PRINTER'S NO. 3970
No. 2860 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY CURRY, AUGUST 8, 1996
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, AUGUST 8, 1996
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further regulating meter reading.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 1504 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 1504. Standards of service and facilities.
8 The commission may, after reasonable notice and hearing, upon
9 its own motion or upon complaint:
10 (1) Prescribe as to service and facilities, including
11 the crossing of facilities, just and reasonable standards,
12 classifications, regulations and practices to be furnished,
13 imposed, observed and followed by any or all public
14 utilities.
15 (2) Prescribe adequate and reasonable standards for the
16 measurement of quantity, quality, pressure, initial voltage
17 or other condition pertaining to the supply of the service of
1 any and all public utilities.
2 (3) Prescribe reasonable regulations for the examination
3 and testing of such service, and for the measurement thereof.
4 (4) Prescribe or approve reasonable rules, regulations,
5 specifications and standards to secure the accuracy of all
6 meters and appliances for measurement. Any utility company
7 that installs in its customers' homes an automatic meter
8 reading system, which utilizes a telephone network and the
9 customer's telephone to obtain a meter reading, shall also
10 offer its customers the option of using a traditional
11 metering system consisting of a meter that is read by an
12 individual.
13 (5) Provide for the examination and testing of any and
14 all appliances used for the measurement of any service of any
15 public utility.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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