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66 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1502 (2026)

 Discrimination in service.

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§ 1502.  Discrimination in service.

No public utility shall, as to service, make or grant any unreasonable preference or advantage to any person, corporation, or municipal corporation, or subject any person, corporation, or municipal corporation to any unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. No public utility shall establish or maintain any unreasonable difference as to service, either as between localities or as between classes of service, but this section does not prohibit the establishment of reasonable classifications of service.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case: PPL Elec. Utils. Corp. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 912 A.2d 386 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2006).
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PPL Elec. Utils. Corp. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 912 A.2d 386 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2006). · cites it 11× “The ALJ agreed with Complainants and concluded that PPL violated Section 1502 of the Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 1502, by using its account managers and executives to identify potential business opportunities for services from its non-regulated affiliates.”
Lynch v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 594 A.2d 816 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1991). “…by each customer that takes service directly from the main extension during the succeeding fifteen years. 5 . 66 Pa.C.S. § 1502.”
Crown Am. Corp. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 463 A.2d 1257 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1983). “4 Having determined that the PUC had the statutory authority to approve Rule 5F, we turn to Crown’s next contention, which is founded upon Section 1502 of the Code, 66 Pa. C. S. §1502. This Section, entitled ‘ ‘ Discrimination in service, ’ ’ provides: No public utility shall,…”
Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. v. PUC (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2023). · cites it 7× “§ 1502, as permitting EDCs to provide a service to itself, in this case on-bill billing for non-commodity goods and services, while also refusing to offer that same service to third parties. In addition, the Commission’s interpretation of Section 1502 arbitrarily departs from…”
Interstate Gas Supply, Inc., Aplts. v. PUC (Pa. 2025). · cites it 5× “In this discretionary appeal, we must decide whether the Commonwealth Court properly concluded that an electric distribution company may utilize a specific billing practice known as “on-bill billing” to offer its own non-commodity goods and services to customers while denying…”
Keystone Water Co. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 515 A.2d 367 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1986). “Section 1502 of the Public Utility Code (Code), 66 Pa. C. S. §1502, provides as follows: No public utility shall, as to service, make or grant any unreasonable preference or advantage to any person, corporation, or municipal corporation, or subject any person, corporation, or…”
Interstate Gas Supply, Inc., Aplts. v. PUC (Pa. 2025). · cites it 2× “” 66 Pa.C.S. § 1502. The Commonwealth Court read the word “any” in this passage to mean “any other.”
J. Kline v. PA PUC (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2026). · cites it 2× “Background On November 14, 2008, the General Assembly enacted Act 129, which required EDCs with more than 100,000 customers, like PPL, to file smart meter 3 66 Pa.C.S. § 1502 (relating to discrimination in service).”
Borough of Middletown v. PA PUC (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2023). “§ 1501, and had been discriminating in its service under Section 1502 of the Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 1502. (Op. & Order at 7-8.) Librandi alleged the Borough was charging excessive fees for electricity and sought a court order directing the Borough to take steps necessary to allow…”
Interstate Gas Supply, Inc., Pets. v. PUC (Pa. 2024). “§ 2804(6)—which requires monopoly [e]lectric [d]istribution [c]ompanies like [Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Pennsylvania Power Company, and West Penn Power Company] (“EDCs”) to provide distribution service to [e]lectric [g]eneration [s]uppliers…”
SBG Mgmt. Srvcs., Inc. v. Philadelphia Gas Works ~ Appeal of: Philadelphia Gas Works & City of Philadelphia (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025). “The Public Utility Code prohibits discrimination in service and rates, 66 Pa. C.S. §1502, and requires a public utility to “furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, safe, and reasonable service.”
Airlines Transp. Co. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 437 A.2d 1283 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1981). · cites it 2× “Two actions were instituted against Airlines: the first by residents of the Bellefield area of Oakland, requesting that service be reinstated at Webster Hall, the second by Howard Johnson’s, an Oakland hotel, alleging that Airlines’ failure to provide service there constituted…”
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