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