Bill Text: PA SB453 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for termination of utility service.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-02 - Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE [SB453 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB453-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 464
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 453 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY FERLO, FONTANA, HUGHES, WASHINGTON, MELLOW, LOGAN, KASUNIC, O'PAKE, M. WHITE AND STACK, MARCH 2, 2009
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 2, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for termination of
utility service.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1406(b) of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1406. Termination of utility service.
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(b) Notice of termination of service.--
(1) Prior to terminating service under subsection (a), a
public utility:
(i) Shall provide written notice of the termination
to the customer at least ten days prior to the date of
the proposed termination. The termination notice shall
remain effective for 60 days.
(ii) Shall [attempt to] contact the customer or
occupant[, either in person or] by telephone, to provide
notice of the proposed termination at least three days
prior to the scheduled termination. [Phone contact shall
be deemed complete upon attempted calls on two separate
days to the residence between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9
p.m. if the calls were made at various times each day.]
(iii) [During the months of December through March,
unless] In addition to the contact made under
subparagraph (ii), the utility shall attempt personal
contact [has been made] with the customer or responsible
adult by personally visiting the customer's residence[,
the public utility shall,] within 48 hours of the
scheduled date of termination[,] and if contact cannot be
made shall post a notice of the proposed termination at
the service location. This subparagraph shall apply to a
city natural gas distribution operation only during the
months of December through March.
(iv) After complying with paragraphs (ii) and (iii),
the public utility shall attempt to make personal contact
with the customer or responsible adult at the time
service is terminated. Termination of service shall not
be delayed for failure to make personal contact.
(2) The public utility shall not be required by the
commission to take any additional actions prior to
termination.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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