PRINTER'S NO. 962

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 852 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY MORRIS, CIMINI, CALTAGIRONE, CAWLEY, GALLAGHER,
           FEE, BELFANTI, PERZEL, PISTELLA, TIGUE, HALUSKA, B. SMITH,
           FREEMAN AND ALDERETTE, APRIL 26, 1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, APRIL 26, 1983

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, disallowing certain charges to be
     3     included in utility rates.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     7  Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
     8  § 1316.  Additional charges from nuclear accident or plant
     9             closing.
    10     No additional charge shall be included in any utility rate
    11  which would reflect the costs to the utility as a result of a
    12  nuclear accident or the closing of a nuclear power plant.
    13  Whenever a public utility as a result of a nuclear accident must
    14  obtain that which it furnishes to the public for compensation
    15  from another source, no additional charge shall be included in
    16  any utility rate which would reflect the increase cost of the
    17  purchase to the utility.
    18     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
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