HB 757 — An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in natural gas competition, further providing for consumer protections and customer service; in restructuring of electric utility industry, further providing for duties of electric distribution companies; and making an editorial change.

PRINTER'S NO.   781

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 757
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY M. BROWN, PICKETT, GREINER, KUZMA, NEILSON AND
        BERNSTINE, MARCH 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, MARCH 3, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in natural gas competition, further
 3      providing for consumer protections and customer service; in
 4      restructuring of electric utility industry, further providing
 5      for duties of electric distribution companies; and making an
 6      editorial change.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.     Section 1330(b)(1) introductory paragraph of
10   Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
11   read:
12   § 1330.    Alternative ratemaking for utilities.
13      * * *
14      (b)    Alternative rate mechanisms.--
15             (1)   Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
16      including, but not limited to, sections 2806.1(k)(2)
17      (relating to energy efficiency and conservation program) and
18      2807(f)(4) (relating to duties of electric distribution
19      companies and electric distribution suppliers), the
 1      commission may approve an application by a utility in a base
 2      rate proceeding to establish alternative rates and rate
 3      mechanisms, including, but not limited to, the following
 4      mechanisms:
 5                   * * *
 6      Section 2.         Section 2206 of Title 66 is amended by adding a
 7   subsection to read:
 8   § 2206.    Consumer protections and customer service.
 9      * * *
10      (g)    Limitations on in-person sales of natural gas.--
11             (1)   A natural gas supplier engaged in the sale of
12      natural gas in person, including the sale of natural gas
13      door-to-door or in any other public venue, shall have the
14      following duties:
15                   (i)    Engage in the in-person sale of natural gas only
16             during the hours of 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through
17             Saturday.
18                   (ii)    Provide a retail gas customer with an
19             affirmative notice of the retail gas customer's option to
20             verify a solicitation activity by furnishing the retail
21             gas customer's phone number to the natural gas supplier
22             and the natural gas distribution company.
23             (2)   Unless initiated by a retail gas customer, a natural
24      gas supplier engaged in the sale of natural gas in person,
25      including the sale of natural gas door-to-door or in any
26      other public venue, may not enter into a contract with the
27      retail gas customer for natural gas supply services at an
28      initial meeting between the natural gas supplier and the
29      retail gas customer. The execution of a contract specified
30      under this paragraph must occur at a location mutually agreed

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 1      to by the natural gas supplier and the retail gas customer,
 2      including the retail gas customer's home, the natural gas
 3      supplier's place of business or any other agreed-to location,
 4      after the initial meeting between the natural gas supplier
 5      and the retail gas customer.
 6             (3)   The requirements under this subsection shall be in
 7      addition to and, when applicable, supersede the orders and
 8      regulations of the commission.
 9      Section 3.         Section 2807 heading of Title 66 is amended and
10   the section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
11   § 2807.    Duties of electric distribution companies and electric
12                   distribution suppliers.
13      * * *
14      (d.1)    Limitations on in-person sales of electric power.--
15             (1)   An electricity supplier engaged in the sale of
16      electric power in person, including the sale of electric
17      power door-to-door or in any other public venue, shall have
18      the following duties:
19                   (i)    Engage in the in-person sale of electric power
20             only during the hours of 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday
21             through Saturday.
22                   (ii)    Provide a customer with an affirmative notice
23             of the customer's option to verify a solicitation
24             activity by furnishing the customer's phone number to the
25             electricity supplier and the electric distribution
26             company.
27             (2)   Unless initiated by a customer, an electricity
28      supplier engaged in the sale of electric power in person,
29      including the sale of electric power door-to-door or in any
30      other public venue, may not enter into a contract with the

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 1    customer for electric power services at an initial meeting
 2    between the electricity supplier and the customer. The
 3    execution of a contract specified under this paragraph must
 4    occur at a location mutually agreed to by the electricity
 5    supplier and the customer, including the customer's home, the
 6    electricity supplier's place of business or any other agreed-
 7    to location, after the initial meeting between the
 8    electricity supplier and the customer.
 9        (3)   The requirements under this subsection shall be in
10    addition to and, when applicable, supersede the orders and
11    regulations of the commission.
12    * * *
13    Section 4.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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