PRINTER'S NO. 273
No. 256 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY LLOYD, KUKOVICH, TIGUE, DALEY, OLIVER, GREENWOOD,
J. L. WRIGHT, HALUSKA, FREEMAN, TRELLO, REBER, D. R. WRIGHT,
LINTON, MILLER, AFFLERBACH, CLARK, BLAUM, MORRIS, MRKONIC,
PRATT, LUCYK, BALDWIN AND PERZEL, FEBRUARY 11, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 11, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, regulating extraordinary outages at
3 electric generating units.
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 § 1320. Extraordinary outages of electric generating units.
9 (a) General rule.--Whenever an electric generating unit is
10 out of service for more than 90 consecutive days for maintenance
11 or refueling, no utility which owns any share in that unit may
12 include in any rates established under this title:
13 (1) Any amount by which the expense of purchasing
14 replacement power for the period beginning at the end of
15 those 90 days exceeds the operating expenses, return of
16 capital and return on capital for that unit which would
17 properly be included in rates if the unit were in service.
1 (2) Any amount in excess of the utility's reasonable and
2 prudent expense of purchasing replacement power for the
3 period beginning at the end of those 90 days.
4 (b) Other powers and duties preserved.--This section shall
5 not be construed to diminish the powers and duties of the
6 commission under any other provision of law to reduce rates in
7 the event of an outage of an electric generating unit.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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