CHAPTER 13
RATES AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Subchapter
A. Rates
B. Distribution Systems
Enactment. Chapter 13 was added July 1, 1978, P.L.598, No.116, effective in 60 days.
Chapter Heading. The heading of Chapter 13 was amended February 14, 2012, P.L.72, No.11, effective
in 60 days.
Cross References. Chapter 13 is referred to in sections 528, 2203, 2607, 2804, 3019 of this title.
SUBCHAPTER A
RATES
Sec.
1301. Rates to be just and reasonable.
1301.1. Computation of income tax expense for ratemaking purposes.
1302. Tariffs; filing and inspection.
1303. Adherence to tariffs.
1304. Discrimination in rates.
1305. Advance payment of rates; interest on deposits.
1306. Apportionment of joint rates.
1307. Sliding scale of rates; adjustments.
1308. Voluntary changes in rates.
1309. Rates fixed on complaint; investigation of costs of production.
1310. Temporary rates.
1311. Valuation of and return on the property of a public utility.
1312. Refunds.
1313. Price upon resale of public utility services.
1314. Limitation on prices paid for property and fuel.
1315. Limitation on consideration of certain costs for electric utilities.
1316. Recovery of advertising expenses.
1316.1. Recovery of club dues.
1317. Regulation of natural gas costs.
1318. Determination of just and reasonable gas cost rates.
1319. Financing of energy supply alternatives.
1320. Fuel purchase audits by complaint.
1321. Recovery of certain employee meeting expenses.
1322. Outages of electric generating units.
1323. Procedures for new electric generating capacity.
1324. Residential telephone service rates based on duration or distance of call.
1325. Local exchange service increases; limitation (Repealed).
1326. Standby charge prohibited.
1327. Acquisition of water and sewer utilities.
1328. Determination of public fire hydrant rates.
1329. Valuation of acquired water and wastewater systems.
1330. Alternative ratemaking for utilities.
Subchapter Heading. The heading of Subchapter A was added February 14, 2012, P.L.72, No.11, effective
in 60 days.
§ 1301. Rates to be just and reasonable.
(a) Regulation.--Every rate made, demanded, or received by any public utility, or by any two or more
public utilities jointly, shall be just and reasonable, and in conformity with regulations
or orders of the commission. Only public utility service being furnished or rendered
by a municipal corporation, or by the operating agencies of any municipal corporation,
beyond its corporate limits, shall be subject to regulation and control by the commission
as to rates, with the same force, and in like manner, as if such service were rendered
by a public utility.
(b) Municipal corporations.--In determining a just and reasonable rate furnished or rendered by a municipal corporation
or by the operating agencies of a municipal corporation providing public utility water
or wastewater service beyond its corporate limits, the commission shall employ an
imputed capital structure of comparable public utilities providing water or wastewater
service.
(Dec. 21, 2017, P.L.1208, No.65, eff. imd.)
Cross References. Section 1301 is referred to in sections 3015, 3016, 3019 of this title.
Notes of Decisions
HIKO Energy, LLC v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 163 A.3d 1079 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2017).
· cites it 4× “at 1101 (quoting 66 Pa. C.S. §1301). 2 As explained by the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of the Earth’s poles.”
Sunrise Energy, LLC v. FirstEnergy Corp., 148 A.3d 894 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016).
· cites it 2× “66 Pa. C.S. §1301 (stating that every “rate made, demanded, or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities jointly, shall be just and reasonable, and in conformity with regulations or orders of the commission.”
McCloskey v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 127 A.3d 860 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2015).
· cites it 4× “Section 1301 of the Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 1301 provides: Every rate made, demanded, nr received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities jointly, shall be just and reasonable, and in conformity with regulations or orders of the commission.”
United States Steel Corp. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 850 A.2d 783 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2004).
· cites it 4× “Rather, the Commission endorsed the tariff interpretation advocated by Reliant finding that Duquesne's interpretation was not just and reasonable as required by Section 1301 of the Public Utility Code (Code), 66 Pa.C.S. § 1301. [6] In interpreting the tariff, the Commission…”
Dauphin Cnty. Indus. Dev. Auth. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 123 A.3d 1124 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2015).
· cites it 2× “” 66 Pa.C.S. § 1301. As the Commission explained in its order: The record indicates that, as a net-metering customer taking service under PPL’s current [Time-of-Use] rates, [the Development Authority] has derived significant benefit from its ability to be compensated for excess…”
Lloyd v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 904 A.2d 1010 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2006).
· cites it 2× “When setting rates, Section 1301 of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 1301, provides that "[e]very rate made, demanded, or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities jointly, shall be just and reasonable, and in conformity with regulations or…”
Barasch v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 491 A.2d 94 (Pa. 1985).
· cites it 2× “It should do so to determine if a time will come in the reasonably near future when the Company’s total annual tax due under an accelerated method of depreciating that property will be greater than under straight-line depreciation.”
City of Lancaster v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 769 A.2d 567 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2001).
· cites it 2× “66 Pa.C.S. § 1301. [4] 66 Pa.C.S. § 1307(g) provides, in pertinent part, as follows: (g) Recovery of costs related to distribution system improvement projects designed to enhance water quality, fire protection reliability and long-term system viability.”
Elizabeth Tp. v. Mun. Auth. of Mckeesport, 447 A.2d 245 (Pa. 1982).
· cites it 2× “§ 1141, presently 66 Pa.C.S. § 1301. The predecessor to the Act of 1945, the Municipality Authorities Act of 1935, Act of June 28, 1935, P.”
66 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1301(a): 7 cases
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