HB 2429 — An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility industry, providing for hosting capacity maps.

PRINTER'S NO.   3230

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 2429
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY CERRATO, FIEDLER, HANBIDGE, RIVERA, MALAGARI,
        VENKAT, STEELE, OTTEN, HILL-EVANS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, BOROWSKI
        AND DONAHUE, APRIL 20, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, APRIL 20, 2026


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility
 3      industry, providing for hosting capacity maps.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.      Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 7   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 8   § 2807.1.      Hosting capacity maps.
 9      (a)   Duties of electric distribution companies.--
10            (1)    By July 1, 2027, each electric distribution company
11      shall develop and make publicly available distribution system
12      hosting capacity maps on the electric distribution company's
13      publicly accessible Internet website for respective service
14      territories, which shall be updated every two months and
15      prioritize feeders or nodes that experienced significant
16      changes since the electric distribution company's previous
17      update.
18            (2)    The commission may require each electric
 1      distribution company to include additional data points to
 2      improve transparency and planning, as necessary.
 3      (b)   Hosting capacity websites.--The commission shall publish
 4   a list of hyperlinks for each electric distribution company
 5   hosting capacity map website on the commission's publicly
 6   accessible Internet website.
 7      (c)   Standards.--The commission may establish uniform
 8   reporting standards for consistency across each electric
 9   distribution company.
10      (d)   Preapplication period.--
11            (1)   Within 30 days of the effective date of this
12      subsection, each electric distribution company shall develop
13      a preapplication report that provides general locational
14      information to an entity that proposes to interconnect to the
15      distribution system upon request, which shall include the
16      proximity to distribution lines operating at a nominal
17      voltage of at least 4,000 kV, existing interconnected
18      generation, interconnection viability and any other relevant
19      information identified by the commission.
20            (2)   An electric distribution company shall provide the
21      locational information to the entity that proposes to
22      interconnect to the distribution system within seven business
23      days after a request is submitted to the electric
24      distribution company.
25      (e)   Requirements.--The hosting capacity maps under
26   subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
27            (1)   Total available distribution system hosting
28      capacity, expressed in kilowatts, for new loads.
29            (2)   A unified interface which shall identify the
30      following:

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 1                  (i)    A single unified interface with filtering or
 2            toggling mechanisms designed to identify the following:
 3                         (A)   Available load hosting capacity.
 4                         (B)   Available capacity for distributed energy
 5                  resource interconnection.
 6                  (ii)    Existing and queued distributed energy
 7            resources.
 8                  (iii)    Distribution system constraints.
 9            (3)   Display of circuit hosting capacity at circuit-level
10      granularity, including feeder subsections.
11            (4)   Forecasts of approved system upgrades.
12            (5)   Geographic locations and voltage levels of circuits.
13            (6)   Available circuit capacity expressed in kilowatts.
14            (7)   Disclosure of constraints or limiting criteria
15      identified by color coding system, which are evaluated by the
16      hosting capacity analysis for thermal, anti-islanding and
17      voltage, for the purpose of identifying capacity limits.
18      (f)   Reliability reports.--Each electric distribution company
19   shall publish an annual reliability report which shall include
20   the following metrics, identified per circuit:
21            (1)   System average interruption frequency index,
22      representing the average number of interruptions per
23      interrupted customer.
24            (2)   Customer average interruption duration index,
25      representing the average interruption duration or average
26      time to restore service per interrupted customer.
27            (3)   Customers experiencing multiple interruptions,
28      identifying customers experiencing at least five
29      interruptions annually divided by the total number of
30      customers served.

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 1            (4)   Customers experiencing long interruption durations,
 2      identifying customers that have experienced outages of one or
 3      more hours in duration divided by the total number of
 4      customers served.
 5            (5)   Average outage frequency and duration per circuit
 6      and substation.
 7            (6)   Identification of circuits and substations with
 8      persistent reliability issues.
 9            (7)   Planned and completed upgrades to enhance grid
10      reliability.
11      (g)   Commission review.--The commission shall hold an annual
12   public input hearing to receive input from relevant stakeholders
13   on hosting capacity map design, necessary updates, accuracy and
14   usability.
15      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 90 days.




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