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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania restricts door-to-door energy sales hours and bans same-meeting utility contracts
Last action · March 3, 2025: Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, March 3, 2025Sponsors: Marla Brown and 5 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania House Bill 757 restricts in-person and door-to-door sales of natural gas and electric power to Mondays through Saturdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and prohibits suppliers from signing contracts at an initial face-to-face meeting unless initiated by the customer. The measure takes effect in 60 days.
Residential utility consumers gain mandatory cooling-off periods and verification notices during in-person sales pitches, while energy suppliers face strict hourly limits and separate meeting requirements for signing supply contracts.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Natural gas suppliers
Natural gas suppliers must restrict their in-person sales hours and separate initial pitch meetings from contract execution dates.
Electricity suppliers
Electricity suppliers must follow standardized hours for in-person sales and are barred from executing contracts at initial meetings.
Retail gas customers and electric customers
Customers receive mandatory verification notices and protection against same-meeting contract pressure during in-person energy solicitations.
Key Facts
- Natural gas and electricity suppliers conducting in-person or door-to-door sales are restricted to operating only between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
- Suppliers must provide customers with an affirmative notice explaining their option to verify solicitation activities by sharing their phone number with both the supplier and the distribution company.
- Suppliers are prohibited from signing a contract for utility services at an initial in-person meeting unless the customer initiates the contact.
- Contract execution resulting from an in-person pitch must occur at a mutually agreed-upon location after the initial meeting.
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- The new sales restrictions apply in addition to and supersede existing commission orders and regulations.
- The legislation takes effect 60 days after enactment.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Mar 3, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, March 3, 2025
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