Press Release

PUC Revises Calculation of EGS and NGS Fees Under Act 155

Published on 4/23/2015

Filed under: Electric Gas

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today adopted a joint motion implementing a methodology for the calculation of fees to be charged to electric generation suppliers (EGSs) and natural gas suppliers (NGSs) under Act 155 of 2014 (Act 155).

The Commission voted 5-0 to adopt the joint motion by PUC Chairman Robert F. Powelson and Commissioner Gladys M. Brown, which modifies the Tentative Implementation Order to amend the way indirect Commission costs will be calculated related to PUC oversight and assessments of EGSs and NGSs.

The Commission is primarily funded by assessments of regulated entities based upon intrastate revenues. Assessments are paid into the State Treasury’s General Fund for use solely by the Commission.

On Dec. 18, 2014, the Commission issued a Tentative Implementation Order proposing a methodology for:

• Establishing annual fees related to PUC oversight of NGSs and EGSs, as permitted by Act 155 and Sections 2208 and 2809 of the Public Utility Code;
• The treatment of fees collected pursuant to the Federal Unified Carrier Registration Act; and
• Removal of the gross intrastate operating revenues associated with the Federal Unified Carrier Registration Act.

Act 155 was signed into law on Oct. 22, 2014, by Governor Tom Corbett. It amends Chapters 5, 14, 22 and 28 of the Public Utility Code to allow the PUC to establish annual fees to fund the Commission’s oversight of NGSs and EGSs. Act 155 also allows the Commission to include the intrastate operating revenues of licensed entities in determining its budget cap, and to exclude from the budget cap funds received from the federal government and other sources to perform functions unrelated to the Commission’s jurisdictional regulation.

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Docket No. M-2014-2448825

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