Press Release

PUC Notes Change in Starting Time for Dec. 19 Working Group Meeting on Lead Water Line and Damaged Wastewater Line Replacement Issues

Published on 12/5/2019

Filed under: Water and Wastewater

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today announced a change in the starting time for an upcoming meeting of the Commission’s Act 120 Working Group.

The meeting is scheduled for Dec. 19, 2019, and will now start at 1 p.m. (rather than 1:30 p.m., as previously announced).

All other details regarding the meeting remain the same – it will be held in Hearing Room 1, Commonwealth Keystone Building, Second Floor, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120.

Stakeholders planning to attend the meeting are still asked to RSVP by Dec. 12, 2019 to the following email address: pc-act120implementation@pagov.onmicrosoft.com .

Note: A PUC Secretarial Letter announcing the time change for the Act 120 Working Group meeting has been served to all stakeholders.
 

About the Act 120 Working Group

Act 120 of 2018 amended the Pennsylvania Public Utility Code (66 Pa. C.S. § 1311(b)) regarding the accelerated replacement of customer-owned lead water service lines (LSLs) and damaged wastewater laterals (DWWLs). This new provision of the Public Utility Code establishes a uniform standard under which utilities may seek to replace customer-owned LSLs and DWWLs and recover costs associated with such replacement.

The Act 120 Working Group was created to allow PUC staff to gather information and stakeholder input on how the Commission may develop uniform procedures to address LSL and DWWL replacement issues facing regulated utilities. The working group and directed questions for stakeholders were established by an Oct. 3, 2019, Joint Motion by the Commission, and all stakeholders were invited to file comments in response to directed questions attached to the PUC’s initial Secretarial Letter concerning Act 120.

Interested parties may review filed comments and other public documents related to Act 120, which are available on the PUC website docket for this matter: M-2019-3013286. 

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Docket No.: M-2019-3013286

Contact:

• Nils Hagen-Frederiksen
  Press Secretary
  717-418-2701
  nhagen-fre@pa.gov