PUC Issues Decision in PPL Electric Rate Proceeding
Commission Reduces Original Revenue Request by More Than $80 Million While Expanding Customer Assistance and Reliability Oversight
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today voted to modify and approve a Joint Petition for Settlement resolving the base rate proceeding involving PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (PPL Electric), which provides electric distribution service to approximately 1.5 million customers across eastern and central Pennsylvania.
The Commissioners voted 5-0, noting the partial dissents of Vice Chair Kim Barrow, Commissioner John F. Coleman and Commissioner Ralph Yanora, to adopt the recommendations of Deputy Chief Administrative Law Judge Christopher P. Pell and Administrative Law Judge Barbara Shadie Nause, as modified by a motion from Commissioner Kathryn L. Zerfuss.
PPL Electric’s original rate request sought an annual revenue increase of approximately $356.3 million. Under the Settlement approved today, the Company’s annual revenue increase is reduced to approximately $275 million.
For a residential customer using 918 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per month, PPL Electric’s original proposal would have increased the total month…