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Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter H - UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS › Section 57.82 - Installation of distribution and service lines

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(a) Distribution and service lines installed
					 under an application for electric service within a development shall be
					 installed underground, shall conform to the utility's construction standards,
					 §
											57.26 (relating to construction
					 and maintenance of facilities), the specifications set forth in the
National Electric Safety Code
(NESC), and shall be owned and
					 maintained by the utility. Pad-mounted transformers may be installed as a
					 utility construction standard. Excavating and backfilling shall be performed by
					 the developer of the project or by another agent the developer may authorize.
					 Installation of service-related utility facilities shall be performed by the
					 utility or by another agent the utility may authorize. Street-lighting lines
					 installed then or thereafter within the same development shall also be
					 installed underground, upon terms and conditions prescribed elsewhere in each
					 utility's tariff. The utility is not liable for injury or damage occasioned by
					 the willful or negligent excavation, breakage or other interference with its
					 underground lines occasioned by anyone other than its own employes or
					 agents.
(b) Nothing in this section
					 shall prohibit a utility from performing its own excavating and backfilling for
					 greater system design flexibility. No charges other than those specified in
					 §
											57.83(4)
					 (relating to applicants for electric service) shall be permitted.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													57.19 (relating to line
						  extensions); 52 Pa. Code §
													57.88 (relating to subdivisions);
						  and 52 Pa. Code §
													69.43 (relating to notice
						  lead-time).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter H - UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS › Section 57.84 - Installing distribution lines beyond boundary of development

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Whenever the distance from the end of the utility's
						existing distribution line to the boundary of the development is 100 feet or
						more, the 100 feet of new distribution line nearest to but outside the boundary
						shall be installed underground if practicable; and whenever the distance is
						less than 100 feet from the boundary, all of the new distribution line nearest
						to but outside the boundary shall be installed underground if practicable. The
						installation required by this section shall be provided by the utility, without
						cost to the applicant.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													57.19 (relating to line
						  extensions); 52 Pa. Code §
													57.88 (relating to subdivisions);
						  and 52 Pa. Code §
													69.43 (relating to notice
						  lead-time).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter H - UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS › Section 57.85 - Underground construction, specification standards

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Public utilities furnishing electric service to the
						public shall file their underground construction, specification standards and
						revisions thereto with the Commission's Bureau of Fixed Utility Services. These
						standards shall be filed within 20 working days from their date of adoption or
						revision.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													57.19 (relating to line
						  extensions); 52 Pa. Code §
													57.88 (relating to subdivisions);
						  and 52 Pa. Code §
													69.43 (relating to notice
						  lead-time).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter H - UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS › Section 57.86 - Exceptions

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(a)
Request
					 for exception.
(1) Whenever a public
					 utility or an affected person believes that the application of the requirements
					 in §
												57.83 (relating to applicants for
					 electric service) works an undue hardship, involves a physical impossibility,
					 or is otherwise inappropriate, the utility or persons may request an exception
					 from the underground requirements by providing the Commission with the
					 following:
(i) A copy of the recorded plot
					 plan of the development for which the exception is sought.
(ii) A petition setting forth:
(A) The name of the applicant.
(B) The location and the size of the
					 development involved.
(C) The names
					 of the electric utility and telephone utility which will provide service to the
					 development.
(D) The date on which
					 the construction began or will begin; whether the development is a new
					 development or one phase in a development to be completed in several phases;
					 and whether facilities in the area surrounding the development have been
					 installed underground or overhead.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter H - UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS › Section 57.87 - Applicability

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This chapter applies to applications for service to
						developments which are filed after June 30, 1984.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													57.19 (relating to line
						  extensions); 52 Pa. Code §
													57.88 (relating to subdivisions);
						  and 52 Pa. Code §
													69.43 (relating to notice
						  lead-time).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter H - UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS › Section 57.88 - Subdivisions

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Underground facilities in new residential developments
						are only required by §
											§
											57.81-57.87 (relating to underground
						electrical service in new residential developments) when a bona fide developer
						exists, that is, only when utility-ready lots are provided by the developer. A
						mere subdivision is not required to have underground service. Should the lot
						owner or owners in a subdivision desire underground service, the service shall
						be provided by the utility if the lot owner, at his option, either complies
						with §
											57.83 (relating to applicants for
						electric service) or pays to the utility charges that are contained in the
						utility's tariff for underground electric service not required by this
						title.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter J - CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.101 - Purpose

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The purpose of this subchapter is to:
(1) Promote and obtain information concerning
					 the management efficiency of electric utilities engaged in major construction
					 projects.
(2) Encourage electric
					 utilities to seek and secure contractual agreements for construction and
					 procurement which will minimize construction costs. The contractual agreements
					 shall be consistent with considerations of quality, reliability and life cycle
					 costs.
(3) Gather information about
					 electric utility construction practices and construction management programs,
					 so that the Commission is able to arrive at carefully reasoned decisions about
					 the prudency of utility management, when construction costs are considered in a
					 rate case.
The provisions of this §
													57.101 issued under Public Utility
						  Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  515,
						  1301 and
						  1308.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter J - CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.102 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this
						subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
AFUDC
-Allowance for funds used during
						construction.
Auditor in charge
-The Commission
						designee charged with the responsibility to track construction progress and
						costs. The auditor in charge is granted reasonable access to the construction
						site and to relevant oral and documentary evidence under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												515
						(relating to construction cost of electric generating units).
Beginning of construction
-To begin
						clearing or disturbing the land or the first act in erecting thereon an
						artificial structure; or the first act in adding to, modifying or altering an
						existing generating unit. The term does not include action necessary for the
						purpose of gathering survey, geological, environmental or similar data. In the
						case of work performed on an existing unit the term does not include actions
						necessary as a prerequisite to but not actually involving work on the
						generating unit.
Construction
-Work performed on an
						electric generating unit which is expected to require the affected public
						utility to incur an aggregate of at least $100 million of expenses which, in
						accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, are capital expenses
						and not operating or maintenance expenses.
The provisions of this §
													57.102 issued under Public Utility
						  Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  515,
						  1301 and
						  1308.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter J - CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.103 - Estimate of construction costs

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A utility required under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												515(a) (relating to
						construction cost of electric generating units) to submit an estimate of the
						construction costs of electric generating units shall file the following
						information with the Commission as part of that estimate:
(1) An estimate of total costs.
(2) An estimate of the following costs:
(i) The cost and quantity of each category of
					 major equipment, such as switchgear, pumps, diesel generators and the
					 like.
(ii) The cost and quantity of
					 each category of bulk materials, such as concrete, cable and structural steel
					 and the like.
(iii) Manual
					 labor.
(iv) Direct and indirect
					 costs of architect/engineering services.
(v) Direct and indirect costs of subcontracts
					 or other contracts involving major components or systems such as turbines,
					 generators, nuclear steam supply systems, major structures and the
					 like.
(vi) Distributable
					 costs.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter J - CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.104 - Construction management program

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(a)
					 A utility which is involved in the construction of an electric generating unit
					 as defined in
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												515(d) (relating to
					 construction cost of electric generating units) and is the construction manager
					 of that electric generating unit, shall have a construction management program.
					 A description of the construction management program shall be filed with the
					 Commission when the utility files its construction costs estimate under
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												515(a) as prescribed by
					 §
											57.103 (relating to estimate of
					 construction costs).
(b) A utility
					 which is required to file a description of its construction management program
					 shall include the following in the description:
(1) A statement of the duties,
					 responsibilities and procedures of the construction management program's
					 organization and personnel.
(2) A
					 list of reports which are forwarded to executive level utility managers from
					 the utility construction management organization. For purposes of this
					 subchapter, executive level management includes the level of vice president and
					 higher. The list shall include the title and a brief description of the report
					 to be included on the list.
(3) The
					 schedules and controls used in planning construction activities, with the
					 project milestones and, if requested by the auditor in charge, copies of
					 critical path network diagrams.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter J - CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.105 - Construction monitoring program

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(a)
					 A utility which is involved in the construction of an electric generating unit
					 as defined by
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												515(d) (relating to
					 construction cost of electric generating units) but is not the construction
					 manager of the electric generating unit, shall have a construction monitoring
					 program. A description of the construction monitoring program shall be filed
					 with the Commission when the utility files its construction cost estimate under
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												515(a) as prescribed by
					 §
											57.103 (relating to estimate of
					 construction costs).
(b) A utility
					 which is required to file a description of its construction monitoring program
					 shall include the following in the description:
(1) A statement of the duties,
					 responsibilities and procedures of the construction monitoring program's
					 organization and personnel.
(2) A
					 list of reports which are forwarded to executive level utility managers from
					 the utility construction monitoring organization. For the purposes of this
					 subchapter, executive level management includes the level of vice president and
					 higher. The list shall include the title and a brief description of the report
					 to be included on the list.
(3) The
					 project milestones and if requested by the auditor in charge, copies of the
					 critical path network diagrams.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter J - CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.106 - Construction progress reports

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A utility which is involved or becomes involved in
						construction as defined by
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												515(d) (relating to
						construction cost of electric generating units), shall file quarterly
						construction reports with the Commission.
(1) Quarterly construction reports shall be
					 based upon a calendar year quarter and be received by the Commission no later
					 than 45 days after the end of a calendar year quarter.
(2) Quarterly construction reports shall
					 provide a detailed schedule of construction and cost milestones and shall
					 notify and explain an occurrence which causes a deviation from cost
					 projections, including AFUDC, in excess of $5 million.
(3) The acceptance for filing of the
					 quarterly reports by the Commission does not constitute an approval of cost or
					 schedule changes.
(4) Unexplained
					 inconsistencies or unexplained substantive changes in the construction progress
					 reports or in the methods used to track progress and completion may be
					 considered as evidence of management imprudence.
(5) The utility shall provide other documents
					 or information concerning construction, as may be requested from time to time,
					 by the auditor in charge.
The provisions of this §
													57.106 issued under Public Utility
						  Code, the Public Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  515,
						  1301 and
						  1308.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter K - UPGRADING OF COAL-FIRED GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.121 - Purpose

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This subchapter requires jurisdictional electric
						utilities with existing coal-fired generating units to uprate their electric
						power production by increasing the capability to use coal where economically
						feasible and where the uprate is beneficial to ratepayers. This subchapter also
						establishes an optional rate rider and preferential base rate recognition
						mechanisms for special cost recovery for upgradings. This subchapter is
						required by
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												514
						(relating to use of coal).
The provisions of this §
													57.121 amended under Public
						  Utility Code, the Public Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														308,
						  331,
						  501,
						  504 and
						  1501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter K - UPGRADING OF COAL-FIRED GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.122 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this
						subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Coal-fired unit
-An electric generating
						station fueled by coal or coal derivatives.
Equivalent availability
-A measure of
						generating unit availability calculated as follows:
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Net dependable capacity
-Gross dependable
						capacity less capacity utilized for station service or auxiliary load.
Present value revenue requirement
-Total
						annual revenue, discounted to present dollars at the time of calculation,
						necessary to cover costs and expenses, assuming normal ratemaking
						treatments.
Qualified project
-Capital improvement of
						a coal-fired unit which will result in an uprating or extension of useful life
						of the unit, and is economically feasible with benefit of the uprating equal to
						or greater than the cost of the project based upon present value revenue
						requirement calculations.
Upgrading
-Capital investment which
						results in uprating of a coal-fired unit.
Uprating
-Actual increased net dependable
						capacity of a coal-fired unit or improved equivalent availability of a
						unit.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter K - UPGRADING OF COAL-FIRED GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.123a - Project commencement and qualification

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(a) An electric utility with coal-fired
					 generating capacity shall, within a reasonable period of time, commence all
					 coal-fired unit uprating projects which are found to be economically feasible
					 and beneficial to ratepayers.
(b)
					 Upon application of the affected utility, the Commission may qualify an
					 uprating project for special cost recovery under §
											57.124 (relating to special cost
					 recovery). The application shall provide cost/ benefit analyses which clearly
					 demonstrate, under present value revenue requirements calculations, that the
					 benefits of uprating the unit will exceed project costs over the operational
					 life of the investment or the remaining life of the unit, whichever is
					 less.
(c) If a utility fails,
					 within a reasonable period of time, to commence a project shown to be cost
					 effective and economically feasible, the utility shall be subject to adjustment
					 of rates under
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												1309
					 (relating to rates fixed on complaint; investigation of costs of
					 production).
The provisions of this §
													57.123a issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														308,
						  331,
						  501,
						  504 and
						  1501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter K - UPGRADING OF COAL-FIRED GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.124 - Special cost recovery

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(a) When a
					 qualified project is completed, a utility may institute a rider under
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												1307
					 (relating to sliding scale of rates; adjustments) to surcharge base rates for
					 more timely recovery of associate costs until a time when the costs are
					 reflected in base rates. To be eligible for this cost recovery mechanism, the
					 utility shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) The rider surcharge shall be calculated
					 to recover the annual level of revenue required to support the project based
					 upon depreciation and rate of return findings in the utility's most recently
					 litigated rate proceeding. The revenue requirement calculation shall include
					 the net effect of anticipated operation and maintenance expense changes,
					 exclusive of fuel expense, resulting from the project.
(2) The rider shall take the form of a
					 percentage multiplier applied to base rates which shall be recomputed at least
					 once every 12 months.
(3) In the
					 course of each general rate proceeding, projected revenues from the rider shall
					 be rolled into base rates.
(4) The
					 rider may be initiated or adjusted upon 30-days notice to the Commission for
					 either recognition of additional qualified projects or annual recomputation of
					 the surcharge.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter K - UPGRADING OF COAL-FIRED GENERATING UNITS › Section 57.125 - Refunds

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Under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												514
						(relating to use of coal), revenue collected under §
											57.124(b)
						(relating to special cost recovery) is subject to refund with interest, as
						specified under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												514(c), if a qualified
						project is not completed within 2 years from the end of the test period in
						which the project was initially claimed and qualified.
The provisions of this §
													57.125 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														308,
						  331,
						  501,
						  504 and
						  1501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter L - ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 57.141 - General

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(a) An electric
					 distribution company (EDC), as defined in
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												2803
					 (relating to definitions), shall submit to the Commission the Annual Resource
					 Planning Report (ARPR) that contains the information prescribed in this
					 subchapter. An original of the report shall be submitted on or before May 1,
					 2000 and May 1 of each succeeding year. One copy of the report shall also be
					 submitted to the Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA) and the Office of Small
					 Business Advocate (OSBA). The name and telephone number of all persons having
					 knowledge of the matters, and to whom inquiries should be addressed, shall be
					 included.
(b) As a condition to
					 receiving a copy of the ARPR, the OCA and OSBA shall be obligated to honor and
					 treat as confidential those portions of the report designated by the utility as
					 proprietary.
(1) If the Commission, OCA, OSBA
					 or any person challenges the proprietary claim as frivolous or not otherwise
					 justified, the Secretary's Bureau will issue, upon written request, a
					 Secretarial letter directing the EDC to file a petition for protective order
					 under §
												5.423 (relating to orders to limit
					 availability of proprietary information) within 14 days.
(2) Absent the timely filing of such a
					 petition, the proprietary information claim will be deemed to have been waived.
					 The proprietary claim will be honored during the Commission's consideration of
					 the petition for protective order.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter L - ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 57.142 - Forecast of energy demand, peak load and number of customers

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(a) The Annual
					 Resource Planning Report (ARPR) shall include a forecast of energy demand in
					 megawatt-hours per calendar year.
(1) The data
					 shall include actual data for the past year and estimated data for the ensuing
					 5 years.
(2) The data shall be
					 displayed by the following component parts:
(i) Residential, commercial and industrial
					 sectors.
(ii) Other demand,
					 including public street and highway lighting, other sales to public authorities
					 and sales to railroads and railways.
(iii) Sales for resale.
(iv) Total consumption, as the sum of (i),
					 (ii) and (iii).
(v) System losses
					 and company use.
(vi) Net energy
					 for load, as (iv) minus (v).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter L - ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 57.143 - Existing and planned generating capability

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(a) The Annual Resource Planning Report
					 (ARPR) shall include a description of existing generating capability, the cost
					 of which is being recovered by the EDC in a competitive transition charge, as
					 defined under
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												2803
					 (relating to definitions), and planned generating capability installations,
					 changes and removals.
(1) The data shall
					 include station name and unit number, location, date installed or to be
					 installed, unit type, primary fuel type and fuel transportation method, summer
					 and winter net capability in megawatts, changes in capability occurring during
					 the past year and percent ownership share.
(2) The data shall include those facilities
					 which are owned in whole or in part by the reporting EDC. A jointly owned unit
					 shall be designated as such and the EDC's share of the unit shall be
					 indicated.
(3) The data shall
					 include actual data for the past year and estimated data for the ensuing 5
					 years.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter L - ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 57.144 - Transmission line projection

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(a) The
					 Annual Resource Planning Report (ARPR) shall contain a description of
					 transmission lines, as defined in §
											57.1 (relating to definitions), or
					 any portions thereof for which construction or acquisition of right-of-way is
					 scheduled to begin within the 5-year forecast period; and additions to or
					 modifications of existing electric supply lines which will result in the
					 creation of a transmission line, whether or not located entirely on existing
					 rights-of-way, public roads or the property of the sole customer served by the
					 line, for which construction or acquisition of right-of-way is scheduled to
					 begin within the 5-year forecast period.
(b) The description shall contain the
					 following:
(1) A descriptive title of the line
					 or portion thereof.
(2) The design
					 voltage.
(3) The length of the line
					 in miles.
(4) The location of the
					 township and county.
(5) The date
					 on which construction is scheduled to begin.
(6) The date on which the line is scheduled
					 to be placed in service.
(7) The
					 actual cost or most recent estimated cost for a line described in subsection
					 (c), provided that an estimate furnished be updated at the next annual
					 filing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter L - ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 57.145 - Qualifying facility and independent power producer

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The Annual Resource Planning Report (ARPR) shall include
						a description of each existing and planned qualifying facility and independent
						power producer, as defined under §
											57.31 (relating to definitions),
						from which the EDC will purchase energy or capacity, or both. Projects shall be
						grouped by status and subtotals shall be provided.
(1) The data shall include the amount of
					 energy in kilowatt-hours from each facility during the past calendar year, or
					 the expected amount of energy to be purchased from the facility, and the
					 contract capacity in kilowatts, if applicable.
(2) Facilities with an individual annual
					 output of less than 20,000 kilowatt-hours or capacity less than 5 kilowatts may
					 be consolidated by customer class and energy source-for example:
					 residential/wind.
(3) If an entity
					 has requested anonymity, the EDC does not have to name it, but shall only
					 provide the facility's characteristics.
The provisions of this §
													57.145 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  524,
						  1501,
						  1504 and
						  2809.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter L - ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 57.147 - Scheduled imports and exports

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The Annual Resource Planning Report (ARPR) shall include
						a forecast of scheduled imports and exports in megawatts for the EDC, the EDC's
						control area and appropriate regional reliability council, as defined under
						§
											57.192 (relating to
						definitions).
(1) Actual data for the
					 past year and estimated data for the ensuing 5 years shall be
					 provided.
(2) The data shall be
					 provided for both summer and winter seasons, the latter being the winter
					 following the summer of the past year.
(3) A breakdown of scheduled imports and
					 exports shall be provided including the name and type of each participating
					 entity.
The provisions of this §
													57.147 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  524,
						  1501,
						  1504 and
						  2809.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter L - ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 57.148 - Demand, resource and energy data

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The Annual Resource Planning Report (ARPR) shall include
						a summary of demand, resource and energy data for the past year.
(1) The peak day data shall be provided for
					 both summer and winter seasons, the latter being the winter following the
					 summer of the past year.
(2) The
					 report shall provide peak day purchases and sales of the electric distribution
					 company in megawatts and calendar year purchases and sales in
					 megawatt-hours.
(3) The report
					 shall identify each electric generation supplier's peak day unregulated load in
					 megawatts and calendar year sales in megawatt-hours.
The provisions of this §
													57.148 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  524,
						  1501,
						  1504 and
						  2809.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter L - ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 57.149 - Energy conservation and load management

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The Annual Resource Planning Report (ARPR) shall include
						a detailed description of conservation and load management programs implemented
						or operational during the past calendar year and all programs which are
						proposed to be implemented within 1 year following the filing of this
						report.
(1) A conservation program
					 shall include a method designed to produce a reduction in total annual energy
					 use, regardless of its effect on peak demand.
(2) A load management program shall include a
					 method which will reduce the peak or maximum load or demand, regardless of its
					 effect on total annual energy use.
(3) The program description shall include
					 actual or anticipated results and a breakdown of monetary and personnel
					 resources.
The provisions of this §
													57.149 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  524,
						  1501,
						  1504 and
						  2809.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter L - ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 57.152 - Formats

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In preparing the Annual Resource Planning Report required
						by this subchapter, each EDC shall use the current forms and schedules
						specified by the Commission, which shall include the following:
(1) ARPR 1-Historical and Forecast Energy
					 Demand.
(2) ARPR 2-Historical and
					 Forecast Connected Peak Load.
(3)
					 ARPR 3-Historical and Forecast Number of Connected Customers.
(4) ARPR 4-Historical and Forecast Peak Load
					 and Energy.
(5) ARPR 5-Existing
					 Generating Capability.
(6) ARPR
					 6-Future Generating Capability Installations, Changes and Removals.
(7) ARPR 7-Projected Capacity and
					 Demand.
(8) ARPR 8-Qualifying
					 Facility and Independent Power Production Facilities.
(9) ARPR 9-Scheduled Imports and
					 Exports.
(10) ARPR 10-Summary of
					 Demands, Resources and Energy for the Previous Year.
(11) ARPR 11-Transmission Line
					 Projection.
(12) ARPR
					 12-Conservation and Loan Management Program Description.
The provisions of this §
													57.152 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  524,
						  1501,
						  1504 and
						  2809.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter L - ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 57.154 - Public information and distribution

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The Annual Resource Planning Report shall be accompanied
						by a summary which is suitable for public distribution. Electric distribution
						companies shall maintain copies of the summary open to public inspection during
						normal business hours.
The provisions of this §
													57.154 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  524,
						  1501,
						  1504 and
						  2809.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter M - STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER › Section 57.171 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Act
-66 Pa.C.S. §§ 2801-2815
						(relating to Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition
						Act).
Current EGS
-The EGS at the time of the
						customer contact.
Customer
-A purchaser of electric power
						in whose name a service account exists with either an EDC or an EGS. The term
						includes all persons authorized to act on a customer's behalf.
Default service provider
-The term as
						defined in section 2803 of the act (relating to definitions).
EDC
-Electric distribution company-The
						term as defined in section 2803 of the act.
EGS
-Electric generation supplier-The
						term as defined in section 2803 of the act.
Selected EGS
-The EGS from which the
						customer seeks new electric generation supply service.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter M - STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER › Section 57.172 - Customer contacts the EDC

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(a)
					 When a customer or a person authorized to act on the customer's behalf contacts
					 the EDC to request a change from the current EGS or default service provider to
					 a selected EGS, the EDC shall notify the customer that the selected EGS shall
					 be contacted directly by the customer to initiate the change. This notification
					 requirement does not apply when a Commission-approved program requires the EDC
					 to initiate a change in EGS service.
(b) When a customer contacts the default
					 service provider to request a change from the current EGS to default service,
					 the default service provider shall notify the customer that there may be a
					 cancellation penalty to cancel service with the current EGS. Subsequent to this
					 notice and upon express or written consent from the customer, the default
					 service provider shall enroll the customer in default service.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to discipline);
						  and 52 Pa. Code §
													57.180 (relating to
						  implementation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter M - STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER › Section 57.173 - Customer contacts the EGS to request a change in electric supply service

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When a customer contacts an EGS to request a change from
						the current EGS or default service provider to a new selected EGS, the
						following actions shall be taken by the selected EGS and the customer's
						EDC:
(1) The selected EGS shall notify
					 the EDC of the customer's EGS selection at the end of the 3-business day
					 rescission period under §
											54.5(d) (relating
					 to disclosure statement for residential and small business customers) or a
					 future date specified by the customer. The selected EGS may notify the EDC by
					 the end of the next business day following the customer contact upon customer
					 consent.
(2) Upon receipt of this
					 notification, or notification that the customer has authorized a switch to
					 default service, the EDC shall send the customer a confirmation letter noting
					 the proposed change of EGS or change to default service. The notice must
					 include the date service with the new selected EGS or default service provider
					 will begin. The letter shall be mailed by the end of the next business day
					 following the receipt of the notification of the customer's selection of an EGS
					 or default service provider.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													57.180 (relating to
						  implementation); and 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter M - STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER › Section 57.174 - Time frame requirement

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(a) When a
					 customer has provided the selected EGS or current EGS with oral confirmation or
					 written authorization to select the new EGS or default service provider,
					 consistent with electric data transfer and exchange standards, the EDC shall
					 make the change within 3 business days of the receipt by the EDC of the
					 electronic enrollment transaction.
(b) The EDC shall obtain a meter read to
					 effectuate the switch of service within the time period provided for in
					 subsection (a). In instances when the EDC does not have advanced or automated
					 metering capability, the EDC shall obtain an actual meter read, use an
					 estimated meter read or use a customer-provided meter read. When an estimated
					 meter read is used, the estimated meter read shall be updated when an actual
					 meter read is obtained.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													57.180 (relating to
						  implementation); and 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter M - STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER › Section 57.175 - Persons authorized to act on behalf of a customer

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A customer may identify persons authorized to make
						changes to the customer's account. To accomplish this, the customer shall
						provide the EDC with a signed document identifying by name those persons who
						have the authority to initiate a change of the customer's
						EGS.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter M - STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER › Section 57.176 - Valid written authorization

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A document signed by the customer of record whose sole
						purpose is to obtain the customer's consent to change EGSs shall be accepted as
						valid and result in the initiation of the customer's request. Documents not
						considered as valid include, but are not limited to, canceled checks, signed
						entries into contests and documents used to claim prizes won in
						contests.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter M - STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER › Section 57.177 - Customer dispute procedures

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(a)
					 When a customer contacts an EDC or an EGS and alleges that the EGS has been
					 changed without consent, the company contacted shall:
(1) Consider the matter a customer registered
					 dispute.
(2) Investigate and
					 respond to the dispute consistent with §
												§
												56.151 and
					 56.152 (relating to utility
					 company dispute procedures).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter M - STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER › Section 57.178 - Default service provider

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This subchapter does not apply when the customer's
						service is discontinued by the EGS and subsequently provided by the default
						service provider because no other EGS is willing to provide service to the
						customer.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter M - STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER › Section 57.179 - Record maintenance

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Each EDC and each EGS shall preserve all records
						regarding unauthorized change of EGS and default service provider disputes for
						3 years from the date the customers filed the dispute. These records shall be
						made available to the Commission or its staff upon request.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													57.180 (relating to
						  implementation); and 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter M - STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER › Section 57.180 - Implementation

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Each EDC and EGS shall implement §
											§
						57.172-57.174 and 57.179 by December 15, 2014.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter N - ELECTRIC RELIABILITY STANDARDS › Section 57.191 - Purpose

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Reliable electric service is essential to the health,
						safety and welfare of the citizens of this Commonwealth. The purpose of this
						subchapter is to establish standards and procedures for continuing and ensuring
						the safety and reliability of the electric system in this Commonwealth. The
						standards have been developed to provide a uniform method of assessing the
						reasonableness of electric service reliability.