PRINTER'S NO. 4228
No. 419 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY LaGROTTA, D. R. WRIGHT, STEIGHNER, CARONE, VEON,
B. SMITH, COY, JOHNSON, KOSINSKI, FLEAGLE, BROUJOS AND
HALUSKA, NOVEMBER 18, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, NOVEMBER 18, 1992
A RESOLUTION
1 Calling upon the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to
2 withdraw its decision that the proposed sale of electricity
3 by Duquesne Light Company to Metropolitan Edison Company and
4 Jersey Central Power and Light Company is in the public
5 interest and to order new hearings on the proposed sale.
6 WHEREAS, An application has been filed with the Pennsylvania
7 Public Utility Commission by Metropolitan Edison Company,
8 Pennsylvania Electric Company, Jersey Central Power and Light
9 Company and Duquesne Light Company for authorization and
10 certification to locate, construct, operate and maintain a 268-
11 mile 500-kilovolt transmission line originating in the vicinity
12 of the Borough of Industry, Beaver County and terminating near
13 the Three Mile Island Power Station in Dauphin County, and to
14 construct associated facilities; and
15 WHEREAS, The transmission line would serve as a conduit for
16 the proposed sale of power by Duquesne Light Company to
17 Metropolitan Edison Company and Jersey Central Power and Light
18 Company; and
19 WHEREAS, On April 2, 1992, the Pennsylvania Public Utility
1 Commission approved an order finding that the proposed sale of
2 power by Duquesne Light Company was in the public interest; and
3 WHEREAS, On November 9, 1992, General Public Utilities,
4 parent company of Metropolitan Edison Company and Jersey Central
5 Power and Light Company, and Duquesne Light Company announced
6 that the contract that was considered by the Pennsylvania Public
7 Utility Commission in its April 2, 1992, order had been
8 substantially modified; and
9 WHEREAS, The modification will result in Duquesne Light
10 Company receiving 25% less for electricity sold to Metropolitan
11 Edison Company and Jersey Central Power and Light Company than
12 was provided for in the original contract, and the scheduled
13 date for the commencement of the sale of electricity by Duquesne
14 Light Company has been postponed three years to 1997; and
15 WHEREAS, The substantial modifications to the General Public
16 Utilities--Duquesne Light Company contract warrant a
17 reexamination of the application to determine whether the
18 proposed sale of power remains in the public interest in light
19 of the contract revisions; therefore be it
20 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives call upon the
21 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to withdraw its decision
22 that the proposed sale of electricity by Duquesne Light Company
23 to Metropolitan Edison Company and Jersey Central Power and
24 Light Company is in the public interest, and to order new
25 hearings to determine whether the proposed sale of electricity
26 under the terms of the revised contract is in the public
27 interest.
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