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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania requires public utilities to include comment instructions in customer rate change notices
Last action · April 7, 2025: Laid on the table, April 7, 2025Sponsors: Joe Ciresi and 15 others
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What This Bill Proposed
An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Public Utility Commission, further providing for consumer protection and information.
Utility customers gain a standardized right to receive clear submission instructions for mail and electronic public comments whenever their utility provider seeks a rate increase or .
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
utility customers
Utility customers receive mandatory instructions on how to submit comments on rate changes or system acquisitions by mail and electronically.
public utilities
Public utilities and applicants must add comment submission instructions to all required notices sent to customers regarding proposed rate changes or system acquisitions.
Public Utility Commission
The commission is required to accept public comments submitted by mail, email, or a publicly accessible internet website.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What information must be included in utility rate change notices under this bill?
How must the commission accept public comments?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Tabled in the House.
Procedural history
4 actions- Apr 7, 2025HouseLaid on the table, April 7, 2025
- Apr 7, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst consideration, April 7, 2025
- Apr 7, 2025HouseCommitteeReported as committed, April 7, 2025
- Jan 27, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, Jan. 27, 2025
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Sponsors
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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