HB 1213 — An Act amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally) and 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, providing for customer notice of atypical water usage; and, in rates and distribution systems, providing for customer notice of atypical water usage.

PRINTER'S NO.   1361

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1213
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY McNEILL, PIELLI, GIRAL, PROBST, HILL-EVANS,
        SCHLOSSBERG, SANCHEZ, McANDREW, MERSKI AND PARKER,
        APRIL 15, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, APRIL 15, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally) and 66 (Public
 2      Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
 3      municipal authorities, providing for customer notice of
 4      atypical water usage; and, in rates and distribution systems,
 5      providing for customer notice of atypical water usage.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.    Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 9   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
10   § 5624.   Customer notice of atypical water usage.
11      A municipal authority shall provide notice to utility
12   customers if the municipal authority determines that the water
13   usage has increased by 200% for one month above the average
14   water usage for the property. The municipal authority shall make
15   reasonable efforts via telephone and electronic mail to inform
16   the utility customer of the increase in usage and assist the
17   utility customer in identifying potential leaks or other
18   wasteful inefficiencies on the property.
 1      Section 2.   Title 66 is amended by adding a section to read:
 2   § 1354.1.   Customer notice of atypical water usage.
 3      A public utility shall provide notice to utility customers if
 4   the public utility determines that the water usage has increased
 5   by 200% for one month above the average water usage for the
 6   property. The public utility shall make reasonable efforts via
 7   telephone and electronic mail to inform the utility customer of
 8   the increase in usage and assist the utility customer in
 9   identifying potential leaks or other wasteful inefficiencies on
10   the property.
11      Section 3.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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