Pennsylvania SB 1254: An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Public Utility Commission, further providing for consumer protection and information.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1541
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1254
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, CULVER, DUSH, FLYNN, SCHWANK, KEARNEY AND
KANE, MARCH 30, 2026
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
MARCH 30, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Public Utility Commission, further
providing for consumer protection and information.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 308.1 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 308.1. Consumer protection and information.
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(c) Database of rate increases.--
(1) The commission shall, not later than 120 days after
the effective date of this paragraph, create and maintain a
centralized public database of all rates the commission
oversees. All information available must be searchable, at
minimum, by company, entity, type of utility, year or docket
number. The commission shall make the database available on
the commission's publicly accessible Internet website and,
when the commission receives a rate increase request, the
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database shall be updated with the information not later than
10 days after the commission's receipt of the request. The
database must contain all information available for each rate
the commission oversees, including rate increase requests,
for the previous 20 years, at a minimum.
(2) The commission may contract with a third party to
operate the database required by this subsection.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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