PRINTER'S NO. 1456
No. 1219 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY KURY, SWEENEY, MYERS, MELLOW, STAPLETON, McKINNEY,
ANDREWS, JUBELIRER, NOLAN, SCANLON, ROMANELLI, O'PAKE, LEWIS,
DOUGHERTY AND HOLL, NOVEMBER 25, 1975
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS, NOVEMBER 25, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 31, 1937 (P.L.160, No.43), entitled
2 "An act creating a commission to be known as the Pennsylvania
3 Public Utility Commission; defining in part the powers and
4 duties of such commission; abolishing The Public Service
5 Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, terminating
6 the terms of the members thereof, and transferring to the
7 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission the records, employes,
8 property, and equipment of The Public Service Commission of
9 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; authorizing the
10 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to appear in and
11 complete all pending proceedings, legal or otherwise,
12 instituted before, by or against The Public Service
13 Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; providing
14 that all certificates of public convenience, contracts,
15 orders, and rules and regulations of the latter commission
16 shall remain effective until repealed, changed or modified by
17 the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and transferring
18 and appropriating to the Pennsylvania Public Utility
19 Commission any unexpended balance of any existing
20 appropriation to The Public Service Commission of the
21 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," further providing for the
22 organization of the commission.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. The act of March 31, 1937 (P.L.160, No.43),
26 entitled "An act creating a commission to be known as the
27 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; defining in part the
1 powers and duties of such commission; abolishing The Public
2 Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
3 terminating the terms of the members thereof, and transferring
4 to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission the records,
5 employes, property, and equipment of The Public Service
6 Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; authorizing the
7 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to appear in and complete
8 all pending proceedings, legal or otherwise, instituted before,
9 by or against The Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth
10 of Pennsylvania; providing that all certificates of public
11 convenience, contracts, orders, and rules and regulations of the
12 latter commission shall remain effective until repealed, changed
13 or modified by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and
14 transferring and appropriating to the Pennsylvania Public
15 Utility Commission any unexpended balance of any existing
16 appropriation to The Public Service Commission of the
17 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," is amended by adding a section to
18 read:
19 Section 7.1. There is hereby established within the
20 operating structure of the commission a bureau to be known as
21 the Bureau of Conservation, Economics and Energy Planning which
22 shall conduct studies and research all matters within the
23 commission's jurisdiction and advise the commission of the
24 results thereof in order to enable the commission to provide
25 prospective regulation in the best interest of all parties
26 concerned. Such studies and research shall include long range
27 planning of energy needs and development, research into the use
28 of new, efficient and economic methods of energy production; the
29 review of the efficiency of present generating systems operated
30 within the Commonwealth; to review all proposals for utility
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1 plant expansion; submit for consideration of the commission its
2 findings on what impact the plant expansion may have on rate
3 filings as they are submitted; and the development of an
4 effective program of energy conservation.
5 The commission shall require all electric and gas public
6 utilities subject to its jurisdiction to file with it an annual
7 conservation report which shall show the plans and progress
8 achieved on programs of energy conservation. The commission
9 shall, by rule, prescribe guidelines for the form and manner of
10 such annual conservation report.
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