Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

66 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3017 (2026)

Access charges.

✓ current as of May 2026

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§ 3017. Access charges.

(a) General rule.--The commission may not require a local exchange telecommunications company to reduce access rates except on a revenue-neutral basis.

(b) Refusal to pay access charges prohibited.--No person or entity may refuse to pay tariffed access charges for interexchange services provided by a local exchange telecommunications company.

(c) Limitation.--No telecommunications carrier providing competitive local exchange telecommunications service may charge access rates higher than those charged by the incumbent local exchange telecommunications company in the same service territory unless such carrier can demonstrate that the higher access rates are cost justified.

(Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1398, No.183, eff. imd.)

2004 Amendment. Act 183 added section 3017.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2010–2010 · leading case: Buffalo Valley Tel. Co. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 990 A.2d 67 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010).

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Buffalo Valley Tel. Co. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 990 A.2d 67 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010). “Under 66 Pa.C.S. § 3017 the Commission has specific authority to rebalance revenue among noncompetitive services by reducing access rates and making revenue neutral increases to other noncompetitive rates.”

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