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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 15-1393

NOTICES

Chapter 14 Implementation; Doc. No. M-2014-2448824

[45 Pa.B. 4130]
[Saturday, July 25, 2015]

 At its June 11, 2015, public meeting, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) adopted the Chapter 14 Final Implementation Order.

 The act of October 22, 2014 (P. L. 2545, No. 155) (Act 155), effective on December 22, 2014, reauthorized and amended 66 Pa.C.S. Chapter 14 (relating to responsible utility customer protection).

 Chapter 56 of 52 Pa. Code (relating to standards and billing practices for residential utility service) must be revised because 66 Pa.C.S. Chapter 14 supersedes a number of regulations in 52 Pa. Code Chapter 56, and the Commission is directed to revise 52 Pa. Code Chapter 56 and promulgate regulations to administer and enforce 66 Pa.C.S. Chapter 14. The Commission will promulgate a rulemaking to revise 52 Pa. Code Chapter 56. Parties will have an opportunity to participate in this proceeding when the Commission will consider and decide upon a number of issues regarding Act 155. However, some issues in Act 155 may be in need of more immediate Commission guidance as to their implementation and interpretation. As a result, in a January 15, 2015 Tentative Order, the Commission proposed to start addressing these more urgent issues. See Tentative Order, Chapter 14 Implementation, Doc. No. M-2014-2448824 (Order entered January 15, 2015) (Tentative Order).

 In reviewing Act 155, the Commission identified in the Tentative Order the following two issues for immediate attention:

 • 66 Pa.C.S. § 1403 (relating to definitions)—definition of ''medical certificate'': The Commission is approving the ''form'' that a medical certificate must take.

 • 66 Pa.C.S. § 1410.1(3) and (4) (relating to public utility duties): Utility reporting requirements concerning accounts with arrearages in excess of $10,000 and annual reporting of medical certificate usage.

 The Chapter 14 Final Implementation Order guidance on these two issues is on the Commission's web site at www.puc.state.pa.us//pcdocs/1370491.doc.

 The contact persons for this matter are Dan Mumford, Bureau of Consumer Services, (717) 783-1957, dmumford@pa.gov or Patricia T. Wiedt, Law Bureau, (717) 787-5755, pwiedt@pa.gov.

ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 15-1393. Filed for public inspection July 24, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]


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