Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

66 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 101 (2026)

Short title of part.

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TITLE 66

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Part

I. Public Utility Code

II. Other Provisions (Reserved)

Enactment. Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Part I were added July 1, 1978, P.L.598, No.116, effective in 60 days.

PART I

PUBLIC UTILITY CODE

Subpart

A. Preliminary Provisions

B. Commission Powers, Duties, Practices and Procedures

C. Regulation of Public Utilities Generally

D. Special Provisions Relating to Regulation of Public Utilities

E. Miscellaneous Provisions

Enactment. Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Part I were added July 1, 1978, P.L.598, No.116, effective in 60 days.

SUBPART A

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Chapter

1. General Provisions

3. Public Utility Commission

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec.

101. Short title of part.

102. Definitions.

103. Prior rights preserved.

104. Interstate and foreign commerce.

Enactment. Chapter 1 was added July 1, 1978, P.L.598, No.116, effective in 60 days.

§ 101. Short title of part.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Utility Code."

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 56 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1979–2023 · leading case: Mercury Trucking, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 55 A.3d 1056 (Pa. 2012).

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Mercury Trucking, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 55 A.3d 1056 (Pa. 2012). · cites it 4× “§ 501(a), (b); see, generally, 66 Pa.C.S. § 101 et seq. Expenditures of administering the Code are borne in part by the public utilities that the Commission regulates.”

Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 910 A.2d 38 (Pa. 2006). · cites it 4× “The OCA requested that the PAWC be required, at the PAWC's sole expense, to extend its water service into the Township and alleged that the PAWC was in violation of Section 1501 of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 101 et seq., which requires public utilities to extend water…”

In Re: Condemnation by Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. of Permanent & Temp. Rights of Way for the Transp. of Ethane, Propane, Liquid Petroleum Gas, & other Petroleum Prods. in the Twp. of North Middleton, Cumberland Cnty., PA ~ Appeal of: R.S. Martin, 143 A.3d 1000 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “66 Pa.C.S. §§ 101 -3316. Section 1101 of the Code (related to the organization of public utilities and the beginning of service) provides: Upon the application of any proposed public utility and the approval of such application by the commission evidenced by its certificate of…”

Clean Air Council, M.M. deMarteleire & M.S. Bomstein v. Sunoco Pipeline, L.P., 185 A.3d 478 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). “66 Pa. C.S. §§ 101 -3316. Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, otherwise known as the Environmental Rights Amendment, provides: The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of…”

Bell Tel. Co. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 408 A.2d 917 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1979). · cites it 2× “The Pennsylvania Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. §101 et seq., authorizes utilities to seek a just and reasonable return on the fair value of property used and useful in the public service.”

Lyft, Inc. v. Pa PUC K. Lyons & PG Publ'g, Inc. d/b/a The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette v. Pa PUC, 145 A.3d 1235 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “In a separate PUC proceeding, the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (BIE) filed a complaint against Lyft alleging violation of the Public Utility Code (Code), 66 Pa. C.S. §§ 101 -3316. BIE also filed a petition for interim emergency order, requesting Lyft cease and desist…”

City of Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Elec. Co., 473 A.2d 997 (Pa. 1984). · cites it 2× “116(a), 66 Pa.C.S. § 101 et seq. [9] Section 2704(a) provides: Compensation for damages occasioned by construction, relocation or abolition of crossings (a) General rule.”

Retail Energy Supply Ass'n v. Pa. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 185 A.3d 1206 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). “The Choice Act is part of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. §§ 101 -3316. We discuss this portion of our decision in CAUSE-PA in more detail in the section addressing RESA's substantial evidence challenge.”

PECO Energy Co. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 791 A.2d 1155 (Pa. 2002). “Contrast the language of the Pennsylvania statute with that of neighboring New Jersey. Section 27:7-44.”

Bucks Cnty. Servs., Inc. v. Phila. Parking Auth., 195 A.3d 218 (Pa. 2018). “§§ 2401 - 2416 (repealed), and all other taxicabs, including those operated by appellees, were regulated pursuant to the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. §§ 101 - 3316, and PUC regulations.”

Schriner v. Pa. Power & Light Co., 501 A.2d 1128 (Pa. 1985). “116, § 1, 66 Pa.C.S. § 101 et seq., placed a broad range of subject matter under the control of the PUC making that agency responsible for ensuring the adequacy, efficiency, safety and reasonableness of public utility services, facilities and/or rates.”

UGI Utils., Inc. v. City of Reading & PA PUC, 179 A.3d 624 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2017). “45-2015, which imposes restrictions on the location of gas meters in historic districts, is preempted by the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. §§ 101 - 3316, and a regulation promulgated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) pursuant to its authority under the…”

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