Pennsylvania HB 2429: An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility industry, providing for hosting capacity maps.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3230, 3370 PRINTER'S NO. 3575
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2429
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY CERRATO, FIEDLER, HANBIDGE, RIVERA, MALAGARI,
VENKAT, STEELE, OTTEN, HILL-EVANS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, BOROWSKI,
DONAHUE, BOYD, WAXMAN AND KHAN, APRIL 20, 2026
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 9, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility
industry, providing for hosting capacity maps.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 2807.1. Hosting capacity maps.
(a) Duties of electric distribution companies.--
(1) By July 1, 2027, each electric distribution company
shall develop and make publicly available distribution system
hosting capacity maps on the electric distribution company's
publicly accessible Internet website for respective service
territories, which shall be updated every two months and
prioritize feeders or nodes that experienced significant
changes since the electric distribution company's previous
update.
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(2) The commission may require each electric
distribution company to include additional data points to
improve transparency and planning, as necessary.
(3) An electric distribution company may SHALL establish
an online portal or registration process that enables a
person to verify the person's identity to receive access to
the hosting capacity maps on the electric distribution
company's publicly accessible Internet website. AUTHORIZES AN
ELIGIBLE PERSON TO ACCESS THE HOSTING CAPACITY MAPS UPON
VERIFICATION THAT THE ELIGIBLE PERSON IS ENGAGED IN A PROJECT
OR OTHER LEGITIMATE BUSINESS PURPOSE RELATED TO THE
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK.
(4) The commission shall ensure that an electric
distribution company does not discriminate against, hinder or
deny a AN ELIGIBLE person that properly requests access to
the electric distribution company's distribution system
hosting capacity maps. A AN ELIGIBLE person may file a
complaint with the commission if the person believes the
electric distribution company has denied or prevented access
to an electric distribution company's hosting capacity map in
violation of this section.
(b) Hosting capacity websites.--The commission shall publish
a list of hyperlinks for each electric distribution company
hosting capacity map website on the commission's publicly
accessible Internet website.
(c) Standards.--The commission shall establish uniform
reporting standards for consistency across each electric
distribution company within nine months of the effective date of
this subsection, subject to a stakeholder proceeding. At a
minimum, standards shall address data format, methodology for
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calculating load hosting capacity, threshold criteria for
constraint disclosure and map user interface requirements.
(d) Preapplication period.--
(1) Within 30 days of the effective date of this
subsection, each electric distribution company shall develop
a preapplication report that provides general locational
information to a person that proposes to interconnect new
load or generation to the distribution system upon request,
which shall include the proximity to distribution lines
operating at a nominal voltage of at least 4 kV, existing
interconnected generation and load, distribution system
capacity and constraints relevant to interconnection
viability and any other relevant information identified by
the commission.
(2) An electric distribution company shall provide the
locational information to the person that proposes to
interconnect to the distribution system within seven business
days after a request is submitted to the electric
distribution company.
(e) Requirements.--The hosting capacity maps under
subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Total available distribution system hosting
capacity, expressed in kilowatts, for new loads.
(2) A unified interface which shall identify the
following:
(i) A single unified interface with filtering or
toggling mechanisms designed to identify the following:
(A) Available hosting capacity for new load
interconnections .
(B) Available capacity for distributed energy
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resource interconnection.
(C) A distribution system constraint or
characteristic identified by the commission as
relevant to siting decisions for new large loads or
generation.
(ii) Existing and queued distributed energy
resources.
(iii) Distribution system constraints.
(3) Display of circuit hosting capacity at circuit-level
granularity, including feeder subsections.
(4) Forecasts of approved system upgrades.
(5)