PRINTER'S NO. 578

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 551 Session of 1981

        INTRODUCED BY GEORGE, J. L. WRIGHT, ITKIN, F. E. TAYLOR, BURNS,
           LEVI, LAUGHLIN, BORSKI, PHILLIPS, HORGOS, BELFANTI, DAWIDA,
           BOWSER, DUFFY, SHUPNIK, GRABOWSKI, WACHOB, FRYER, DeMEDIO,
           TRELLO, SEVENTY, A. K. HUTCHINSON, PETRARCA, E. H. SMITH,
           CORDISCO, COLAFELLA, IRVIS, FEE, McCALL, MANDERINO, COWELL,
           GRUPPO, PUNT, DeWEESE, W. W. FOSTER, CALTAGIRONE, PIEVSKY,
           SERAFINI, PETRONE, RASCO, RITTER, GREENFIELD, LLOYD, SWEET,
           KOLTER, FISCHER, LUCYK, LEVIN, STUBAN, COLE, O'DONNELL,
           CAPPABIANCA, SHOWERS, EMERSON, VAN HORNE, DOMBROWSKI, MULLEN,
           GALLAGHER, HOEFFEL, OLASZ, EARLEY, CESSAR, COSLETT, BELARDI,
           LESCOVITZ, EVANS, ZWIKL, BLAUM, TIGUE, CAWLEY, KUKOVICH,
           WAMBACH, WOZNIAK, RYBAK, DONATUCCI, PUCCIARELLI, RIEGER,
           WARGO, LIVENGOOD, J. D. WILLIAMS, MORRIS, H. WILLIAMS,
           MICOZZIE, HAYES, LEHR, PENDLETON, PISTELLA, BROWN, COHEN,
           WIGGINS, BARBER, McMONAGLE, McINTYRE, A. C. FOSTER, JR.,
           COCHRAN, MURPHY, MISCEVICH, GAMBLE, OLIVER, STAIRS, PETERSON,
           CIMINI, GRIECO, MICHLOVIC, GANNON, SPITZ, WASS, SIEMINSKI,
           TELEK AND MERRY, FEBRUARY 10, 1981

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 10, 1981

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, providing for sealed bids for the
     3     purchase of coal by electric utilities.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Title 66, act of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707,
     7  No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, is
     8  amended by adding a section to read:
     9  § 514.  Bidding requirements by electric utilities.
    10     All purchases of coal by an electric utility for the

     1  generation of electricity shall be awarded on a sealed bid basis
     2  to the lowest responsible bidder from at least three qualified
     3  suppliers. Duplicate copies of all bids shall be sent by the
     4  bidder to the commission at least 48 hours prior to the opening
     5  of the bids. The utility shall notify the commission of the
     6  successful bidder and the bid price and an explanation of the
     7  reasons if it is not awarded to the lowest bidder.
     8     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.















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