Pennsylvania SB 948: An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, further providing for data to be supplied by electric utilities.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1069
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 948
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY COLEMAN, JULY 23, 2025
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
JULY 23, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, further
providing for data to be supplied by electric utilities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 524(b), (c) and (d) of Title 66 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the section
is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 524. Data to be supplied by electric utilities.
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(a.1) Electric distribution companies.--Each electric
distribution company shall provide the following information to
the commission on an annual basis:
(1) The capability of the electric distribution company
to execute transmission and distribution level load shed, in
response to a directive from a regional transmission
organization, in a manner that minimizes impact to utility
ratepayers in each customer class.
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(2) The average duration that customers, in each
customer class, would experience a loss of power in response
to a load shed directive.
(3) The technical considerations and realities that
impact the granularity with which a load shed directive can
be reasonably executed by the electric distribution company.
(4) The extent to which the electric distribution
company identifies vital customers and vital facilities,
including customers, irrespective of customer class, to whom
loss of service would significantly impact health and safety,
and the ability of the electric distribution company to
minimize service disruptions to consumers who require power
for the maintenance of medically necessary equipment.
(5) The extent to which the impact of a load shed event
on customers identified as vital customers and vital
facilities can be minimized by:
(i) The duration of a loss of service during a load
shed event.
(ii) Onsite backup generation.
(iii) Supplemental battery power for medical
devices.
(6) Actions taken in the previous year to facilitate the
prioritization of vital customers and vital facilities during
load shed events.
(7) Whether reasonable notice to customers of an
impending load shed event is possible and, if so, an
appropriate trigger for the notice of a load shed event.
(b) Report.--The commission shall prepare a report
summarizing and discussing the data provided pursuant to
[subsection (a)] subsections (a) and (a.1) and annually, on or
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before September 1, shall submit the report to the General
Assembly, the Governor, the Office of Consumer Advocate and each
affected public utility.
(c) Regulations.--The commission shall promulgate
regulations to establish the specific forms and methods of
reporting the information to be submitted pursuant to
[subsection (a)] subsections (a) and (a.1).
(d) Effect of submission of information.--Neither the
submission to the commission of the information required by
[subsection (a)] subsections (a) and (a.1) or the issuance by
the commission of a report on the information, or anything
contained in such reports, or any action taken by the commission
as a result of the issuance of such reports, shall be considered
or construed as approval or acceptance by the commission of any
of the plans, assumptions or calculations made by the public
utility and reflected in the information submitted.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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