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On July 3, 2026 the Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued a secretarial letter that will appear in the July 4^th Pennsylvania Bulletin, extending the comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Order (NOPR) re: Rulemaking to Further Amend the Provisions of 52 Pa. Code Chapter 56 at Docket No. L-2025-3058767.

“The PUC grants the extension request and the due date for comments is hereby changed to August 28, 2026 with reply comments due by October 13, 2026.”  

Link to the Notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin

As background, on December 31, 2024, the former Chapter 14 of the Public Utility Code (Code), previously codified at 66 Pa.C.S. §§ 1401-1419, expired due to the sunset provision embedded within 66 Pa.C.S. § 1419. The former Chapter 14 sought to eliminate opportunities for customers capable of paying public utility bills to avoid paying those bills on time and to provide public utilities with the means to reduce their uncollectible accounts by modifying the procedures for delinquent account collections. In anticipation of the sunset of the former Chapter 14, the Public Utility Commission (PUC or Commission) entered a Statement of Policy on December 24, 2024, at Docket No. M-2024-3052328, to provide certainty to public utilities, consumers, and affected stakeholders regarding, inter alia, payment arrangements and public utility service terminations. We now propose to amend our regulations at 52 Pa. Code Chapter 56 to incorporate provisions of the former Chapter 14 of the Code, as it was in effect prior to its sunset, including those currently being followed by the Commission via its Statement of Policy. The proposed modifications to the existing regulations and proposed new regulations are contained in the attached Annex. The PUC seeks comments on the proposed regulations set forth in the accompanying Annex consistent with this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) Order.