(a) Joint hearings and investigations.--The commission shall have full power and authority to make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without this Commonwealth, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any official, board, commission, or agency of any state or of the United States, whether in the holding of such investigations or hearings, or in the making of such orders, the commission shall function under agreements or compacts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate the interstate commerce, or as an agency of the Federal Government, or otherwise.
(b) Reciprocity.--The commission shall have full power and authority to arrange reciprocity of treatment of public utilities and contract carriers by motor vehicle of this Commonwealth by regulatory bodies, under regulatory laws of other states, and to that end the commission is hereby vested with power to impose upon public utilities and contract carriers by motor vehicle of other states, the same penalties, restrictions, and regulations as are imposed by the regulatory body of such other states upon public utilities and contract carriers by motor vehicle of this Commonwealth when operating into, out of, or through such other states.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 3 - Public Utility Commission
Section 301 - Establishment, members, qualifications and chairman
Section 302 - Removal of commissioner
Section 304 - Administrative law judges
Section 305 - Director of operations, secretary, employees and consultants
Section 306 - Office of Trial Staff (Repealed)
Section 307 - Inspectors for enforcement
Section 308 - Bureaus and offices
Section 308.1 - Consumer protection and information
Section 308.2 - Other bureaus, offices and positions
Section 309 - Oaths and subpoenas
Section 312 - Privilege and immunity
Section 313 - Joint hearings and investigations; reciprocity
Section 314 - Investigation of interstate rates, facilities and service
Section 316 - Effect of commission action
Section 317 - Fees for services rendered by commission
Section 318 - Commission to cooperate with other departments
Section 320 - Annual appropriations
Section 331 - Powers of commission and administrative law judges
Section 332 - Procedures in general
Section 333 - Prehearing procedures