Bill Information

An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the appointment, terms, compensation and qualifications of and restrictions on commissioners; providing for a director of operations, the Office of Trial Staff, the Office of Special Assistants and the Director of Operations and their powers and duties; further providing for procedures, reports, budget requests and audits and for rate increase requests; providing for management efficiency investigators and for fuel purchase audits; limiting recovery of certain employee meeting expenses; making provisions relating to the sale of electric generating units; providing for the regulation of excess capacity costs and new electric generating units; restricting rate setting procedures of telephone companies; requiring that certain data be supplied by electric utilities; further regulating the recovery of advertising expenses and the recovery of club dues; authorizing the commission to order conservation and load management; regulating coin telephone service; and reestablishing the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.