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PA HB2184
Bill
Status
2/2/2026
Primary Sponsor
Danielle Otten
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AI Summary
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Amends Title 66 (Public Utilities) to require the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to evaluate eight specific "public interest" factors when making decisions about utilities, including rate affordability, environmental protection, grid reliability, energy efficiency, and environmental justice considerations.
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Mandates utilities demonstrate an "all-of-the-above" energy strategy encompassing distributed generation, renewable energy and storage, low fuel-price-volatility resources, and demand-side efficiency measures.
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Requires all utility rates to be "just and reasonable" and "consistent with the public interest" as newly defined, adding public interest compliance to existing rate regulation standards.
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Obligates utilities proposing rate changes to explain in their 60-day notice how proposed changes are consistent with the public interest factors.
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Takes effect 60 days after enactment; referred to Committee on Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities on February 2, 2026.
Legislative Description
In general provisions, further providing for definitions; in powers and duties, providing for public interest; and, in rates and distribution systems, further providing for rates to be just and reasonable, for voluntary changes in rates and for rates fixed on complaint and investigation of costs of production.
Last Action
Referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities
2/2/2026