(a) General rule.--This subchapter applies to public utilities as defined in paragraph (1)(i) and (ii) of the definition of "public utility" in section 102 (relating to definitions) and to public utility service rendered by those public utilities if the premises served constitute residential buildings as defined in section 1521 (relating to definitions).
(b) Municipal service beyond corporate limits.--
(1) Public utility service being furnished or rendered by a municipal corporation, or by the operating agencies of any municipal corporation, beyond its corporate limits shall be subject to the provisions of this subchapter establishing the procedures, rights, duties and remedies for the termination of service to landlord ratepayers.
(2) Tenants and landlord ratepayers of a dwelling unit in residential buildings or mobile home parks receiving public utility service being furnished or rendered by a municipal corporation, or by the operating agencies of any municipal corporation, beyond its corporate limits shall be subject to the provisions of this subchapter establishing the procedures, rights, duties and remedies for the termination of service, the right of the tenants to withhold rent, the prohibition of waiver and the prohibition against retaliation by the landlord ratepayer with respect to the public utility service.
(July 2, 1993, P.L.379, No.54, eff. 60 days)
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities
Section 1501 - Character of service and facilities
Section 1501.1 - Certain utilities prohibited from using foreign coal
Section 1502 - Discrimination in service
Section 1503 - Discontinuance of service
Section 1504 - Standards of service and facilities
Section 1506 - Copies of service contracts, etc., to be filed with commission
Section 1507 - Testing of appliances for measurement of service
Section 1508 - Reports of accidents
Section 1509 - Billing procedures
Section 1510 - Ownership and maintenance of natural and artificial gas service lines
Section 1511 - Electricity supplied to certain organizations
Section 1512 - Emergency response plans
Section 1522 - Applicability of subchapter
Section 1523 - Notices before service to landlord terminated
Section 1524 - Request to landlord to identify tenants
Section 1525 - Delivery and contents of termination notice to landlord
Section 1526 - Delivery and contents of first termination notice to tenants
Section 1527 - Right of tenants to continued service
Section 1528 - Delivery and contents of subsequent termination notice to tenants
Section 1529 - Right of tenant to recover payments
Section 1529.1 - Duty of owners of rental property
Section 1530 - Waiver of subchapter prohibited