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Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › PUBLIC FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE AND SYSTEM HYDRAULIC MONITORING-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1501 - General scope and purpose

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(a)
Water public utilities.
The coordination and consistent application of safe,
						adequate and reliable fire protection service offers a tremendous benefit to
						public safety, emergency fire protection organizations and associated
						personnel. Safe, reasonable and adequate regulated fire protection service
						offerings are a matter of utmost concern to the Commission. The policies and
						recommendations in this policy statement are intended to provide water public
						utilities with a guideline of the recommended actions and level of public fire
						protection service and system hydraulic monitoring that the Commission
						considers reasonable. The Commission may consider a water public utility's
						effort to meet the recommendations in this policy statement when determining
						just and reasonable rates for the water public utility.
(b)
Class A water public
					 utilities.
Fire protection services are often provided by Class A
						water public utilities. In providing fire protection services, a Class A water
						public utility should operate with a sophisticated level of technical expertise
						including the use of modern water industry tools such as computerized hydraulic
						modeling software.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › PUBLIC FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE AND SYSTEM HYDRAULIC MONITORING-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1502 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in §§
											69.1501-69.1504 (relating to public fire
						protection service and system hydraulic monitoring-statement of policy), have
						the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Class A water public utility
-A water
						public utility that is a "Class A water utility" as defined in §
											56.2 (relating to
						definitions).
Computerized hydraulic model
-A
						computer-based mathematical simulation used to predict the performance of a
						water system.
Discrete system
-A stand-alone pipe
						network with boundaries that encompass all sources of water and
						endpoints.
Fire hydrant
-An above-ground, valved
						connection to a water distribution system having one or more outlets that is
						used to supply water for fire suppression.
Flushing hydrant
-An above-ground, valved
						connection to a water distribution system having one or more outlets that is
						used for flushing a water line of detritus material or stagnant water.
Fire protection connection
-The pipes and
						appurtenances owned or operated by a water public utility extending from a
						water supply main to a designated location, either adjacent to or within a
						structure or structures equipped with automatic fire sprinklers or other fire
						suppression devices or systems or to a fire hydrant, through which supplemental
						water is used to supply water for fire suppression or extinguishment.
Fire protection service
-The provision of
						the necessary facilities and the completion of certain activities to include
						the required maintenance by a water public utility related to the supply of
						water to a customer or the public for the purpose of fire suppression or
						extinguishment.
Water public utility
-The term includes
						any of the following definitions:
(1)
					 A "public utility" as defined in
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												102
					 (relating to definitions).
(2) An
					 "authority" as defined in
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												3201
					 (relating to definitions).
(3) A
					 "municipal corporation" as defined in
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												102, to
					 the extent its extraterritorial water service and rates are regulated by the
					 Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › PUBLIC FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE AND SYSTEM HYDRAULIC MONITORING-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1503 - Fire protection service afforded by current system design

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(a) A water public utility's operating
					 procedures and best practices related to fire protection service should be
					 maintained within this Commonwealth at an office or offices of the water public
					 utility located in the territory served by it and should be open for
					 examination by the Commission.
(b)
					 A water public utility's operating procedures and best practices related to
					 fire protection service should include all of the following:
(1) A determination, based on a definable
					 methodology or standard, or both, of operating characteristics such as minimum
					 flow, pressure and duration of flow and pressure that the water public utility
					 will consider its minimum operating characteristics by which it will provide
					 fire protection service. These predetermined minimum operating characteristics
					 should be applied to all fire protection connections.
(2) A fire hydrant testing and maintenance
					 program to ensure that all fire hydrants owned or operated by a water public
					 utility within a discrete system are tested and exercised on a specified
					 schedule as determined operationally and economically feasible by the water
					 public utility. A water public utility may encourage customers with private
					 fire hydrants to test and exercise their private fire hydrants.
(3) A method to clearly mark and identify
					 each fire protection connection found not to be providing service at the water
					 public utility's minimum operating characteristics for fire protection
					 connections.
(4) An estimated
					 schedule to remove, remediate or replace a fire protection connection found not
					 to be providing service at the water public utility's minimum operating
					 characteristics for fire protection service. Where the water public utility
					 determines a fire hydrant does not provide service at the minimum operating
					 characteristics for fire protection service and may serve a useful purpose as a
					 flushing hydrant, the water public utility can mark the fire hydrant as such,
					 either permanently or until the hydrant can be removed, remediated or
					 replaced.
(5) A written
					 notification process to affected customers and local jurisdictions that may
					 include property owners, the municipality and the local fire department of the
					 location of any fire protection connection found not to be providing service at
					 the water public utility's minimum operating
					 characteristics.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › PUBLIC FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE AND SYSTEM HYDRAULIC MONITORING-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1504 - Hydraulic distribution system modeling recommended for fire protection

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(a) A Class A water
					 public utility should develop and implement a plan to create, use and maintain
					 a computerized hydraulic model for each discrete system as hydraulic
					 distribution system modeling is a valuable aide in forecasting system
					 capabilities under varying operational conditions.
(b) The plan should address all of the
					 following:
(1) A determination of the minimum
					 water system size, based upon the complexity of the distribution pipe network
					 and water service requirements, that should have a model.
(2) An identification of the commercially
					 available hydraulic modeling software to be used.
(3) A description of how data from the public
					 utility's other informational databases and systems can be integrated into the
					 computerized hydraulic model, including geographic information systems,
					 supervisory control and data acquisition systems, and customer information
					 systems.
(4) A schedule by which
					 the computerized hydraulic model will be calibrated, updated and maintained to
					 ensure the accuracy is sufficient to reasonably predict a discrete system-s
					 operational behavior to a determined level of accuracy set by the water public
					 utility.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › UNSCHEDULED WATER SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS AND ASSOCIATED ACTIONS › Section 69.1601 - General

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(a) The purpose of
					 this statement of policy is to provide guidance to the water industry relating
					 to unscheduled water service interruptions, particularly regarding the types of
					 public notice and associated actions that will be deemed acceptable and
					 appropriate for meeting the safe, reasonable and adequate standard in
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												1501
					 (relating to character of service and facilities) and for complying with the
					 Commission's regulation in §
											56.71 (relating to interruption of
					 service). It is imperative that affected ratepayers/occupants receive actual,
					 timely and sufficient notice of unscheduled service interruptions whenever a
					 situation affects water quality or quantity and particularly when the water is
					 unsafe to drink.
(b) Affected
					 ratepayers/occupants should be notified when 2,500 or 5%, whichever is less, of
					 a utility's total ratepayers/occupants have an unscheduled service interruption
					 involving any reduction in the quantity of water in a single incident of 6 or
					 more consecutive hours. Timely notification of fewer customers, however, is
					 recommended when practicable. When there is an unscheduled service interruption
					 involving the quality of water, water utilities should follow the applicable
					 Department of Environmental Protection regulations regarding the public
					 notification requirements for events requiring Tier 1 notification under 25 Pa.
					 Code §
											109.408(b)
					 (relating to Tier 1 public notice-form, manner and frequency of notice), or
					 Tier 2 notification under 25 Pa. Code §
											109.409(b).
					 Timely notification of customers in other incidents affecting the quantity or
					 quality of water, such as water in short supply, discolored or sediment-laden,
					 however, is recommended when practicable. It is also recommended that utilities
					 set as a goal the Tier 1 time frame of "as soon as possible" rather than "no
					 later than 24 hours" and the Tier 2 time frame of "as soon as possible" rather
					 than "but no later than 30 days."
(c) This statement of policy should not be
					 considered to modify or replace in any way the public notice requirements of
					 the Department of Environmental Protection found in 25 Pa. Code §
											§
											109.407 -109.416 (relating to
					 public notification).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › UNSCHEDULED WATER SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS AND ASSOCIATED ACTIONS › Section 69.1603 - Other associated actions

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(a)
					 Water utilities need to make reasonable efforts to ensure that adequate
					 quantities of alternative supplies of water essential for domestic use are made
					 available in a sufficient number of conspicuous and predetermined locations
					 relative to the number of ratepayers/occupants affected by the incident. This
					 includes the use of water tankers or free bottled water, or both. Utilities
					 should ensure that ratepayers/occupants are adequately notified of the times
					 available and locations of alternative water supplies. When bottled water is
					 used, utilities should have plans in place, based on prior coordination with
					 local vendors, to have adequate supplies to last for the duration of the
					 outage. The Commission encourages utilities to work proactively with
					 community-based organizations that would have readily available information on
					 the location and special needs of affected elderly or homebound
					 ratepayers/occupants in the area.
(b) Notice should be made to Commission
					 personnel as soon as possible upon a utility becoming aware of an unscheduled
					 service interruption. It should be noted that §
											67.1(c) (relating
					 to general provisions) already directs utilities to contact the Commission
					 within 1 hour following preliminary assessment of conditions. Furthermore,
					 jurisdictional utilities should maintain lists of appropriate Commission
					 contact personnel, including current after-hour contact numbers.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › UTILITY SERVICE OUTAGE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION GUIDELINES-NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION MARKET › Section 69.1701 - Scope

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This section and §
											69.1702 (relating to notification
						guidelines) provide guidelines to the natural gas distribution market regarding
						the restoration practices of service.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › UTILITY SERVICE OUTAGE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION GUIDELINES-NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION MARKET › Section 69.1702 - Notification guidelines

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(a)
Acceptable methods of public notification.
In the event of a
					 service interruption, the following acceptable methods of public notification
					 should be considered and utilized as appropriate:
(1)
Mass media.
Facsimile/electronic mail notification to local radio and television stations,
					 cable systems, newspapers and other print and news media as soon as possible
					 after the event occurs. These notifications must provide relevant information
					 about the event, such as the affected locations, its potential impact including
					 the possible duration of the outage, and a description of actions affected
					 ratepayers/occupants should take to ensure their safety, with updates as often
					 as needed. Updates should be provided on a predictable, regular schedule for
					 the duration of the event. The Commission's Office of Communications and Lead
					 Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer should also receive these
					 notifications.
(2)
Web
					 site.
Use of the utility's own Internet web site, emergency phone line
					 and integrated voice response system to provide relevant information about the
					 event, such as the affected locations, its potential impact and estimated
					 duration, and a description of actions affected ratepayers/occupants should
					 take to ensure their safety, with updates as often as needed. A section of the
					 utility's web site shall be dedicated to presenting outage information where
					 regular updates of the number of customers without service by geographic area
					 and estimated restoration times are available. Depending on natural gas
					 distribution company (NGDC) system limitations, this could be as simple as a
					 PDF or spreadsheet file of information that is updated at regular
					 intervals.
(3)
Automated
					 dialer system.
Automated dialer system (outbound dialing) notification
					 to affected ratepayers'/occupants' landline or wireless phones. Updates should
					 be provided at regular intervals or if the estimated restoration time changes
					 by more than 2 hours.
(4)
Miscellaneous.
Other types of direct or actual notice, such as
					 doorknob flyers distributed to affected ratepayers/occupants with actions
					 affected ratepayers/occupants should take to ensure their safety, when
					 feasible.
(5)
Electronic
					 mail and other emerging technology.
Electronic mail and text message
					 notification to affected customers who have opted to receive notice through use
					 of these methods. The use of emerging technology such as social media is
					 strongly encouraged.
(6)
Emergency alert system.
Coordination with State and local
					 emergency management agencies as needed to use the emergency alert system for
					 qualifying situations.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1801 - Scope

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Sections
						69.1802-69.1817 provide guidelines to
						default service providers regarding the acquisition of electric generation
						supply, the recovery of associated costs and the integration of default service
						with competitive retail electric markets.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1802 - Purpose

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(a) The Commission
					 has adopted regulations governing the default service obligation in §
											§
											54.181-54.189 (relating to default
					 service), as required by
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												2807(e) (relating to duties
					 of electric distribution companies). The regulations address the elements of a
					 default service regulatory framework. The goal of the default service
					 regulations is to ensure that each DSP provides default service customers with
					 adequate and reliable service at the least cost to customers over time. This
					 goal can be accomplished by structuring default service in a way that brings
					 competitive market discipline to historically regulated markets and by
					 encouraging the entry of new retail and wholesale suppliers. Greater diversity
					 of suppliers will benefit ratepayers and the Commonwealth. However, those rules
					 are not designed to resolve every possible issue relating to the acquisition of
					 electric generation supply, the recovery of reasonable costs, the conditions of
					 service and the relationship with the competitive retail market.
(b) The Commission is very cognizant of the
					 practical limits of regulating large, complex markets. Changes in Federal or
					 State law, improvements in tech-nology, and developments in wholesale energy
					 markets may render obsolete any all-inclusive regulatory approach to this
					 Commonwealth's retail electric market.
(c) The Commission has devised an approach
					 that will allow this Commonwealth to adapt to changes in energy markets and the
					 regulatory environment. The regulations in Chapter 54 (relating to electricity
					 generation customer choice) will serve as a general framework for default
					 service and provide an appropriate measure of regulatory certainty for
					 ratepayers and market participants. This section and §
											§
											69.1801 and
					 69.1803-69.1817 will provide guidelines on
					 those matters when a degree of flexibility is required to respond effectively
					 to regulatory and market challenges. The Commission anticipates that the
					 initial guidelines will be applied to the first set of default service plans
					 following expiration of the generation rate caps, and that the guidelines will
					 be reevaluated prior to the filing of subsequent default service
					 plans.
This section cited in 52 Pa.Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to definitions);
						  and 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1807 (relating to competitive
						  bid solicitation processes).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1804 - Default service program terms and filing schedules

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The default service regulations provide for a standard
						initial program term of 2 to 3 years. Initial programs may vary from this
						standard to comply with the applicable RTO planning year. Subsequent programs
						should be for 2 years, unless otherwise directed by the Commission. The
						Commission will monitor developments in wholesale or retail markets and revisit
						this issue as appropriate. The Commission may revise the duration of the
						standard program term and program filing schedules based on market
						developments.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1806 - Alternative energy portfolio standard compliance

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In procuring electric generation supply for default
						service customers, the DSP shall comply with the Alternative Energy Portfolio
						Standards Act (73 P. S. §
												§
												1648.1-1648.8) and
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2814
						(relating to additional alternative energy sources).
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1808 - Default service cost elements

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(a) The PTC should be designed to recover all
					 generation, transmission and other related costs of default service. These cost
					 elements include:
(1) Wholesale energy,
					 capacity, ancillary, applicable RTO or ISO administrative and transmission
					 costs.
(2) Congestion costs will
					 ultimately be recovered from ratepayers. Congestion costs should be reflected
					 in the fixed price bids submitted by wholesale energy suppliers.
(3) Supply management costs, including supply
					 bidding, contracting, hedging, risk management costs, any scheduling and
					 forecasting services provided exclusively for default service by the EDC, and
					 applicable administrative and general expenses related to these
					 activities.
(4) Administrative
					 costs, including billing, collection, education, regulatory, litigation, tariff
					 filings, working capital, information system and associated administrative and
					 general expenses related to default service.
(5) Applicable taxes, excluding Sales
					 Tax.
(6) Costs for alternative
					 energy portfolio standard compliance.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1809 - Interim price adjustments and cost reconciliation

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(a) Consistent with the default service
					 regulations, default service rates, and correspondingly the PTC, may not be
					 adjusted more frequently than on a quarterly basis for residential and small
					 business customers to reflect changes in and ensure the recovery of reasonable
					 costs resulting from changes in wholesale energy prices or other costs from the
					 introduction of new, differently priced energy supply products to the DSP's
					 portfolio, and to correct the under and over collection of costs. This PTC
					 adjustment may be driven by changes in spot market prices, the use of laddered
					 contracts, the use of seasonal rate design, and the like.
(b) The public interest may be served if
					 default service and alternative energy compliance costs and the revenues
					 received through default service rates are reconciled as part of the PTC
					 adjustment process. Reconciliation would ensure that DSPs fully recover their
					 actual, incurred costs without requiring customers to pay more than is
					 required. The PTC adjustment will therefore also reflect changes required due
					 to the reconciliation of costs and revenues. Reconciliation proposals should
					 result in a PTC adjustment that will resolve cumulative under or over
					 recoveries by the time of the next PTC adjustment interval.
(c) It may be in the public interest to
					 reconcile default service costs more frequently than at each PTC adjustment
					 interval. The DSP should propose interim reconciliation prior to the next
					 subsequent PTC adjustment interval when current monthly revenues have diverged
					 from current monthly costs, plus any cumulative over/under recoveries, by
					 greater than 4% since the last rate adjustment. When the divergence is less
					 than 4%, the DSP has the discretion to propose interim reconciliation prior to
					 the next PTC adjustment interval. Interim reconciliation proposals should
					 result in a PTC adjustment that will resolve cumulative under or over
					 recoveries by the time of the next PTC adjustment interval.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose; and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1810 - Retail rate design

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Retail rates should be designed to reflect the actual,
						incurred cost of energy and therefore encourage energy conservation. The PTC
						should not incorporate declining blocks, demand charges or similar elements.
						The PTC for a particular customer class may be converted to a time of use
						design if the Commission finds it to be in the public
						interest.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1811 - Rate change mitigation

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(a) The
					 following provision should apply when a DSP's total retail rate for a customer
					 class rises by more than 25% following the expiration of a generation rate cap
					 due to wholesale energy prices. When that occurs, DSPs should offer all
					 residential and small business customers of up to 25 kW in maximum registered
					 peak load the opportunity to prepay or defer some portion of the rate increase
					 for as long as 3 years. These competitively neutral mitigation options should
					 be included in the default service program filed for the period that begins
					 with the expiration of the Commission-approved generation rate cap. Customers
					 may not be assigned to a rate increase prepay or deferral program without their
					 affirmative consent. DSPs would be able to fully recover the reasonable
					 carrying costs associated with a rate increase deferral program, including
					 associated administrative costs.
(b) DSPs may propose other reasonable rate
					 mitigation strategies that would reflect the incurrence of reasonable
					 costs.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1812 - Information and data access

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The public interest would be served by common standards
						and processes for access to retail electric customer information and data. This
						includes customer names and addresses, customer rate schedule and profile
						information, historical billing data, and real time metered data. Retail
						choice, demand side response and energy conservation initiatives can be
						facilitated if EGSs, curtailment service providers and other appropriate
						parties can obtain this information and data under reasonable terms and
						conditions common to all service territories, that give dueconsideration to
						customer privacy, provide security of information and provide a customer an
						opportunity to restrict access to nonpublic customer
						information.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1813 - Rate and bill ready billing

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The public interest would be served by the consideration
						of the availability of rate and bill ready billing in each service
						territory.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1814 - Purchase of receivables

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The public interest would be served by the consideration
						of an EGS receivables purchase program in each service
						territory.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1815 - Customer referral program

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The public interest would be served by consideration of
						customer referral programs in which retail customers are referred to
						EGSs.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1816 - Supplier tariffs

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The public interest would be served by the adoption of
						supplier tariffs that are uniform as to both form and content. Uniform supplier
						tariffs may facilitate the participation of EGSs in the retail market of this
						Commonwealth and reduce the potential for mistakes or misunderstandings between
						EGSs and EDCs.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1817 - Retail choice ombudsman

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The public interest would be served by the designation of
						an employee as a retail choice ombudsman at each EDC and the Commission. The
						ombudsman would be responsible for responding to questions from EGSs,
						monitoring competitive market complaints and facilitating informal dispute
						resolution between the DSP and EGSs.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to purpose); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1803 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › UTILITY SERVICE OUTAGE RESPONSE RECOVERY AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION GUIDELINES-ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION MARKET › Section 69.1901 - Scope

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This section and §
											69.1902 (relating to notification
						guidelines) provide guidelines to the electric distribution market regarding
						the restoration practices of service.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › UTILITY SERVICE OUTAGE RESPONSE RECOVERY AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION GUIDELINES-ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION MARKET › Section 69.1903 - Preparation and response measures

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(a)
EDC liaisons to
					 counties.
An electric distribution company (EDC) should offer a
					 company liaison to counties (County Emergency Operations Centers or 9-1-1
					 Centers, depending on the county's preference) in its service territory that
					 are significantly impacted, meaning those with at least 10% of customers in the
					 county experiencing an outage for over 48 hours, during high-impact and major
					 service outage events such as those listed in subsection (b)(1).
(1) An EDC should inform the Commission's
					 Lead Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (EPLO) of the counties in which the
					 company has placed liaisons when this information is available.
(2) The threshold for when a company liaison
					 is offered should be determined in agreement with the counties.
(3) A county may request a company liaison
					 for events that do not meet the established threshold subject to operational
					 constraints.
(4) An EDC should make
					 a best effort to respond to a county's request for a company liaison under
					 paragraph (3), subject to operational and safety considerations.
(5) In a county served by more than one EDC,
					 the EDCs should coordinate their response to the county so that the county has
					 representation from the desired EDCs.
(6) An EDC should meet at least yearly with
					 each county to review the liaison program and other emergency response
					 issues.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › ENERGY STORAGE ASSET POLICY STATEMENT › Section 69.1951 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this section
						and § 69.1952 (relating to electricity storage as a distribution system
						asset) have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
EDC-electric distribution company
-The
						term has the same meaning as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2803
						(relating to definitions).
Electricity-storage asset
-A resource
						capable of receiving electric energy from the distribution grid and storing it
						for later injection of electricity back to the distribution grid.
NWS-non-wires solution
-An EDC investment
						and operating practice that acts as a distribution asset to: improve
						reliability, resilience or service; reduce congestion or system constraints; or
						is otherwise operationally justified by the EDC at the time of implementation
						and which can defer or replace the need for specific transmission or
						distribution projects, or both, at lower total resource cost, by reliably
						reducing transmission congestion or distribution system constraints at times of
						maximum demand in specific distribution grid areas. This term is synonymous
						with "non-transmission alternative" or "NTA" which is the term used by the
						National Regulatory Research Institution.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › ENERGY STORAGE ASSET POLICY STATEMENT › Section 69.1952 - Electricity-storage as a distribution-system asset

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The Commission acknowledges that electricity-storage
						assets can assist in various engineered reliability solutions. As such, the
						Commission recognizes that electricity-storage assets can be used by EDCs to
						maintain or to increase the reliability or the resilience of the electric
						distribution system on a temporary basis or permanent basis. The Commission
						encourages the consideration of these assets when reasonable and prudent,
						specifically as an alternative NWS. The Commission encourages EDCs to consider
						electricity-storage assets as part of their system planning.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › INTERCONNECTION APPLICATION FEES › Section 69.2101 - Statement of scope

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Sections
						69.2102-69.2104 provide guidelines to
						electric distribution companies and customer-generators regarding appropriate
						fees to be used in filing and processing interconnection applications under
						section 5 of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act (73 P. S. §
												1648.5) regarding alternative energy and
						interconnection standards and §
											§
											75.21,
						75.22,
						75.31-75.40 and
						75.51 (relating to interconnection
						standards; and dispute resolution).
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.2102 (relating to statement of
						  purpose); and 52 Pa. Code §
													69.2103 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › INTERCONNECTION APPLICATION FEES › Section 69.2102 - Statement of purpose

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(a) This
					 section and §
											§
											69.2101,
					 69.2103 and
					 69.2104 (relating to
					 interconnection application fees) are intended to provide guidance to electric
					 distribution companies and customer-generators seeking to interconnect with an
					 electric distribution company's distribution system under §
											§
											75.21,
					 75.22,
					 75.31-75.40 and
					 75.51 (relating to interconnection
					 standards; and dispute resolution). The application fees set forth under these
					 sections are deemed appropriate. An electric distribution company which seeks
					 to impose fees other than those set forth in §
											69.2104 (relating to
					 interconnection application fees) is required to file for Commission approval
					 and make an evidentiary showing that deviation from these sections is
					 appropriate.
(b) Electric
					 distribution companies and entities such as industrial parks or residential
					 developers may negotiate different fees for multiple
					 interconnections.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.2101 (relating to statement of
						  scope); and 58 Pa. Code §
													69.2103 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › INTERCONNECTION APPLICATION FEES › Section 69.2103 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this section
						and §
											§
											69.2101,
						69.2102 and
						69.2104 (relating to
						interconnection application fees), have the following meanings, unless the
						context clearly indicates otherwise:
Area network impact study
-An engineering
						study conducted by an Electric Distribution Company of a local area network
						under §
											75.40 (relating to Level 4
						interconnection review).
Customer-generator
-A nonutility owner or
						operator of a net metered distributed generation system as defined in §
						75.1 (relating to definitions).
Facility study
-A study conducted by an
						electric distribution company or a third party consultant for the
						customer-generator as defined in §
											75.22 (relating to
						definitions).
Feasibility study
-A preliminary
						evaluation of the system impact and cost of interconnecting the small generator
						facility to the electric distribution company's electric distribution system,
						as defined in § 75.22.
Level 1 review
-The interconnection
						application review level in §
											75.37 (relating to Level 1
						interconnection review).
Level 2 review
-The interconnection
						application review level in §
											75.38 (relating to Level 2
						interconnection review).
Level 3 review
-The interconnection
						application review level in §
											75.39 (relating to Level 3
						interconnection review).
Level 4 review
-The interconnection
						application review level in §
											75.40 (relating to Level 4
						interconnection review).
System impact study
-An engineering study
						that evaluates the impact of the proposed interconnection on the safety and
						reliability of an electric distribution company's electric distribution system,
						as defined in §
											75.22.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.2101 (relating to statement of
						  scope); and 52 Pa. Code §
													69.2102 (relating to statement of
						  purpose).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › COMMONWEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION AND ANNUAL RECERTIFICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATION CARRIERS FOR PURPOSES OF FEDERAL UNIVERSAL SERVICE SUPPORT-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.2501 - Standards applicable for designation and annual certification as an eligible telecommunications carrier, for purposes of obtaining Federal universal service support

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(a) Petitions
					 for designation in this Commonwealth as an eligible telecommunications carrier
					 (ETC), for purposes of obtaining Federal universal service support, should be
					 evaluated under:
(1) Section 214(e) of the
					 Telecommunications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. §
													214(e)), regarding extension
					 of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and
					 necessity.
(2) The Federal
					 Communications Commission's (FCC's) discussion of ETC designations in the
					 Universal Service Order, Report and Order at CC Docket No. 96-45 (May 8,
					 1997).
(3) The standards in the
					 FCC's Report and Order at CC Docket No. 96-45 (March 17, 2005).
(4) The FCC's rules governing ETC
					 designations in 47 CFR
					 54.101,
					 54.201-54.203 and
					 54.205-54.209.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › APPLICATION OF PGW CASH FLOW RATEMAKING METHOD-FINAL STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.2701 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this section
						and §
											§
											69.2702 and
						69.2703, have the following
						meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act
-The Natural Gas Choice and
						Competition Act (66 Pa.C.S. §
												§
												2201-2212).
PGW
-Philadelphia Gas
						Works.