PUC Damage Prevention Committee Announces Actions Against Underground Facility Owners, Excavators and Project Owners
Plans for Hybrid In-Person and Virtual Meeting
on Tuesday, December 9
HARRISBURG – A total of 249 disciplinary actions, including 107 education requirements, and $230,375 in administrative penalties, have been taken against 162 underground facility owners, excavators and project owners in the latest enforcement actions by the Public Utility Commission’s (PUC’s) Damage Prevention Committee (DPC). These actions were taken during the DPC’s November 2025 meeting.
The next meeting of the DPC is Tuesday, December 9 at 9 a.m. Members of the public, the media and others are invited to join the meeting in person in Hearing Room 1 of the Commonwealth Keystone Building, Harrisburg. Attendees also will be able to access the virtual conference by clicking on this Microsoft Teams event link or by calling into the telephone conference by dialing 267-332-8737, and then entering phone conference ID 668 202 249# to listen to the meeting. The meeting agenda will be made available here.
About the DPC
The DPC is a peer-based group of 13 representatives, nominated by their industry or affiliated organizations and appointed by the PUC. Creation of the committee was authorized by Pennsylvania’s Undergr…