Pennsylvania HB 2330: An Act making appropriations from the Workmen's Compensation Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Community and Economic Development to provide for the expenses of administering the Workers' Compensation Act, The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act and the Office of Small Business Advocate for the fiscal year July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3232
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2330
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY MEHAFFIE, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ AND CIRESI,
APRIL 21, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
UTILITIES, APRIL 21, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, providing
for master-meter system and submetering program for landlord
ratepayers; and establishing programs.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 15 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
SUBCHAPTER C
MASTER-METER SYSTEM AND SUBMETERING PROGRAM
FOR LANDLORD RATEPAYERS
Sec.
1551. Declaration of policy.
1552. Definitions.
1553. Master-meter system and submetering program.
1554. Tenant benefits.
§ 1551. Declaration of policy.
The General Assembly finds and declares that it is the policy
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of the Commonwealth to encourage access for tenants and landlord
ratepayers to energy technologies and efficiency through
programs which offer master-meter systems and submetering
options.
§ 1552. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Conversion." The process of converting a residential
building from the use of a multimeter system to a master-meter
system.
"Energy efficiency." A reduction in overall consumption,
measured in kilowatt hours, or the shifting of an amount of
energy during a specified period of time, measured as demand in
kilowatts.
"Master-meter system." A system by which public utility and
electric generation services for a single residential building
or complex of buildings are billed through a commercial public
utility account. The term does not include a multimeter system.
"Multimeter system." A system by which each tenant holds an
individual public utility account. The term does not include a
master-meter system.
"Residential building." A building or complex of buildings
containing one or more dwelling units occupied by one or more
tenants. The term does not include nursing homes, hotels and
motels or any dwelling of which the landlord ratepayer is the
only resident, but does include mixed-use buildings containing
both residential dwelling units and units designated for
commercial use.
"Submetering." The process by which a landlord ratepayer
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that receives energy through a master-meter system installs
meters owned by the landlord ratepayer and bills individual
tenants for their metered usage.
"Tenant." Any person or group of persons who are
contractually obligated to make rental payments to the landlord
ratepayer pursuant to a rental arrangement, including, but not
limited to, an oral or written lease with the landlord ratepayer
for a dwelling unit in a residential building or mobile home
park which is provided gas, electric, steam, sewer or water as
an included service under the rental agreement and who are not
the ratepayers of the utility which supplied the gas, electric,
steam, sewer or water service.
§ 1553. Master-meter system and submetering program.
(a) Establishment.--The commission shall establish a program
for a landlord ratepayer or the landlord ratepayer's designated
agent for the use of a master-meter system or submetering.
(b) Criteria.--The commission shall ensure that the program
established under subsection (a) complies with the following
criteria:
(1) Allows a landlord ratepayer an option to choose a
master-meter service from a public utility for the landlord
ratepayer's residential property in accordance with section
1313 (relating to price upon resale of public utility
services).
(2) Ensures that a master-meter system has certified and
tested submeters for tenant bill accuracy.
(3) Requires a landlord ratepayer that bills tenants for
electric service to satisfy the requirements of section 1554
(relating to tenant benefits).
(4) Verifies a lease agreement prior to a conversion.
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(5) Includes applicable requirements for disconnection,
including notice and payment plan requirements.
(6) Mandates registration for a designated agent used by
a landlord ratepayer for billing.
(7) Has standards for the purchase or lease of equipment
for contracts between a landlord ratepayer and a public
utility.
§ 1554. Tenant benefits.
(a) Program established.--The commission shall establish a
program that enables a property owner to utilize the property
owner's business operation to participate in energy programs
that deliver benefits to tenants through the use of master-
metered service with submetering. The program shall provide
benefits under