the availability and affordability of public coin telephone service. (2) The public safety, health and welfare requires that public coin telephone stations shall, except in extraordinary circumstances, have the capability of making and receiving local and toll calls in order to provide adequate service.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2912 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 29 - Telephone and Telegraph Wires|Section 2912 - Availability of adequate coin telephone service

§ 2912. Availability of adequate coin telephone service.   (a) General rule.--All public utilities, as defined in this chapter, shall maintain a sufficient number of public coin telephone stations within its service territory to provide adequate access to emergency telephone service, to ensure that there is adequate access to the telephone network for individuals who do not subscribe to telephone service and for any other purpose determined to be appropriate by the commission.  (b) Definition.--As used in this subchapter the term "public coin telephone stations" means those stations which are readily accessible to the public 24 hours per day or are designated as public telephones pursuant to tariffs approved by the commission.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2913 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 29 - Telephone and Telegraph Wires|Section 2913 - Minimum service requirement

§ 2913. Minimum service requirement. (a) General rule.--All public and semipublic coin telephone stations maintained by a public utility or provided, maintained or sold in this Commonwealth by any other person, partnership, association or corporation shall, except in extraordinary circumstances, provide two-way service. The commission shall permit public coin telephones to be converted so that they are technically capable of placing, but not receiving, calls only when such conversion is necessary to protect the public safety, health and welfare and would be in the best interests of the public.  (b) Public coin telephone service by nonpublic utilities.--No public utility shall provide telephone service to any person, partnership, association or corporation for the purpose of providing public and semipublic coin service unless the coin telephone complies with subsection (a).  (c) Definition.--As used in this section the term "two-way service" means the technical capability to place and receive local and intrastate telephone calls, the conspicuous display of a telephone number at which the public coin telephone can be reached and the ability to recognize when a call is incoming.
66 PA Cons Stat § 2914 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 29 - Telephone and Telegraph Wires|Section 2914 - Establishment of just and reasonable rates

§ 2914. Establishment of just and reasonable rates.  The commission shall ensure that all public and semipublic coin telephone service rates for local and intrastate calls are just and reasonable.