HB 952 — An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, further providing for notices before service to landlord terminated.

PRINTER'S NO.   1019

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 952
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY B. MILLER, KAUFFMAN, JAMES, KUZMA, MENTZER,
        KENYATTA, CIRESI, GALLAGHER, ZIMMERMAN, ROWE, GILLEN AND
        HEFFLEY, MARCH 18, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, MARCH 18, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in service and facilities, further
 3      providing for notices before service to landlord terminated.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Section 1523 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
 8   § 1523.    Notices before service to landlord terminated.
 9      * * *
10      (d)    Rights of landlords.--Before any termination of service
11   to a landlord who has notified a public utility in writing of
12   the landlord's ownership interest in a property served by the
13   public utility, the public utility shall provide written notice
14   to the landlord of the proposed termination via first class mail
15   or by email, text message or other electronic messaging format
16   in accordance with the commission's privacy guidelines at least
17   seven days before the date of termination of service. In the
1   case of electronic notification only, the landlord shall
2   affirmatively consent to be contacted using a specific
3   electronic messaging format for the purpose of termination of
4   service. If the originating cause of the proposed termination of
5   service is not resolved, the public utility shall provide a
6   final written notice under this subsection via first class mail
7   to the landlord on the day of the proposed termination date.
8   This subsection shall not apply to a landlord ratepayer.
9      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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