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66 PA Cons Stat § 702 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 7 - Procedure on Complaints|Section 702 - Service of complaints on parties

§ 702. Service of complaints on parties. Upon the filing of a complaint, the commission shall cause to be served upon each party named in the complaint a copy of the complaint and notice from the commission calling upon such party to satisfy the complaint, or to answer the same in writing, within such time as is specified by the commission in the notice. Service in all hearings, investigations and proceedings pending before the commission shall be made by registered or certified mail or by e-mail upon agreement by each party.  (July 2, 2019, P.L.357, No.53, eff. 60 days)
66 PA Cons Stat § 901 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 9 - Judicial Proceedings|Section 901 - Right to trial by jury

§ 901. Right to trial by jury.  Nothing in this part shall be construed to deprive any party, upon any judicial review of the proceedings and orders of the commission, of the right to trial by jury of any issue of fact raised thereby or therein, where such right is secured either by the Constitution of Pennsylvania or the Constitution of the United States, but in every such case such right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate. When any judicial review is sought, such right shall be deemed to be waived upon all issues, unless expressly reserved in such manner as shall be prescribed by the court.
66 PA Cons Stat § 902 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 9 - Judicial Proceedings|Section 902 - Reliance on orders pending judicial review

§ 902. Reliance on orders pending judicial review. The issue or assumption of securities registered by the commission, the performance of any contract or arrangement approved by the commission and any other act by a person or corporation shall be subject to the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 5105(f) (relating to effect of reversal or modification) insofar as relates to any sale, mortgage, exchange or conveyance subject to the jurisdiction of the commission.  (Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)   1982 Amendment. Act 326 added present section 902.  Prior Provisions. Former section 902, which related to costs on review, was added July 1, 1978, P.L.598, No.116, and repealed October 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, effective in 60 days.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 11 - Certificates of Public Convenience|Section 1101 - Organization of public utilities and beginning of service

§ 1101. Organization of public utilities and beginning of service. Upon the application of any proposed public utility and the approval of such application by the commission evidenced by its certificate of public convenience first had and obtained, it shall be lawful for any such proposed public utility to begin to offer, render, furnish, or supply service within this Commonwealth. The commission's certificate of public convenience granted under the authority of this section shall include a description of the nature of the service and of the territory in which it may be offered, rendered, furnished or supplied.    Cross References. Section 1101 is referred to in section 1104 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 11 - Certificates of Public Convenience|Section 1104 - Certain appropriations by right of eminent domain prohibited

§ 1104. Certain appropriations by right of eminent domain prohibited.  Unless its power of eminent domain existed under prior law, no domestic public utility or foreign public utility authorized to do business in this Commonwealth shall exercise any power of eminent domain within this Commonwealth until it shall have received the certificate of public convenience required by section 1101 (relating to organization of public utilities and beginning of service).    Cross References. Section 1104 is referred to in section 1511 of Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations).
66 PA Cons Stat § 1121 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 11 - Certificates of Public Convenience|Section 1121 - Definitions

§ 1121. Definitions.  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "County." A county of the second class.  "Limousine service." Local nonscheduled common carrier service for passengers rendered in luxury-type vehicles for compensation on an exclusive basis that is arranged in advance.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1122 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 11 - Certificates of Public Convenience|Section 1122 - Certificate of public convenience required

§ 1122. Certificate of public convenience required.   (a) General rule.--In order to operate limousine service in a county of the second class, a certificate of public convenience must be issued by the commission.  (b) Enforcement.--The provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated by the commission pursuant to this chapter shall be enforced in counties of the second class by commission personnel.  (c) Restrictions.--Certificates issued pursuant to this chapter shall be nontransferable unless a transfer is approved by the commission.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1123 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 11 - Certificates of Public Convenience|Section 1123 - Regulations

§ 1123. Regulations.  The commission is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to administer and enforce this subchapter.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1124 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 11 - Certificates of Public Convenience|Section 1124 - Miscellaneous provisions

§ 1124. Miscellaneous provisions.   (a) Prosecution preserved.--Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to limit or affect prosecutions for violations under this title, Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses), Title 75 (Vehicles) or any other provision of law.  (b) Inconsistent provisions of law.--Any other law of this Commonwealth found to be inconsistent with this subchapter is hereby repealed insofar as it affects the regulation of limousine service in counties of the second class.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1301 - Rates to be just and reasonable

§ 1301. Rates to be just and reasonable. (a) Regulation.--Every rate made, demanded, or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities jointly, shall be just and reasonable, and in conformity with regulations or orders of the commission. Only 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 regulation and control by the commission as to rates, with the same force, and in like manner, as if such service were rendered by a public utility.  (b) Municipal corporations.--In determining a just and reasonable rate furnished or rendered by a municipal corporation or by the operating agencies of a municipal corporation providing public utility water or wastewater service beyond its corporate limits, the commission shall employ an imputed capital structure of comparable public utilities providing water or wastewater service.  (Dec. 21, 2017, P.L.1208, No.65, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 1301 is referred to in sections 3015, 3016, 3019 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1301.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1301.1 - Computation of income tax expense for ratemaking purposes

§ 1301.1. Computation of income tax expense for ratemaking purposes. (a) Computation.--If an expense or investment is allowed to be included in a public utility's rates for ratemaking purposes, the related income tax deductions and credits shall also be included in the computation of current or deferred income tax expense to reduce rates. If an expense or investment is not allowed to be included in a public utility's rates, the related income tax deductions and credits, including tax losses of the public utility's parent or affiliated companies, shall not be included in the computation of income tax expense to reduce rates. The deferred income taxes used to determine the rate base of a public utility for ratemaking purposes shall be based solely on the tax deductions and credits received by the public utility and shall not include any deductions or credits generated by the expenses or investments of a public utility's parent or any affiliated entity. The income tax expense shall be computed using the applicable statutory income tax rates.  (b) Revenue use.--If a differential accrues to a public utility resulting from applying the ratemaking methods employed by the commission prior to the effective date of subsection (a) for ratemaking purposes, the differential shall be used as follows:  (1) fifty percent to support reliability or infrastructure related to the rate-base eligible capital investment as determined by the commission; and  (2) fifty percent for general corporate purposes. (b.1) Taxable contributions.--A water or wastewater public utility shall be solely responsible for funding the income taxes on taxable contributions in aid of construction and customer advances for construction and shall record the income taxes the water or wastewater public utility pays in accumulated deferred income taxes for accounting and ratemaking purposes.  (c) Application.--The following shall apply:  (1) Subsection (b) shall no longer apply after December 31, 2025. (2) This section shall apply to all cases where the final order is entered after the effective date of this section.  (June 12, 2016, P.L.332, No.40, eff. 60 days; July 2, 2019, P.L.357, No.53, eff. 60 days)    2019 Amendment. Act 53 added subsec. (b.1).  2016 Amendment. Act 40 added section 1301.1.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1302 - Tariffs; filing and inspection

§ 1302. Tariffs; filing and inspection.  Under such regulations as the commission may prescribe, every public utility shall file with the commission, within such time and in such form as the commission may designate, tariffs showing all rates established by it and collected or enforced, or to be collected or enforced, within the jurisdiction of the commission. The tariffs of any public utility also subject to the jurisdiction of a Federal regulatory body shall correspond, so far as practicable, to the form of those prescribed by such Federal regulatory body. Every public utility shall keep copies of such tariffs open to public inspection under such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe. One copy of any rate filing shall be made available, at a convenient location and for a reasonable length of time within each of the utilities' service areas, for inspection and study by customers, upon request to the utility.  (Dec. 21, 1984, P.L.1265, No.240, eff. imd.)    Cross References. Section 1302 is referred to in section 3019 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1303 - Adherence to tariffs

§ 1303. Adherence to tariffs.  No public utility shall, directly or indirectly, by any device whatsoever, or in anywise, demand or receive from any person, corporation, or municipal corporation a greater or less rate for any service rendered or to be rendered by such public utility than that specified in the tariffs of such public utility applicable thereto. The rates specified in such tariffs shall be the lawful rates of such public utility until changed, as provided in this part. Any public utility, having more than one rate applicable to service rendered to a patron, shall, after notice of service conditions, compute bills under the rate most advantageous to the patron.    Cross References. Section 1303 is referred to in section 3019 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1304 - Discrimination in rates

§ 1304. Discrimination in rates.  No public utility shall, as to rates, make or grant any unreasonable preference or advantage to any person, corporation, or municipal corporation, or subject any person, corporation, or municipal corporation to any unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. No public utility shall establish or maintain any unreasonable difference as to rates, either as between localities or as between classes of service. Unless specifically authorized by the commission, no public utility shall make, demand, or receive any greater rate in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or property of the same class, or for the transmission of any message or conversation for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance, or any greater rate as a through rate than the aggregate of the intermediate rates. This section does not prohibit the establishment of reasonable zone or group systems, or classifications of rates or, in the case of common carriers, the issuance of excursion, commutation, or other special tickets at special rates, or the granting of nontransferable free passes, or passes at a discount to any officer, employee, or pensioner of such common carrier. No rate charged by a municipality for any public utility service rendered or furnished beyond its corporate limits shall be considered unjustly discriminatory solely by reason of the fact that a different rate is charged for a similar service within its corporate limits.    Cross References. Section 1304 is referred to in section 3019 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1305 - Advance payment of rates; interest on deposits

§ 1305. Advance payment of rates; interest on deposits.  No public utility shall require the payment of rates in advance, or the making of minimum payments, ready to serve charges, or deposits to secure future payments of rates, except as the commission, by regulation or order, may permit. Any deposit made by any domestic consumer, under the provisions of this section or under any repealed statute supplied by this part, shall be returned with any interest due thereon to the consumer making such deposit when he shall have paid undisputed bills for service over a period of 12 consecutive months.    Cross References. Section 1305 is referred to in section 3019 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1306 - Apportionment of joint rates

§ 1306. Apportionment of joint rates.  Where public utilities entitled to share in any joint rate shall be unable to agree upon the division thereof, or shall make any unjust or unreasonable division or apportionment thereof, the commission may, after hearing, upon its own motion or upon complaint, fix the proportion to which each public utility shall be entitled.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1309 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1309 - Rates fixed on complaint; investigation of costs of production

§ 1309. Rates fixed on complaint; investigation of costs of production.   (a) General rule.--Whenever the commission, after reasonable notice and hearing, upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that the existing rates of any public utility for any service are unjust, unreasonable, or in anywise in violation of any provision of law, the commission shall determine the just and reasonable rates, including maximum or minimum rates, to be thereafter observed and in force, and shall fix the same by order to be served upon the public utility, and such rates shall constitute the legal rates of the public utility until changed as provided in this part. Whenever a public utility does not itself produce or generate that which it distributes, transmits, or furnishes to the public for compensation, but obtains the same from another source, the commission shall have the power and authority to investigate the cost of such production or generation in any investigation of the reasonableness of the rates of such public utility.  (b) Deadline for decision.--Before the expiration of a nine-month period beginning on the date of the commission's motion or the filing of a complaint pursuant to subsection (a), a majority of the members of the commission serving in accordance with law, acting unanimously, shall make a final decision and order, setting forth its reasons therefor. If such an order has not been made at the expiration of such nine-month period and the motion or complaint pursuant to subsection (a) requested a reduction in rates, a final decision and order of the commission which determines or fixes a rate reduction shall be retroactive to the expiration of such nine-month period, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the commission from setting temporary rates pursuant to section 1310 (relating to temporary rates) prior to the expiration of such nine-month period and giving such effect to the setting of temporary rates as is otherwise permitted by this title. This subsection shall apply only when the requested reduction in rates affects more than 5% of the customers and amounts to in excess of 3% of the total gross annual intrastate operating revenues of the public utility, provided that, if the public utility furnishes two or more types of service, the foregoing percentages shall be determined only on the basis of the customers receiving, and the revenues derived from, the type of service to which the requested reduction pertains. This subsection shall not apply to any proceeding involving a change in rates proposed by a public utility pursuant to section 1307 (relating to sliding scale of rates; adjustments) or 1308 (relating to voluntary changes in rates).  (July 6, 1988, P.L.490, No.83, eff. imd.)    Cross References. Section 1309 is referred to in sections 514, 521, 1327, 3019 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1312 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1312 - Refunds

§ 1312. Refunds.   (a) General rule.--If, in any proceeding involving rates, the commission shall determine that any rate received by a public utility was unjust or unreasonable, or was in violation of any regulation or order of the commission, or was in excess of the applicable rate contained in an existing and effective tariff of such public utility, the commission shall have the power and authority to make an order requiring the public utility to refund the amount of any excess paid by any patron, in consequence of such unlawful collection, within four years prior to the date of the filing of the complaint, together with interest at the legal rate from the date of each such excessive payment. In making a determination under this section, the commission need not find that the rate complained of was extortionate or oppressive. Any order of the commission awarding a refund shall be made for and on behalf of all patrons subject to the same rate of the public utility. The commission shall state in any refund order the exact amount to be paid, the reasonable time within which payment shall be made, and shall make findings upon pertinent questions of fact.  (b) Suit for refund.--If the public utility fails to make refunds within the time for payment fixed by any final order of the commission or court, any patron entitled to any refund may sue therefor and the findings and order made by the commission shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, and that the amount awarded is justly due the plaintiff in such suit, and the defendant public utility shall not be permitted to avail itself of the defense that the service was, in fact, rendered to the plaintiff at the rate contained in its tariffs in force at the time payment was made and received, nor shall the defendant public utility be permitted to avail itself of the defense that the rate was reasonable. Any patron entitled to any refund shall be entitled to recover, in addition to the amount of refund, a penalty of 50% of the amount of such refund, together with all court costs and reasonable attorney fees. No suit may be maintained for a refund unless instituted within one year from the date of the order of the commission or court. Any number of patrons entitled to such refund may join as plaintiffs and recover their several claims in a single action, in which action the court shall render a judgment severally for each plaintiff as his interest may appear.  (c) Condition for suit.--No action shall be brought in any court for a refund, unless and until the commission shall have determined that the rate in question was unjust or unreasonable, or in violation of any regulation or order of the commission, or in excess of the applicable rate contained in an existing and effective tariff, and then only to recover such refunds as may have been awarded and directed to be paid by the commission in such order.    Cross References. Section 1312 is referred to in sections 1308, 3019 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1313 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1313 - Price upon resale of public utility services

§ 1313. Price upon resale of public utility services.  Whenever any person, corporation or other entity, not a public utility, electric cooperative corporation, municipality authority or municipal corporation, purchases service from a public utility and resells it to consumers, the bill rendered by the reseller to any residential consumer shall not exceed the amount which the public utility would bill its own residential consumers for the same quantity of service under the residential rate of its tariff then currently in effect.    Cross References. Section 1313 is referred to in section 3313 of this title.
66 PA Cons Stat § 1314 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES|Chapter 13 - Rates and Distribution Systems|Section 1314 - Limitation on prices paid for property and fuel

§ 1314. Limitation on prices paid for property and fuel.  The commission shall adopt regulations prohibiting public utilities subject to its jurisdiction from paying for or agreeing to pay for goods, services, equipment or fuels at prices in excess of those contained in contracts existing between the utilities and providers of such goods, services, equipment or fuel services.  (Nov. 26, 1978, P.L.1245, No.297, eff. 60 days)    1978 Amendment. Act 297 added section 1314.