Latest Public Utility Commission Stories
New PUC Rules Make Default Electricity Service Plans Less Attractive for Consumers HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP Pennsylvania today announced its opposition to a newly-approved state Public Utility Commission order that would force customers to pay higher rates for electricity by making default electricity service plans more volatile and costly. AARP said the PUC rules, announced yesterday, represent an effort to drive consumers into open...
New PUC Rules Would Threaten Availability of Default Electricity Service Plans for Consumers HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP Pennsylvania yesterday joined with three consumer advocacy groups to oppose a recent order by the state Public Utility Commission that would potentially force customers to choose an electricity provider by making pricing of default electricity service plans more volatile and costly. In comments filed yesterday with the...
Money Will Benefit Host Communities, Conservation and Public Protection HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced that Act 13, along with greatly enhancing environmental standards to ensure the protection of our natural resources, has generated more than $204.2 million through the new impact fee. Most of this money will be distributed directly to local communities across the state. "The Marcellus industry continues to create jobs...
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that, with 60 percent of Pennsylvanians due to have their electricity rates uncapped at the end of this year, the Public Utility Commission, state government and electric utilities should do more to educate consumers about electricity rate increases resulting from the rate-cap expiration. "Every Pennsylvania household faces the potential for a rate change as a result of the removal of electricity caps...
Troopers and Public Utility Commission Check Placarded Vehicles HARRISBURG, Pa., April 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania State Police and Public Utility Commission placed 148 trucks out of service and issued 528 traffic citations during a one-day enforcement effort that focused on inspecting commercial vehicles that transport hazardous materials, State Police Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski reported today. The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safe Transportation of Placarded Substances...
State Police, PUC Officers Also Issue 451 Citations HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania State Police and enforcement officers from the Public Utility Commission placed 100 trucks out of service and issued 451 traffic citations during an Oct. 7 enforcement effort focusing on commercial vehicles that transport hazardous materials, State Police Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski reported today. "About 200 trucks transporting hazardous materials are involved in fatal...
HOUSTON, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) electric transmission and distribution subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC today filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) seeking an order to approve the reasonableness and necessity of the $677.8 million the company incurred to restore service to customers following Hurricane Ike. This amount consists of approximately $608 million in restoration costs, plus...
By Rick Stouffer Allegheny Energy Inc. on Monday raised the white flag, agreeing not to push further its proposed $1.2 billion high-voltage power line project through Washington and most of Greene counties. Two state Public Utility Commission administrative law judges last month recommended the entire 240-mile project be scrapped. The Greensburg-based energy company yesterday agreed to a proposed settlement with the Greene County commissioners that would have it drop plans for about 36...
By Joe Napsha Allegheny Energy Inc. has asked state regulators to postpone a decision on its controversial high-voltage transmission line project through Washington and Greene counties so it can explore "new and creative alternatives." Allegheny Energy told the state Public Utility Commission in a filing this week that it wants to pursue a more collaborative process that would allow interested parties to present new ideas "to address the (power) reliability issue," spokesman Doug Colafella...
By Kim Leonard Residential natural gas customers will pay an average of nearly 18 percent more to heat their homes this winter compared to last year. That's according to the state Public Utility Commission, which released estimates for every large natural gas and electricity utility in the state as part of a hearing Thursday in Harrisburg to kick off its annual "Prepare Now" campaign for consumers. Columbia Gas customers could feel the biggest bite, a 29.4 percent hike this winter...
