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66 PA Cons Stat § 1507 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1507 - Testing of appliances for measurement of service

§ 1507. Testing of appliances for measurement of service.  Every public utility, furnishing service upon meter or other similar measurement, shall provide, and keep in and upon the premises of such public utility, suitable and proper apparatus, to be approved from time to time and stamped or marked by the commission, for testing and proving the accuracy of meters furnished by such public utility for use; and by which apparatus every meter may be tested, upon the written request of the consumer to whom the same shall be furnished, and in the presence of the consumer, if he shall so desire. If the meter so tested shall be found to be accurate, within such commercially reasonable limits as the commission may fix for such meters, a reasonable fee, to be fixed by the commission, sufficient to cover the cost of such test, shall be paid by the consumer requiring such test; but, if not so found, then the cost thereof shall be borne by the public utility furnishing the meter.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1508 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1508 - Reports of accidents

§ 1508. Reports of accidents.  Every public utility shall give immediate notice to the commission of the happening of any accident in or about, or in connection with, the operation of its service and facilities, wherein any person shall have been killed or injured, and furnish such full and detailed report of such accident, within such time and in such manner as the commission shall require. Such report shall not be open for public inspection, except by order of the commission, and shall not be admitted in evidence for any purpose in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter or thing mentioned in such report.    Cross References. Section 1508 is referred to in section 102 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1509 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1509 - Billing procedures

§ 1509. Billing procedures.  All bills rendered by a public utility as defined in paragraph (1)(i), (ii), (vi) or (vii) of the definition of "public utility" in section 102 (relating to definitions) to its service customers, except bills for installation charges, shall allow at least 15 days for nonresidential customers and 20 days for residential customers from the date of transmittal of the bill for payment without incurring any late payment penalty charges therefor. All customers shall be permitted to receive bills monthly and shall be notified of their right thereto. All bills shall be itemized to separately show amounts for basic service, Federal excise taxes, applicable State sales and gross receipts taxes, to the extent practicable, fuel adjustment charge, if any, State tax adjustment charge or such other similar components of the total bill as the commission may order. Any electric or gas public utility billing customers on a bimonthly or quarterly basis and rendering interim statements or bills each month shall include in such interim statement or bill an amount for the fuel adjustment charge based upon one-half of the total expected bimonthly kilowatt hour or cubic foot billing or one-third of the total expected quarterly billing and using the fuel adjustment charge rate applicable in the month of the interim statement or bill. At the time of preparing the bimonthly or quarterly bill, an appropriate adjustment shall be made in the total fuel adjustment charge billing for the period. Any public utility rendering bills on a bimonthly basis or quarterly basis shall calculate the fuel adjustment charge per kilowatt hour or cubic foot for the entire period as the weighted average of the two monthly rates or the three monthly rates whichever is applicable.    1994 Partial Repeal. Section 42(e) of Act 48 of 1994 provided that section 1509 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 48.  Cross References. Section 1509 is referred to in section 2205 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1510 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1510 - Ownership and maintenance of natural and artificial gas service lines

§ 1510. Ownership and maintenance of natural and artificial gas service lines.  When connecting the premises of the customer with the gas utility distribution mains, the public utility shall furnish, install and maintain the service line or connection according to the rules and regulations of the filed tariff. A public utility shall not be authorized or required to acquire or assume ownership of any customer's service line. A public utility shall not be authorized or required to acquire or assume ownership of any pipe or appurtenances installed after the effective date of this section between its main and the meter unless the utility would have been authorized or required to do so according to the rules and regulations of its filed tariff if the pipe or appurtenances had been installed on or before the effective date of this section. Maintenance of service lines shall be the responsibility of the owner of the service line.  (Mar. 7, 1984, P.L.104, No.22, eff. 60 days)    1984 Amendment. Act 22 added section 1510.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1511 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1511 - Electricity supplied to certain organizations

§ 1511. Electricity supplied to certain organizations.  Any public utility company supplying electric service shall, upon application, permit a volunteer fire company, a nonprofit rescue squad or ambulance service or a nonprofit senior citizen center to elect to have its electric service rendered pursuant to a rate schedule which provides equivalent charges for such service as residential rates upon execution of a contract for a minimum term of one year.  (Dec. 20, 1985, P.L.363, No.103, eff. 60 days; Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1556, No.203, eff. 60 days)
66 PA Cons Stat § 1512 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1512 - Emergency response plans

§ 1512. Emergency response plans. (a) Plans.--A public utility that engages in the delivery of natural gas liquids through a high consequence area in this Commonwealth as defined in 49 CFR 192.903 (relating to what definitions apply to this subpart?) shall make available upon written request the public utility's emergency response plans to all of the following:  (1) The secretary of the commission. (2) The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. (3) The emergency management director of each county in this Commonwealth where the high consequence area is located.  (b) Confidential information.-- (1) If the emergency response plan under subsection (a) contains confidential security information as defined in section 2 of the act of November 29, 2006 (P.L.1435, No.156), known as the Public Utility Confidential Security Information Disclosure Protection Act, and the public utility has marked the information in the plan as confidential security information, each reviewer of the plan under subsection (a) shall have the following duties:  (i) Comply with all requirements of the Public Utility Confidential Security Information Disclosure Protection Act to protect the information from dissemination to the public.  (ii) Enter into a notarized agreement with the public utility for the purpose of maintaining the confidentiality requirements under this paragraph.  (2) A public utility shall provide a copy of a proposed agreement under paragraph (1)(ii) to the commission before making available an emergency response plan under subsection (a) that contains confidential security information as specified under paragraph (1).  (c) Penalties.--A public utility that fails to comply with subsection (a) may be subject to an enforcement action by the commission.  (Nov. 25, 2020, P.L.1245, No.130, eff. 60 days)   2020 Amendment. Act 130 added section 1512.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1522 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1522 - Applicability of subchapter

§ 1522. Applicability of subchapter.   (a) General rule.--This subchapter applies to public utilities as defined in paragraph (1)(i) and (ii) of the definition of "public utility" in section 102 (relating to definitions) and to public utility service rendered by those public utilities if the premises served constitute residential buildings as defined in section 1521 (relating to definitions).  (b) Municipal service beyond corporate limits.--  (1) Public utility service being furnished or rendered by a municipal corporation, or by the operating agencies of any municipal corporation, beyond its corporate limits shall be subject to the provisions of this subchapter establishing the procedures, rights, duties and remedies for the termination of service to landlord ratepayers. (2) Tenants and landlord ratepayers of a dwelling unit in residential buildings or mobile home parks receiving public utility service being furnished or rendered by a municipal corporation, or by the operating agencies of any municipal corporation, beyond its corporate limits shall be subject to the provisions of this subchapter establishing the procedures, rights, duties and remedies for the termination of service, the right of the tenants to withhold rent, the prohibition of waiver and the prohibition against retaliation by the landlord ratepayer with respect to the public utility service.  (July 2, 1993, P.L.379, No.54, eff. 60 days)
66 PA Cons Stat § 1524 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1524 - Request to landlord to identify tenants

§ 1524. Request to landlord to identify tenants.   (a) Duty of public utility and landlord.--At least 37 days before the termination of service, it is the duty of any public utility to request from the landlord ratepayer the names and addresses of the affected tenants. Upon receiving such a request for the names and addresses of the affected tenants pursuant to this subchapter, the landlord ratepayer shall provide the utility with the names and addresses of every affected tenant of any residential building or mobile home park for which the utility is proposing to terminate service unless within seven days of delivery or mailing of the notice the landlord ratepayer pays the amount due the utility or makes an arrangement with the utility to pay the balance.  (b) Time for providing information.--The information shall be provided by the landlord ratepayer: (1) within seven days of receipt of a request from a public utility for tenants' names under subsection (a); (2) within seven days of delivery or mailing of the notice to the landlord ratepayer required by section 1523 (relating to notices before service to landlord terminated); (3) within three days of any adjudication by the commission that the landlord ratepayer must provide the requested information if the landlord files a complaint with the commission within seven days of receipt of the notice to the landlord disputing the right of the utility to terminate service; or (4) upon such terms as may be ordered by a court in an action brought by the utility under section 1532(b) (relating to penalties).  (c) Right of public utility.--In the event the public utility is unable to obtain the names and addresses of all affected tenants from the landlord ratepayer, the public utility may pursue any appropriate legal or equitable remedy it has in order to obtain from the landlord ratepayer the names and addresses of all affected tenants of a residential building or mobile home park for which the utility is proposing termination of service to the landlord ratepayer. The commission may order the public utility to obtain the information from the landlord ratepayer.  (July 2, 1993, P.L.379, No.54, eff. 60 days)    Cross References. Section 1524 is referred to in sections 1523, 1525, 1526, 1528, 1532 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1525 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1525 - Delivery and contents of termination notice to landlord

§ 1525. Delivery and contents of termination notice to landlord.   (a) General rule.--The notice required to be given to a landlord ratepayer pursuant to section 1523 (relating to notices before service to landlord terminated) shall contain the following information: (1) The amount owed the utility by the landlord ratepayer for each affected account. (2) The date on or after which service will be terminated. (3) The date on or after which the company will notify tenants of the proposed termination of service and of their rights under sections 1527 (relating to right of tenants to continued service), 1529 (relating to right of tenant to recover payments) and 1531 (relating to retaliation by landlord prohibited). (4) The obligation of the landlord ratepayer under section 1524 (relating to request to landlord to identify tenants) to provide the utility with the names and addresses of every affected tenant or to pay the amount due the utility or make an arrangement with the utility to pay the balance including a statement: (i) That the list must be provided or payment or arrangement must be made within seven days of receipt of the notice. (ii) Of the penalties and liability which the landlord ratepayer may incur under section 1532 (relating to penalties) by failure to comply. (5) The right of the landlord ratepayer to stay the notification of tenants by filing a complaint with the commission disputing the right of the utility to terminate service.  (b) Service of notice.--Any one of the following procedures shall constitute effective notice to the landlord under section 1523: (1) Notice by certified mail if the utility receives a return receipt signed by the landlord ratepayer or the agent of the landlord ratepayer. (2) Notice by personal service of the landlord ratepayer or the agent of the landlord ratepayer on one business day and conspicuously posting at the landlord ratepayer's principal place of business or the business address which the landlord provided the utility as his address for receiving communications. (3) Notice by first class mail to the landlord ratepayer only after an unsuccessful attempt at personal service on one business day. Notice by first class mail may occur on the same business day as the attempt at personal service. (4) If the landlord ratepayer's place of business is located outside of this Commonwealth and no agent of the landlord ratepayer is located in the State, notice by certified mail and notice by first class mail to the landlord ratepayer on the same business day.  (July 2, 1993, P.L.379, No.54, eff. 60 days)    Cross References. Section 1525 is referred to in sections 1523, 1526 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1528 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1528 - Delivery and contents of subsequent termination notice to tenants

§ 1528. Delivery and contents of subsequent termination notice to tenants.  Subsequent notices required to be given to a tenant pursuant to section 1527 (relating to right of tenants to continued service) shall be sent by first class mail or otherwise hand-delivered to each affected tenant by name at his individual dwelling unit, by unit number or unit designation, and shall be posted in common areas. Whenever the utility has been unable to obtain the names and addresses of the affected tenants under section 1524 (relating to request to landlord to identify tenants) or 1526 (relating to delivery and contents of first termination notice to tenants), the utility shall hand-deliver the subsequent notice of termination to each affected tenant for whom a name has not been obtained to the tenant's individual dwelling unit by address and unit number or, if none exists, by unit designation. The notice shall also be conspicuously posted in the common areas. For the purposes of this section, the term "unit designation" means the geographic location of a dwelling unit by floor and floor areas. All notices shall contain the following information: (1) The date on or after which service will be terminated. (2) The amount due, which shall include the arrearage on any earlier bill due from tenants. (3) A telephone number and an address at the utility and at the commission which a tenant may call for an explanation of his rights. (4) The right of a tenant to file a complaint with the commission to enforce any legal right that he may have under this part.  (July 2, 1993, P.L.379, No.54, eff. 60 days)    Cross References. Section 1528 is referred to in section 1527 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1529 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1529 - Right of tenant to recover payments

§ 1529. Right of tenant to recover payments.  Any tenant who has made a payment to a utility on account of nonpayment of charges by the landlord ratepayer pursuant to this subchapter may subsequently recover the amount paid to the utility either by deducting the amount from any rent or payment on account of taxes or operating expenses then or thereafter due from the tenant to the person to whom he would otherwise pay his rent or by obtaining reimbursement from the landlord ratepayer.    Cross References. Section 1529 is referred to in sections 1525, 1531 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1529.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1529.1 - Duty of owners of rental property

§ 1529.1. Duty of owners of rental property.   (a) Notice to public utility.--It is the duty of every owner of a residential building or mobile home park which contains one or more dwelling units, not individually metered, to notify each public utility from whom utility service is received of their ownership and the fact that the premises served are used for rental purposes.  (b) History of account.--Upon receipt of the notice provided in this section, if the mobile home park or residential building contains one or more dwelling units not individually metered, an affected public utility shall forthwith list the account for the premises in question in the name of the owner, and the owner shall thereafter be responsible for the payment for the utility services rendered thereunto. In the case of individually metered dwelling units, unless notified to the contrary by the tenant or an authorized representative, an affected public utility shall list the account for the premises in question in the name of the owner, and the owner shall be responsible for the payment for utility services to the premises.  (c) Failure to give notice.--Any owner of a residential building or mobile home park failing to notify affected public utilities as required by this section shall nonetheless be responsible for payment of the utility services as if the required notice had been given.  (July 2, 1993, P.L.379, No.54, eff. 60 days)    1993 Amendment. Act 54 added section 1529.1.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1530 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1530 - Waiver of subchapter prohibited

§ 1530. Waiver of subchapter prohibited.  Any waiver of a tenant's rights under this subchapter shall be void and unenforceable.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1531 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1531 - Retaliation by landlord prohibited

§ 1531. Retaliation by landlord prohibited.   (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any landlord ratepayer or agent or employee thereof to threaten or take reprisals against a tenant because the tenant exercised his rights under section 1527 (relating to right of tenants to continued service) or section 1529 (relating to right of tenant to recover payments).  (b) Liability of landlord for damages.--Any landlord ratepayer or agent or employee thereof who threatens or takes such reprisals against any tenant shall be liable for damages which shall be two months rent or the actual damages sustained by the tenant, whichever is greater, and the costs of suit and reasonable attorneys' fees.  (c) Presumption of retaliation.--The receipt of any notice of termination of tenancy, an increase in rent or of any substantial alteration in the terms of tenancy within six months after the tenant has acted pursuant to section 1527 or 1529 to avoid termination of utility service shall create a rebuttable presumption that the notice is a reprisal against the tenant for exercising his rights under section 1527 or 1529. However, the presumption shall not arise if the notice of termination of tenancy is for nonpayment of rent not withheld under section 1529 or lawfully withheld under any other right that the tenant may have by law.  (July 2, 1993, P.L.379, No.54, eff. 60 days)    1993 Amendment. Act 54 amended subsec. (c).  Cross References. Section 1531 is referred to in sections 1523, 1525 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1532 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities|Section 1532 - Penalties

§ 1532. Penalties.   (a) Per diem liquidated damages.--Any landlord ratepayer who fails to provide a utility with the names and addresses of affected tenants in accordance with section 1524 (relating to request to landlord to identify tenants) or fails to provide reasonable access to the meter shall be deemed to have caused substantial damage to the utility by thus forcing a continuation of the existing utility service and, as a consequence, shall be required to pay, as liquidated damages to the utility, a sum of not less than $500 but not more than $1,000 for each day of the landlord's failure to comply, commencing with the first day of completion and exhaustion of the procedures provided under section 1524(a) and (b)(1), (2) and (3).  (b) Injunctive relief.--The utility may commence an action in equity against a landlord ratepayer to obtain injunctive relief compelling the landlord to furnish the names and addresses of affected tenants or compelling the landlord to provide access to the meter. Interference with the utility's ability to terminate service without this information shall be deemed sufficient proof of immediate, continuing and irreparable injury to sustain injunctive relief. The court shall, in addition to awarding injunctive relief, render judgment in favor of the utility for the total per diem liquidated damages recoverable under subsection (a) together with reasonable attorney fees and necessary costs of suit.  (c) Tampering with posted notice.--Any person who removes, interferes or tampers with a notice to tenants of proposed termination of service, posted pursuant to section 1526 (relating to delivery and contents of first termination notice to tenants) commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $300.  (d) Denial of access to common areas.--Any landlord ratepayer or an agent or employee who willfully denies an agent or employee of the utility access to common areas of his residential building for any lawful purpose under this title, including, but not limited to, posting or delivering notices to tenants under this subsection, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each day access is denied.  (July 2, 1993, P.L.379, No.54, eff. 60 days)    Cross References. Section 1532 is referred to in sections 1524, 1525 of this title.