SB 312 — An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility industry, further providing for duties of electric distribution companies.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-26
Latest action: — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, Feb. 26, 2025
Sponsors
- John I. Kane (D, PA-9) — sponsor · 2025-02-26
- Timothy P. Kearney (D, PA-26) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Wayne D. Fontana (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Jay Costa (D, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Nikil Saval (D, PA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Katie J. Muth (D, PA-44) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, Feb. 26, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0246 · 2,228 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 246
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 312
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KANE, KEARNEY, FONTANA, COSTA AND SAVAL,
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility
3 industry, further providing for duties of electric
4 distribution companies.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 2807(e) of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
9 § 2807. Duties of electric distribution companies.
10 * * *
11 (e) Obligation to serve.--A default service provider's
12 obligation to provide electric generation supply service
13 following the expiration of a generation rate cap specified
14 under section 2804(4) (relating to standards for restructuring
15 of electric industry) or a restructuring plan under section
16 2806(f) is revised as follows:
17 * * *
18 (8) If a customer served by an electric generation
1 supplier fails to take affirmative steps to enter into a new
2 contract by the date of termination of the customer's
3 existing fixed duration contract with an electric generation
4 supplier, the customer shall be automatically returned to the
5 default service provider and charged a rate at the default
6 service provider's then-applicable default service rate.
7 Within 60 days of the effective date of this paragraph, the
8 commission shall issue an order requiring each electric
9 distribution company to submit a compliance filing
10 implementing the requirement under this paragraph.
11 * * *
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Consumer Protection And Professional Licensure Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John I. Kane (D, state_upper PA-9) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jay Costa (D, state_upper PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Katie J. Muth (D, state_upper PA-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Nikil Saval (D, state_upper PA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Timothy P. Kearney (D, state_upper PA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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