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Utility Code 110150

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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-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-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-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-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.
M-110150F2000ADR Closed 6/28/2000 DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY FILED ITS ANNUAL DEPRECIATION REPORT.
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.
Z-00794639 Closed 7/5/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO PAY LIGHT BILL. THE ARRANGEMENT MADE BY THE PUC WAS TOO HIGH WITH OTHER BILLS. WOULD LIKE TO PAY THE BILL PLUS $15 MORE ON THE ARREARS. WANTS ARRANGEMENTS THAT COMPLAINANT CAN AFFORD TO PAY.
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.
F-00577615 Closed 7/10/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES HIS METER READINGS HAVE FLUCTUATED SINCE SARGENT-ELECTRIC CHANGED THE METER. AFTER THAT THEY HAD A TORNADO AND LIGHTNING STORM AND THE LIGHTENING HIT A HOUSE DOWN THE STREET AND FRIED THE PHONES. SINCE THAT STO- RM HIS METER READING HAVE ALL BEEN HIGH, ABOUT 30 TO 40%. HE STATES HIS ELE- CTRIC CONSUMPTION HAS GONE DOWN, BUT HAS NOT BEEN RECORDED BY THE METER. HE WANTS THE PUC TO FIND OUT WHY DUQUESNE LIGHT IS USING AN ESTIMATED AVERAGE LIST. HE STATES THE METER IS NOT SHOWING THE REDUCED USAGE.
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-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-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-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-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-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.
C-00003960 Closed 7/26/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES AS PER LTR FROM PUC MRS JOAN SMITH ACCT. OF COMPLAINT BCS 0742168 SHE RECEIVED A LTR STATING HER BALANCE WITH EXELON IS $0, ACCOUNT CLOSED, BUT DUQUESNE LIGHT IS SHOWING SHE OWES $164.10 TO EXELON WHICH THEY EXELON SAY HER BALANCE IS $0. THEN ON MAY 11, SHE GETS A BILL FROM EXELON SHOWING A BALANCE OF $572.65. SHE WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO MAIL HER A STATE- MENT THAT HER BALANCE WITH EXELON IS $0. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO SEND A STATE- MENT TO DUQUESNE LIGHT TELLING THEM HER BALANCE IS $0.
C-00004008 Closed 8/7/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES IS THAT SHE NEEDS THE UTILITY COMPANY THAT SHE IS COMPLAI- NING ABOUT TO LEAVE HER SERVICE ON AND PLEASE DON'T SHUT THEM OFF. SHE IS WILLING TO PAY THE BUDGET AMOUNT PLUS $20 UNTIL SHE IS CAUGHT UP.
Z-00803504 Closed 8/16/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES SHE IS CURRENTLY AN HIV PATIENT AND SHE IS AFFLICTED WITH PATF. SHE IS ON DISABILITY $671 MONTHLY. SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR LOW INCOME RENT. SHE STATES SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY BACK BILLS AT THIS TIME, PLUS HER CURRENT BILL. SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT AROUND $30 A MONTH.
Z-00793219 Closed 8/16/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT APPROVED PAYMENT AGENCY - WESTERN UNION/ FIRST DATA, HAS DESIGNATED THE LOCAL STORES AS APPROVED PAYMENT CENTERS, AND THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF VERIFYING PAYMENTS IN REAL TIME, AS BEFORE. THE STORES WHERE HOWEVER TOLD BY BOTH DUQUESNE LIGHT AND WESTERN UNION/FIRST DATA NOT TO VERIFY PAYMENT THAT NOW MUST BE MADE IN CASH ONLY. SHE FEELS THAT DUQUESNE LIGHT AND ALL ELECTRIC ENERGY PROVIDERS SHOULD BE UNDER SEVERE SCRU- TINY FOR AVOIDLESS OF PUC GUIDELINES.

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