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Utility Code 110150

The Utility Detail View displays the Utility Information (identified by Utility Code - 110150), authorities, and case information associated with that utility.

Utility Information

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

Email

Authority Information

Utility Authorities Information

Service Type Authority Status Date Certified Suspension Date Suspension Expiration Application Number Trading As Name
Electric Distributor Active A-110150
Insurance Information

Utility Insurance Information

No insurance information for this utility.

EGS Territories

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-00004414 Closed 11/8/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES HE WOULD LIKE TO PAY HALF OF THE OWED AMOUNT FOR 11/17/00 AND THE BALANCE ON 11/30/00. HE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO PAY $180 WITH NO LATE FEES PER MONTH STARTING IN DECEMBER.
C-00004432 Closed 11/13/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE VIOLATED THEIR RIGHT OF WAY AGREEMENT WHEN THEY DESTROYED TREES THAT DID NOT INTERFERE WITH THE POWER LINES. HE WANTS THE DEAD TREES AND THEIR DEBRIS REMOVED, HIS TWO DOGWOOD TREES REPLACED AND A THIRD DOGWOOD TREE OUTSIDE OF THE AREA ALSO REPLACED IF IT WAS DAMAGED BY HERBICIDE.
C-00004446 Closed 11/15/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES HE OWES ALLEGHENY ENERGY $222 AT THE FAULT OF DUQUESNE LIGHT. HE WANTS THEM TO PAY ALLEGHENY ENERGY FOR THE MONEY HE OWES.
C-00004471 Closed 11/17/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT SHE CAN NOT AFFORD HER CURRENT MONTHLY BILL AND WOULD INSTEAD LIKE TO PAY $20 PER MONTH. SHE ALSO STATES THAT SHE HAS BEEN OVER- CHARGED AND THEY MISREAD HER ELECTRIC USE. SHE WANTS THIS INVESTIGATED.
C-00004479 Closed 11/20/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE ACTED UNPROFESSIONALLY AND DID NOT ACCEPT A POLE HE SOLD TO THEM, WHICH COST HIM MONEY. HE WANTS $350 TO COMPENSATE FOR THE PRICE OF THE POLE.
C-00004502 Closed 11/29/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES HE FEELS DUQUESNE LIGHT SHOULD LOWER THEIR LINES FOR FREE AS OPPOSED TO A CHARGE OF $250 AND HE WANTS THIS MATTER RESOLVED.
C-00004525 Closed 12/7/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT IS CHARGING HER FOR A MONTH OF SERVICE THAT SHE WAS NOT A RESIDENT AT THE APARTMENT. SHE FEELS THAT THE PUC SHOULD HAVE DUQUESNE LIGHT CHARGE THE TENANT WHO RESIDED AT THE ADDRESS AT THAT TIME.
C-00004526 Closed 12/7/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ADDED TO HIS BILL EVERY MONTH FOR HIS STRANDED COSTS. THIS AMOUNT IS NOW WITHIN A FEW DOLLARS OF BEING HALF OF HIS TOTAL BILL. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS FROM ALL INDICATIONS THAT HE WILL BE CHARGED UNTIL THE YEAR 2003. HE FEELS THAT THIS IS DISCRIMINATORY AND UNFAIR. HE WANTS THE PUC TO TAKE A LONG LOOK INTO THIS FROM THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THIS ISSUE AND SEE THE POINT OF THIS COMPLAINT.
C-00004528 Closed 12/7/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS THAT HE FEELS THAT DUQUESNE LIGHT MIS-USED HIS DEPOSIT. HE WANTS THE PUC TO LOOK OVER HIS DOCUMENTS AND LOOK AT DUQUES- NE LIGHT DOCUMENTS AND SEE WHO IS RIGHT IN THIS MATTER. AND HE WANTS THE $1,185 REMOVED FROM ACCOUNT 4001-026-139-002.
C-00004565 Closed 12/14/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS PAYING A 20% OF TOTAL MONTHLY ELECTRIC CHARGE AS A TRANSITION FEE, DUE TO OVER POWER PLANTS FOR US, STEEL. HE WANTS THE PUC TO INSTRUCT DUQUESNE TO REFUND THIS CHARGE IN TOTAL. (BEGINNING JUNE 1998 TO PRESENT.
C-00004572 Closed 12/18/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT CONCERNS CUSTOMERS THAT USE DUQUESNE LIGHT ARE ALL BEING CHARGED A "TRANSITION CHARGE". CUSTOMERS LIKE HIMSELF WHO USE ELE- CTRICITY EXCLUSIVELY TO POWER THEIR HOME ARE GOING TO PAY THIS "TRANSITION CHARGE" FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. HE STATES THIS IS UNFAIR TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE SMALL PERCENTAGE OF CUSTOMERS THAT USE ELECTRICITY AS THEIR SOLE SOURCE OF POWER. HE WANTS THE PUC TO MAKE THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THIS "TRANSITION CHARGE" IS PLACED ON THE CUSTOMERS EQUAL FOR ALL CUSTOMERS.
C-00004593 Closed 12/20/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS ABOUT A TERMINATION NOTICE SHE RECEIVED, SHE CALLED DUQUESNE LIGHT TO MAKE A PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT ON THEIR ACCOUNT. THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT NO PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS COULD BE MADE. SHE WANTS TO BE TAKEN OFF OF THE PUC PAYMENT PLAN AND STOP ALL ACTIONS THAT HAVE COME ABOUT FROM THE MISTAKE.
C-00004596 Closed 12/19/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY TRIMMED THE TREES IN THEIR BACKYARD IN THE LATE SUMMER OF 1999. EARLIER THAT YEAR THEY ASKED PERMISSION TO ENTER THEIR PROPERTY, AND TRIM THE TREES AT A LATER DATE. IN THE SUMMER OF 1999 THEIR FAMILY LEFT ON VACATION, WHEN THEY CAME BACK HOME THEY SAW THE MUTILIA- TED TREES IN THEIR BACKYARD. IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR ONE OF THE TREES WHICH WAS TRIMMED EARLIER CAME DOWN, IT WAS DAMAGING TWO OTHER TREES IN THE BACK- YARD. THEY WANT THE PUC TO TELL DUQUESNE LIGHT TO CLEAN OUT THE MESS, THEY CREATED IN THEIR BACKYARD. THEY ALSO WANT PUC TO TELL DUQUESNE TO REPLACE THE LOST TREES FOR THEM.
C-00014640 Closed 1/8/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES HE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH PUC TO PAY ELECTRIC USED ON THE BILL SINCE HE LOST HIS JOB. HE PAID OCTOBER & NOVEMBER, BUT HE OWES DECEMBER. HE RECEIVED A LTR STATING HE HAD TO PAY $250 BY JANUARY 16, 2001. HE STATES HE DOESN'T HAVE $250. HE WANTS THE PUC NOT TO ASK FOR $250, BUT SOMETHING SMALLER.
C-00014641 Closed 1/8/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES SHE ISN'T ABLE TO PAY $167 A MONTH FOR JANUARY CAUSE SHE IS UNEMPLOYED. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO LESS THE AMOUNT A MONTH UNTIL FEBRUARY WHEN SHE HAS AN INCOME.
C-00014642 Closed 1/10/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES SHE PREVIOUSLY FILED FOR A DECISION WITH THE PUC AGAINST DUQUESNE LIGHT. THE PUC WANTED HER TO PAY DUQUESNE LIGHT $540 BY OCTOBER. SHE STATES SHE DOESN'T BRING HOME $500 EVERY TWO WEEKS. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO LOWER HER INITIAL PAYMENT SO THAT SHE CAN AFFORD TO PAY IT.
C-00014648 Closed 1/8/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES SHE CALLED THE PUC FOR HELP BECAUSE DUQUESNE LIGHT ASKED HER FOR TOO MUCH MONEY AT ONE TIME. THEY TOLD HER THAT THEY WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE SHE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT PAYING. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO LOWER THE TOTAL DUE BY THE 16TH OF JANUARY.
C-00014703 Closed 1/16/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT HAS NEVER PROVIDED A COMPLETE AND COMPREHE- NSIVE ACCOUNTING OF HER HUSBAND'S BILLING BEFORE HE DIED AND OF HER BILL. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO REQUIRE DUQUESNE LIGHT TO PRE-PART A COMPLETE AND ACCUR- ATE BILL FOR HER HUSBAND'S ACCOUNT UP UNTIL HIS DEATH ON 5/5/99 AND FOR HER ACCOUNT.
C-00014743 Closed 1/22/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES HE BELIEVES THAT DUQUESNE HAS VIOLATED HIS RIGHT TO CONTI- NUALLY ACQUIRE SAFE AND ADEQUATE ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO HIS RESIDENCE AND THAT OF HIS NEIGHBORS BY PERMITTING AT&T TO CONSTRUCT A 236' CELLULAR COMMUNICATI- ONS TOWER APPROXIMATELY 50' FROM A 138,000 VOLT DUQUESNE LIGHT TRANSMISSION LINE. HE WANTS THE PUC TO PROHIBIT AND STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CELL TOWER INSIDE OF THE 236' FALL ZONED AREA ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AND DIRECT THE BOROUGH OF ECONOMY TO IMMEDIATELY REVOKE THE BUILDING PERMIT.
C-00014765 Closed 1/25/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES HIS MONTHLY UTILITY BILLS ARE OVER $1,000. HE STATES THIS CAN'T BE POSSIBLY BE ACCURATE. HE WANTS THE UTILITY COMPANIES TO PROVE ACCU- RACY OF THEIR BILLS. HE STATES DUQUENSE LIGHT WON'T EVEN COME TO THE HOUSE OR EVEN RESEARCH THE PROBLEM.
C-00014791 Closed 1/31/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES HE IS UNABLE TO WORK RIGHT NOW. HE NEEDS A LITTLE MORE TIME UNTIL HE GETS WELL OR UNTIL HE HEARS FROM S.S.I. CONCERNING HIS CASE.
C-00014807 Closed 2/1/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES IT WAS AROUND SEPTEMBER OF 2000, SHE FINALLY GOT A CHECK- ING ACCOUNT. SHE WROTE CHECKS OUT TO PAY HER BILLS AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY SHE MISCALCULATED $10. THE CLERK AT BANK TOLD HER TO STOP CHECK ON HER ELECTRIC BILL BEFORE IT BOUNCED TO THE ROOF. SHE THEN GOT A BILL FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND WENT TO PAY AT DOWNTOWN OFFICE, BUT THEY TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS "RED FLAGGED". SHE WANTS THE PUC TO ORDER DUQUESNE LIGHT TO ACCEPT HER PAYMENT (IN CHECK FORM).
C-00014836 Closed 2/5/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY WAS SENT THE AGREEMENT YET, HE STATES HE STILL CAN'T AFFORD THE AGREEMENT. HIS INCOME STATUS HAS CHANGED AND HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY INCOME COMING INTO THE HOUSE. HE WANTS THE PUC TO HELP HIM GET A BUDGET AMOUNT HE CAN AFFORD.
C-00014888 Closed 2/14/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT WAS NOTIFIED IN NOVEMBER 2000 OF DETERIORA- TING INSULATION AND NON-EXISTENT INSULATION ON THEIR ELECTRICAL LINES FROM THE POLE TO THE HOUSE. AFTER A COUPLE OF CALLS FOLLOWING UP, DUQUESNE SAID A SERVICE ORDER WAS WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER. ON WINDY DAYS, HIS LIGHTS FLICKER. HE FEELS THAT THIS IS A HAZARD, AND TO DATE NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. HE WANTS THE PUC TO GET DUQUESNE LIGHT TO DO THEIR JOB AND REPLACE THE ELECTRICAL LIN- ES FROM THE POLE TO THE HOUSE THIS MONTH (FEBRUARY).
C-00014902 Closed 2/15/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES ON DECISION ST# 0884163 A BUDGET OF $155 A MONTH PLUS $50 TOWARDS BACK BALANCE. HE STATES HE CAN PAY $205, BUT COMING UP WITH $575 HE CAN'T DO. HE WANTS TO KNOW IF HE CAN PAY THE $205 A MONTH UNTIL HE GETS CAU- GHT UP.

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