CHAPTER 15
SERVICE AND FACILITIES
Subchapter
A. General Provisions
B. Discontinuance of Service to Leased Premises
Enactment. Chapter 15 was added July 1, 1978, P.L.598, No.116, effective in 60 days.
Cross References. Chapter 15 is referred to in section 2603 of this title.
SUBCHAPTER A
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
1501. Character of service and facilities.
1501.1. Certain utilities prohibited from using foreign coal.
1502. Discrimination in service.
1503. Discontinuance of service.
1504. Standards of service and facilities.
1505. Proper service and facilities established on complaint; authority to order conservation
and load management programs.
1506. Copies of service contracts, etc., to be filed with commission.
1507. Testing of appliances for measurement of service.
1508. Reports of accidents.
1509. Billing procedures.
1510. Ownership and maintenance of natural and artificial gas service lines.
1511. Electricity supplied to certain organizations.
1512. Emergency response plans.
Subchapter Heading. The heading of Subchapter A was added November 26, 1978, P.L.1245, No.297, effective
in 60 days.
§ 1501. Character of service and facilities.
Every public utility shall furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, safe, and reasonable
service and facilities, and shall make all such repairs, changes, alterations, substitutions,
extensions, and improvements in or to such service and facilities as shall be necessary
or proper for the accommodation, convenience, and safety of its patrons, employees,
and the public. Such service also shall be reasonably continuous and without unreasonable
interruptions or delay. Such service and facilities shall be in conformity with the
regulations and orders of the commission. Subject to the provisions of this part and
the regulations or orders of the commission, every public utility may have reasonable
rules and regulations governing the conditions under which it shall be required to
render service. Any public utility service being furnished or rendered by a municipal
corporation beyond its corporate limits shall be subject to regulation and control
by the commission as to service and extensions, with the same force and in like manner
as if such service were rendered by a public utility. The commission shall have sole
and exclusive jurisdiction to promulgate rules and regulations for the allocation
of natural or artificial gas supply by a public utility.
Cross References. Section 1501 is referred to in sections 102, 1353, 2205, 2207, 2807, 3205 of this
title.
Notes of Decisions
Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 910 A.2d 38 (Pa. 2006).
· cites it 14× “, dissenting), quoting 66 Pa.C.S. § 1501. The dissent did not dispute that customer contribution might be deemed appropriate where there is no demonstrated public need or where the costs in extending service would be prohibitive to the utility or risk its ability to earn a fair…”
Rohrbaugh v. Pennsylvania PUC, 727 A.2d 1080 (Pa. 1999).
· cites it 14× “The issue on appeal is whether a utility company violates its duty to provide reasonable and adequate service as required by Section 1501 of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 1501, where extensive damage is caused to a rental property after the utility company disconnects…”
Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 853 A.2d 1097 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2004).
· cites it 15× “The Consumer Advocate also asserted that the Utility was in violation of Section 1501 of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 1501, which requires, in relevant part, that public utilities make extensions of service as may be necessary "for the accommodation, convenience and…”
Energy Conservation Council v. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 995 A.2d 465 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010).
· cites it 4× “The ALJs found that there was no public need for the 502 Facilities pursuant to Section 1501 of the Public Utility Code (Code), 66 Pa.C.S. § 1501, [3] Section 57.76 of the PUC's regulations, 52 Pa.”
Duquesne Light Co. v. Barasch, 488 U.S. 299 (1989).
· cites it 2× “" 66 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1501 (1986). Although their assets are employed in the public interest to provide consumers of the State with electric power, they are owned and operated by private investors.”
Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n v. Seder, 139 A.3d 165 (Pa. 2016).
· cites it 2× “Soon thereafter, I & E conducted an informal investigation of PPL based upon the tip letter and concluded that PPL may have violated 66 Pa.C.S. § 1501, 2 as well as PPL’s internal policies regarding service restoration priority.”
Am. Airlines, Inc. v. Commonwealth, 665 A.2d 417 (Pa. 1995).
· cites it 6× “Section 1501 states in relevant part, "[e]very public utility shall furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, safe and reasonable service and facilities,.”
Pickford v. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 4 A.3d 707 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010).
· cites it 6× “an appeal from the Order of the Pennsylvania Utility Commission (Commission) which dismissed complaints filed by Susan Piekford (Pickford) and 18 other customers (hereinafter collectively “Petitioners”) of the Pennsylvania American Water Company (PAWC) on the grounds that…”
Hess v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 107 A.3d 246 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2014).
· cites it 3× “66 Pa.C.S. § 1501. To meet this obligation, the BCL authorizes public utility corporations, like PPL, to: (a) .”
Honey Brook Water Co. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 647 A.2d 653 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1994).
· cites it 4× “[3] After a hearing was held on July 1, 1992, the ALJ sustained the complaints concluding, first, that Honey Brook had violated Section 1501, of the Public Utility Code (Code), 66 Pa.C.S. § 1501 for failure to furnish adequate and reasonable water service, [4] and, second, that…”
Adams v. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 819 A.2d 631 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2003).
· cites it 3× “On appeal, the Adams argue, inter alia, that Columbia Transmission and Columbia Gas have violated the requirements of 66 Pa.C.S. § 1501, 6 which require continuous *634 and safe service by public utilities.”
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