Pennsylvania SB 505: An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility industry, further providing for energy efficiency and conservation program.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 769
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 505
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, TARTAGLIONE, SANTARSIERO, STREET, KANE,
COMITTA, COLLETT, COSTA, SCHWANK, CAPPELLETTI, HUGHES,
HAYWOOD, PISCIOTTANO AND MILLER, MAY 12, 2025
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
MAY 12, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility
industry, further providing for energy efficiency and
conservation program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2806.1 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 2806.1. Energy efficiency, resilience and conservation
program.
(a) Program.--The commission shall[, by January 15, 2009,]
adopt an energy efficiency, resilience and conservation program
to require electric distribution companies to adopt and
implement cost-effective energy efficiency, resilience and
conservation plans to reduce energy demand and consumption
within the service territory of each electric distribution
company in this Commonwealth. The program shall include:
(1) Procedures for the approval of plans submitted under
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subsection (b).
(2) An evaluation process, including a process to
monitor and verify data collection, quality assurance and
results of each plan and the program.
(3) An analysis of the cost and benefit of each plan
submitted under subsection (b) in accordance with a total
resource cost test approved by the commission.
(4) An analysis of how the program and individual plans
will enable each electric distribution company to achieve or
exceed the requirements for reduction in consumption under
subsections (c) and (d).
(5) Standards to ensure that each plan includes a
variety of energy efficiency, resilience and conservation
measures, including measures that increase consumer
resilience to extreme weather events, and will provide the
measures equitably to all classes of customers.
(6) Procedures to make recommendations as to additional
measures that will enable an electric distribution company to
improve its plan and exceed the required reductions in
consumption under subsections (c) and (d) while increasing
consumer resilience to extreme weather events.
(7) Procedures to require that electric distribution
companies competitively bid all contracts with conservation
service providers, unless alternative procedures are
otherwise authorized by the commission.
(8) Procedures to review all proposed contracts prior to
the execution of the contract with conservation service
providers to implement the plan. The commission may order the
modification of a proposed contract to ensure that the plan
meets the requirements for reduction in demand and
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consumption under subsections (c) and (d).
(9) Procedures to ensure compliance with requirements
for reduction in consumption under subsections (c) and (d).
(10) A requirement for the participation of conservation
service providers in the implementation of all or part of a
plan.
(11) Cost recovery to ensure that measures approved are
financed by the same customer class or classes that will
receive the direct energy and conservation benefits.
(b) Duties of electric distribution companies.--
(1) (i) [By July 1, 2009, each] Each electric
distribution company shall develop and file an energy
efficiency, resilience and conservation plan with the
commission for approval to meet the requirements of
subsection (a) and the requirements for reduction in
consumption under subsections (c) and (d). The plan shall
be implemented upon approval by the commission. The
following are the plan requirements:
(A) The plan shall include specific proposals to
implement energy efficiency, resilience and
conservation measures, including measures that
increase consumer resilience to extreme weather
events, to achieve or exceed the required reductions
in consumption under subsections (c) and (d).
(B) [A minimum of 10%] The commission shall
approve a targeted required reduction requiring a
minimum of no greater than 10% of the required
reductions in consumption under subsections (c) and
(d) [shall] to be obtained from units of Federal,
State and local government, including municipalities,
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school districts, institutions of higher education
[and], nonprofit entities and housing authorities,
and from subsidized housing.
(C) The plan shall explain how quality assurance
and performance will be measured, verified and
evaluated.
(D) The plan shall state the manner in which the
plan will achieve the requirements of the program
under subsection (a) and will achieve or exceed the
required reductions in consumption under subsections
(c) and (