Press Release

PUC Approves Rate Case Settlements with Pike County Light & Power for Electric and Natural Gas Distribution Services

Published on 8/28/2025

Filed under: Electric Gas

Settlement Includes Smaller-Than-Requested Electric and Natural Gas Rate Changes, with Adjustments for Gas Customers Phased-In Over Two Years

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today approved smaller than requested rate changes for electric and natural gas distribution services provided by Pike County Light & Power Company (PCL&P).

The Commission voted 5-0 to approve both settlements without modification as detailed in the Recommended Decisions of PUC Administrative Law Judges Marta Guhl and Alphonso Arnold III for electric and natural gas.  PCL&P last adjusted general base rates for electric and natural gas customers on July 28, 2021.

PCL&P provides electric distribution service to approximately 5,350 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Pike County – and natural gas distribution services to approximately 1,400 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Westfall Township and Matamoras Borough, Pike County.

Settlement – PCL&P Electric Division

Under terms of the settlement, PCL&P may increase annual operating revenues for electric distribution services by $1,590,000, representing an increase of 21.6% over revenues at present rates.  PCL&P’s original proposal had requested an increase in annual operating revenues of $1,874,600.  PCL&P also initially proposed to roll into distribution rates its Distribution System Improvement Charge (DSIC) balance of $269,300.  Therefore, PCLP’s actual originally proposed annual increase in electric distribution revenues was $2,143,900, or an increase of approximately 29.1% over revenues at present rates.

As a result of the Settlement, the total monthly bill for a residential electric customer using 674 kilowatt hours (kWhs) per month will increase by $8.28, from $146.31 to $154.59 (5.7%).  Under PCL&P’s original proposal, the average bill for a residential customer using 674 kWhs per month would have increased from $146.31 to $161.83 per month (10.6%). 

The settlement also includes a $0.75 adjustment to the monthly residential customer charge, as opposed to the $2 increase proposed by the company.

Settlement – PCL&P Natural Gas Division

Under terms of the settlement, PCL&P may increase its annual gas distribution operating revenues by $825,000 (33.3% over revenues at present rates) instead of by approximately $905,900 (35.8% over revenues at present rates), as originally requested by PCL&P.

Adjustments to the company’s annual operating revenues will be implemented in two phases:

• Phase 1, effective Oct. 15, 2025, in the amount of $495,000 (60% of the total increase).
• Phase 2, effective Oct. 15, 2026, in the amount of $330,000 (40% of the total increase).

In Phase 1, the total monthly bill for a residential heating customer using 80 Ccf per month will increase from $127 to $152.91 (20.4%) – and in Phase 2 from $152.91 to $172.35 (12.7%).  Under the company’s proposal, the average bill for a residential heating customer using 80 Ccf per month would have increased from $127 to $196.08 per month (44.4%) under a single phase. 

The settlement also includes a $0.75 adjustment to the monthly residential customer charge, as opposed to the $1.50 increase proposed by PCL&P, and rejects a proposed weather-related adjustment clause in the company’s initial filing.

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Docket Nos.:      
R-2024-3052359 – Electric
R-2024-3052357 – Gas

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