HB 322 — An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Public Utility Commission, further providing for consumer protection and information.

Bill text

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PRINTER'S NO.    278

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 322
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, HOWARD, HADDOCK, PROBST, DONAHUE, SANCHEZ,
        HANBIDGE, FREEMAN, HILL-EVANS, CONKLIN, OTTEN, CERRATO AND
        GREEN, JANUARY 27, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, JANUARY 27, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in Public Utility Commission, further
 3      providing for consumer protection and information.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Section 308.1 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
 8   § 308.1.    Consumer protection and information.
 9      * * *
10      (c)     Public comments.--Any notice of a proposed rate change
11   or system acquisition required to be sent to utility customers
12   by the public utility or applicant shall include instructions on
13   how to submit comments on the proposed rate change or system
14   acquisition to the commission by mail and electronically. The
15   commission shall, at a minimum, accept comments by mail and
16   electronically, either through email or submission through a
17   publicly accessible Internet website.
1     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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Connected on the graph

17 typed relationships in the influence graph — 16 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.

The full graph

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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.

Predicted vote

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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

Activity

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1. 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Consumer Protection, Technology And Utilities Committee · pa-leg
2. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Jim Haddock (cosponsor) · sponsorship
3. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Danielle Friel Otten (cosponsor) · sponsorship
4. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Melissa Cerrato (cosponsor) · sponsorship
5. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Robert Freeman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
6. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Scott Conklin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
7. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Benjamin V. Sanchez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
8. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Liz Hanbidge (cosponsor) · sponsorship
9. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Kyle Donahue (cosponsor) · sponsorship
10. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Tarah Probst (cosponsor) · sponsorship
11. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Melissa L. Shusterman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
12. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by G. Roni Green (cosponsor) · sponsorship
13. 2025-01-27 · sponsored by Joe Ciresi (sponsor) · sponsorship
14. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Carol Hill-Evans (cosponsor) · sponsorship
15. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Elizabeth Fiedler (cosponsor) · sponsorship
16. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Kristine C. Howard (cosponsor) · sponsorship
17. 2025-01-27 · cosponsored by Jennifer O'Mara (cosponsor) · sponsorship