PRINTER'S NO. 3270
No. 2260 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY PRESTON, GODSHALL, BENNINGTON, BISHOP, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, JOSEPHS, KOTIK, MARSHALL, PASHINSKI, PETRONE, READSHAW, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, WALKO, J. WHITE AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for sliding scale of 3 rates and adjustments. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 1307(g) of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 1307. Sliding scale of rates; adjustments. 9 * * * 10 (g) Recovery of costs related to distribution system or 11 collection system improvement projects designed to enhance water 12 quality and wastewater quality, fire protection reliability and 13 long-term system viability.--Water and wastewater utilities may 14 file tariffs establishing a sliding scale of rates or other 15 method for the automatic adjustment of the rates of the water 16 utility and wastewater utility as shall provide for recovery of 17 the fixed costs (depreciation and pretax return) of certain
1 distribution system or collection system improvement projects,
2 as approved by the commission, that are completed and placed in
3 service between base rate proceedings. The commission, by
4 regulation or order, shall prescribe the specific procedures to
5 be followed in establishing the sliding scale or other automatic
6 adjustment method.
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8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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