PUC Damage Prevention Committee Announces Actions Against Underground Facility Owners, Excavators and Project Owners
Plans for VIRTUAL ONLY Meeting on Tuesday, January 13, 2026
HARRISBURG – A total of 248 disciplinary actions, including 115 education requirements, and $232,250 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 December 2025 meeting.
The next meeting of the DPC is Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 9 a.m. Members of the public, the media and others are invited to join the meeting virtually 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 285 081 05# 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 Underground Utility Line Protection Law – also known as the “One Call Law.” The focus of the DPC is to reduce the number of “hits” on undergro…