Utility Code 110150
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Basic Utility Information
Utility Name
DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY
Utility Code
110150
Utility Type
Electric
Utility Status
Active
Carrier ID
Utility Contact Information
Physical Address
411 SEVENTH AVENUE
MAIL DROP (6-1)
PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Mailing Address
100 SOUTH COMMONS SUITE 118
PITTSBURGH PA 15212
Phone
Fax
Website
Utility Authorities Information
| Service Type | Authority Status | Date Certified | Suspension Date | Suspension Expiration | Application Number | Trading As Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Distributor | Active | A-110150 |
Utility Insurance Information
No insurance information for this utility.
EGS Territories Serviced by a Utility
Residential
No
Citizens’ Electric
No
Small Commercial
Duquesne Light
No
Mixed Meter
Met-Ed
No
Large Commercial
No
PECO
No
Industrial
No
Penelec
No
Governmental
No
Penn Power
No
Pike
No
PPL
No
UGI Utilities - Electric
No
Wellsboro
No
West Penn Power
No
Docketed Cases
| Docket Number | Case Status | Date Filed | Allegation |
|---|---|---|---|
| C-00003740 | Closed | 6/7/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES MS ZUKOWSKI AND MR WHARTON LIVED IN APT # 1 AT 823 NORTH EUCLID AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA FROM JANUARY 1ST UNTIL THE SECOND WEEK IN SEPTE- MBER. SHE STATES THE REQUIRED RENT WAS $600 PLUS ELECTRICITY, FROM MAY 1ST UNTIL THE SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER NO RENT WAS RECEIVED FROM TENANTS, AND TO HER KNOWLEDGE NO ELECTRICITY WAS PAID. TENANTS REFUSED TO LEAVE AND EVICTION PROCEEDINGS WERE INITIATED. THEN MS ZUKOWSKI INFORMED DUQUESNE LIGHT OF FOREIGN WIRING. SHE WAS NOTIFIED BY DUQUESNE OF THE PROBLEM AND DROVE TO PITTSBURGH TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION. SHE HAD THE ELECTRICITY PUT IN HER NAME THEN. THEN SHE RECEIVED A BILL FOR OVER $600. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO CONSIDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE EVOLVEMENT OF THE SITUATION. SHE FEELS THAT THE TENANTS INVOLVED USED THE FOREIGN WIRING AS A WEAPON TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE APT. WITHOUT ANY PAYMENT OF RENT OR ELECTRICITY. SHE FEELS THAT THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTIAL PAYMENT OF THIS BILL. |
| C-00003741 | Closed | 6/7/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS HAVE EACH PAID HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO DUQUESNE LIGHT FOR "STRANDED COSTS" NOW CALLED "TRANSITION FEES". HE STATES THIS IS THE LARGEST SINGLE CHARGE IN THEIR ENERGY BILL. HE STATES THAT DUQU- ESNE HAS SOLD THEIR GENERATING CAPACITY IN A MARKET OF GREAT DEMAND. HE WANTS A RE-EVALUATION OF "TRANSITION FEES" & TO DO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. |
| C-00003762 | Closed | 6/14/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES ACCORDING TO DUQUESNE LIGHT RECORDS TEN TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THEY HAVE LOST ELECTRICAL POWER FOR VARIOUS REASONS. ON THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THOSE OCCASIONS, THE RESIDENTS OF WILLOW DRIVE, ACROSS THE STREET FROM US, WASHINGTON DRIVE ONE BLOCK DOWN AND THE STREET DIRECTLY BEHIND US CONTINUED TO HAVE POWER WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. THEY SIMPLY WANT DUQUESNE TO BRING THEIR SERVICE UP TO THE SAME LEVEL AS THAT OF THEIR NEIGHBORS. |
| C-00003766 | Closed | 6/15/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS NOT WORKED IN THE LAST 19 MONTHS, HIS WIFE ALSO IS NOT WORKING DUE TO SHOULDER OPERATION & THEY ARE TRYING TO RECEIVE SOME REL- IEF. HE WOULD LIKE HIS MONTHLY RATES LOWERED. |
| C-00003780 | Closed | 6/19/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH DUQUESNE LIGHT WITH VOLTAGE DROPS SINCE 1996. HE HAS DEALT WITH TECHNICIANS, SUPERVISORS AND ENGINEERS ON THIS PROBLEM. THE LIGHTS IN HOUSE WILL GO DOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE FANS WILL SLOW, AIR CONDITIONER AND REFRIGERATOR SLOW DOWN AND QUIET. THE ELECTRICITY DROPS IN VOLTAGE BETWEEN 105 VOLTS AND 100 VOLTS. HE WANTS AN INVESTIGATION FURTHER INTO THIS PROBLEM. |
| C-00003782 | Closed | 6/20/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS HOW CAN DUQUESNE LIGHT CAN AND IS CONTINUING TO DEFY, WALK ALL OVER AND REFUSE TO ABIDE BY JUDGE JOHN H CORBETT JR'S INITIAL DECISION OF 11/26/97. THEY NOT ONLY ARE BULLYING HIM, BUT CONTINUE TO BE IN TOTAL DEFIANCE OF JUDGE CORBETT'S ORDER. HE WANTS DUQUESNE LIGHT HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CONTINUED DEFIANCE, DIS-OBEDIENCE AND THUMBING THEIR NOSES AT JUDGE CORBETT'S ORDER. HE WANTS IN WRITING FROM DUQUESNE WHY THEY FEEL THEY SHOULD NOT ABIDE BY ORDER. |
| C-00003790 | Closed | 6/21/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES THERE WAS AN ACCOUNT MADE IN HER NAME AT 908 RIDGE STREET MCKEESPORT, PA IN WHICH IT WAS MADE WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE. SHE STATES SHE DIDN'T LIVE AT THE ADDRESS, AND SHE HAS PROOF FROM HER W-2 FORM, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT HER. SHE STATES SHE PAID OFF THE OUTSTANDING CHARGES, SO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE "BAD CREDIT". SHE STATES SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURS- ED FOR THE MONEY THAT SHE ORIGINALLY DIDN'T OWE. |
| C-00003791 | Closed | 6/21/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS THE CLOSING OF THE DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY STORE IN THE CENTURY III MALL, WEST MIFFLIN, PA. SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE STORE STAY OPEN. |
| C-00003792 | Closed | 6/21/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS THAT HE CALLED FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, ONE THAT HE COULD AFFORD TO PAY. AND WHAT HE ENDED UP WITH WAS OVER THREE HUNDR- ED DOLLARS TO PAY IN A LUMP SUM. HE TOLD THE PUC THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT BECAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH AND HIS INCOME WOULDN'T ALLOW IT. HE IS HOPING FOR A $50 A MONTH BUDGET THAT HE CAN AFFORD. |
| C-00003806 | Closed | 6/26/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT CO SOLD THEIR GENERATING CAPACITY (PLANTS) BUT DID NOT CLEAR THE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING THE GENERATING CAPACITY. HE STATES THEY ARE NOW BILLING CUSTOMERS TO MAKE UP THIS SHORT FALL - THEY CALL IT TRANSITION COST. HE WANTS OUR PREVIOUS ORDER REVERSED WHICH PERMITS THIS BILLING PRACTICE & FORCE THE COMPANY AND ITS STOCKHOLDERS TO PAY THESE TRANSITION COSTS AND PROHIBIT THE PASSING THRU OF THESE TRANSITION COSTS TO THE CAPTIVE CUSTOMER. |
| C-00003815 | Closed | 6/28/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES SHE WANTS THE PUC TO TELL DUQUESNE LIGHT THAT SHE WILL TRY TO SEND THEM A PAYMENT ON THE CURRENT BILL PLUS $5.00 ON HER BALANCE UNTIL IT IS PAID IN FULL. SHE ALSO SAYS THE BUDGET AMOUNT IS TOO MUCH FOR HER TO PAY BECAUSE SHE IS ON A FIXED UNPREDICTABLE INCOME. SHE WANTS A REVIEW AND TO RECONSIDER HER REQUEST TO LOWER HER MONTHLY PAYMENT. |
| C-00003821 | Closed | 6/28/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES THEY ARE TOLD THAT THEY ARE TO PAY $616 BY 7/1/00, THEY ARE THEN SET UP ON A MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN OF $226 A MONTH. THEIR PREVIOUS MONTHLY PAYMENTS WERE $82 A MONTH. SHE STATES SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WORKING SINCE HUSBAND WAS IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. THEY WANT AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY, THEY NEED UNTIL AUGUST 1ST TO COME UP WITH THE AMOUNT THEY NEED. |
| C-00003822 | Closed | 6/28/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES DESPITE THE FACT THAT WEST PENN LINES ARE ON HIS PARCEL, DUQUESNE LIGHT INSISTS ON SERVING SAID PARCEL. HE GAVE DUQUESNE LIGHT (41) NEW CUSTOMERS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SAUNDERS STATION ROAD AND HAVE ONLY (1) HOME ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. SINCE WEST PENN HAS SERVED THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR 70 YEARS, COMMON SENSE AND PRICE OF POWER IS A COMMON SENSE ISSUE. HE STATES IT IS A HONOR THAT DUQUESNE LIGHT HONORS ITS WORD AND ALLOWS THE SOUTH SIDE TO BE SERVED BY PRE-EXISTING WEST PENN POWER CO. |
| C-00003871 | Closed | 7/7/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES EVERY TIME THEY GET HARD RAIN OR A STORM THEIR ELECTRIC GOES OUT. THIS ONLY EFFECTS ODD SIDE OF JANCEY & MORNINGSIDE OR WHO EVER ELSE IS ON HIS GRID. HE STATES THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF PROBLEM WITH THEIR GRID. THEY WANT DUQUESNE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. |
| C-00003872 | Closed | 7/7/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HER PROBLEM IS THE $156 THAT DUQUESNE LIGHT WANTS BY THE 10TH. SHE HAD GOTTEN THE $300 FROM THE CRISIS CENTER TO PAY THE BACK THAT SHE NEEDED. SHE STATES SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE $156 TO PAY. |
| C-00003881 | Closed | 7/11/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES SHE IS NOT IN A FINANCIAL SITUATION TO COME UP WITH $350. SHE IS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER LAID OFF SINCE 6/17/00 AND WAS DENIED UNEMPLOYMENT BECAUSE HER EMPLOYER NEVER TURNED IN HER WAGES. SHE STATES RIGHT NOW HER BENEFITS ARE UNDER A "WAGE INVESTIGATION" AND HER HUSBAND ONLY BRINGS HOME $900 - $1000 A MONTH AFTER TAXES AND CHILD SUPPORT. SHE WANTS THE INITIAL AMOUNT TO BE LOWERED OF $350 BY 7/24/00. SHE STATES SHE CAN'T COME UP WITH THIS MONEY. |
| C-00003897 | Closed | 7/12/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES SHE NEEDS HELP WITH DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY, EVERYONE TELLS HER THAT SHE MAKES TOO MUCH. WHEN SHE DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT HER DAUGHTER. SHE MAKES $7.00 A HOUR WORKING 38 - 40 HOURS A WEEK. SHE WOUL D LIKE TO GET BILL REDUCED (TO SOMETHING VERY LITTLE A MONTH). |
| C-00003912 | Closed | 7/13/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES SHE HAS AN INCOME THAT ALLOWS HER TO MAKE MINIMUM PAYMENTS THE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO THE PUC AS WELL AS DUQUESNE LIGHT. THE OUTCOME IS THAT SHE HAS TO PAY THE PAST DUE BALANCE ALONG WITH $25 ADDITIONAL EACH MONTH. PLUS $185, AND THE MONTHLY RATE, WITH $25 OVER THE MONTHLY PAYMENT. SHE STATES THE PUC SHOULD BE AWARE OF HER MONTHLY RATE OR AMOUNT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN SERVICES MONTHLY WITH THE AMOUNT SHE TAKES HOME. |
| C-00003914 | Closed | 7/17/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS TRIED TO WORK WITH DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY TO RESOL- VE SLOW PAYMENTS ON HIS ELECTRIC SERVICE. AT THIS TIME HE IS FACING FORE- CLOSURE AND HAVE FILED ACT 91. HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO INTO BANKRUPTCY AND HE NEEDS THE HELP OF CREDITORS IN ORDER TO DO SO. HE WANTS TO TELL DUQUESNE LIGHT AT THIS TIME HE CAN MANAGE HIS AMOUNT OF SERVICE USED MONTHLY PLUS $20 UNTIL HIS BALANCE IS PAID IN FULL. |
| C-00003926 | Closed | 7/17/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES MOTHERAL INC OWNS THE SHADY OAK APARTMENTS AT 601 CLYDE STREET, PITTSBURGH PA 15217, A (28) APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE OAKLAND/UNIVE- RSITY AREA OF PITTSBURGH. STARTING 8/1/00 MOTHERAL INC HAS ENTERED IN A LONG TERM LEASE FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING WITH CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY TO HOUSE STUDENTS. THE LEASE IS A NET LEASE WITH MOTHERAL INC PAYING FOR ALL THE UTI- LITIES. PRESENTLY THESE ARE (28) SEPARATE ELECTRIC METERS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL APARTMENTS, HE STATES IT WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENCE AND MORE ECONOMICAL TO HAVE ONE ELECTRIC METER. HE STATES HE HAS WRITTEN TO DUQUESNE LIGHT THE ELEC TRIC PROVIDER, REQUESTING THE CHANGE, BUT DUQUESNE LIGHT CAN'T PROCEED WITH- OUT A WAIVER FROM THE PUC. HE IS REQUESTING THE WAIVER TO ALLOW ONE MAIN ELECTRIC METER TO BE INSTALLED AT THE SHADY OAK APARTMENT BUILDING. |
| C-00003934 | Closed | 7/20/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT ISN'T THE AMOUNT OF HER BILL IT IS THE BUDGET AMOUNT WHICH IS $142 MONTHLY. ACCORDING TO MISINFORMATION ABOUT HER MONTHLY INCOME IT SAYS THAT SHE MAKES $1,500 EACH MONTH WHICH SHE DOESN'T. SHE MAKES AROUND $650 MONTHLY. SHE WANTS HER BUDGET LOWERED, SHE CAN'T AFFORD $142 MONTHLY. |
| C-00003939 | Closed | 7/20/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY PLACED TWO UTILITIES ON WEBB STREET IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO INHIBIT THE RIGHT OF WAY. THIS ACCORDING TO DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY WAS DONE ON OR BEFORE 11/23/32. WEBB STREET WAS VACATED ON 6/22/34. THE UTILITY POLES REMAINED IN VIOLATION OF REASONABLE ACCESS TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO ALVIN DRIVE AND EASEMENT REPLACING WEBB STREET. DUQUESNE LIGHT HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY RECORD OF HAVING ACQUIRED THE REQUIRED PERMISSION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO PLACE THE UTILITY POLES IN THE RIGHT-OF- WAY SUCH TO HINDER ACCESS TO THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY. HE FEELS THAT DUQUENSE LIGHT COMPANY PLACED THESE POLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PROPER PLACEMENT AND CONSIDERATION OF ANY FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OR USE OF WEBB STREET. HE WANTS DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY TO PLACE THE POLES IN AN AREA TO THE SIDE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. |
| C-00003946 | Closed | 7/20/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES ON 6/13/00 A DECISION WAS HANDED DOWN FROM THE PUC ST 079- 4059 FOR HER TO PAY $191 PER MONTH TO CATCH UP HER DUQUESNE LIGHT BILL. SHE SAYS THAT SINCE THIS LETTER WAS RECEIVED THEY HAVE HAD TWO MAJOR SET-BACKS THAT HAVE MADE THIS $191 IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO PAY, AND THEY ARE VERY AFRAID THAT THEY WILL LOSE THEIR ELECTRIC SERVICE. THEY WANT THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENT LOWERED. |
| C-00003947 | Closed | 7/24/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HER COMPLAINT IS SHE CALLED PUC BACK IN JANUARY OF 2000 ENFORMING THEM OF CHANGES IN HER WORK STATUS. HER POSITION AT WORK WAS TERM- INATED, SHE WAS ON MEDICAL LOA AND DUE TO STAFFING NEEDS HER POSITION WAS FILLED. AND IN HER RESPONSE BACK FROM PUC IT WAS INDICATED THAT HER STATUS REMAINS THE SAME. SHE WANTS A REVIEW OF HER PROBLEM AND TIME TO CATCH UP ON HER BILL. |
| C-00003949 | Closed | 7/24/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HER MONTHLY BILL CAME AND THE AMOUNT DUE WAS FOR $125 PAYABLE ON 7/20/00. DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY TERMINATED HER SERVICE ON 7/19/00 AND DEMANDS $649 FOR CONNECTION. SHE BORROWED $649 AND MADE PAYMENT AND THEY WON'T TURN HER SERVICE ON FOR THREE DAYS. SHE NEEDS HER SERVICE ON TODAY, SINCE THEY TERMINATED SERVICE 24 HOURS BEFORE THE DUE DATE OF HER BILL. |
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