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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
411 SEVENTH AVENUE (6-1)
PITTSBURGH PA 15219

Phone
(412)393-7100

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-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-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-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.
R-00006047 Closed 12/21/2000 DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY FILED THEIR STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SURCHARGE (STAS) FIL- ING FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 1, 2001.
Z-00845863 Closed 12/22/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES HE RECEIVED THE PUC DECISION ORDERING HIM TO PAY $176 A MONTH BEGINNING 12/27/00. HIS ROOMMATE MOVED OUT ON 11/15/00 AND HE SENT A COPY OF A LTR FROM HIS LANDLORD TO THAT EFFECT. HE STATES HIS RENT ALONE IS $400 A MONTH. HE IS RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY AND IS CONSIDERED PERMANTENTLY DISABLED. HIS INCOME IS $655 A MONTH. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE HE WOULD LIKE TO PAY BUDGET WHICH IS $75 PLUS $15.
Z-00875923 Closed 12/26/2000 COMPLAINANT STATES A CRISIS SENT THEM AT THE LIGHT COMPANY $162 AND HER BILL BALANCE IS $204, AND SHE PAID $30 IN DECEMBER SO THAT LEAVES HER WITH A BALA- NCE OF $12. SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHY SHE HAS TO PAY THE $15 EXTRA EACH MONTH. SHE STATES SHE DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE TO PAY $44 IF SHE DOESN'T HAVE A REMAIN- ING BALANCE.
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-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-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-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.
Z-00873194 Closed 1/10/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES THE BUDGET AMOUNT DUQUESNE LIGHT EXPECTS HER TO PAY IS TOO HIGH. SHE STATES SHE CAN PAY THE CURRENT USE PLUS SOME EXTRA EACH MONTH. THE AMOUNT DUQUESNE LIGHT EXPECTS IS WAY BEYOND HER INCOME. SHE HAS EXPLAIN- ED THIS TO DUQUESNE LIGHT AND ALSO TO THE PUC. SHE WANTS TO PAY THE BACK BALANCE BUT IN AN AMOUNT SHE CAN AFFORD. SHE WANTS PUC TO TELL DUQUESNE LIG- HT THAT SHE WILL PAY HER CURRENT MONTHLY AMOUNT PLUS $30 UNTIL HER BALANCE IS PAID. SHE CAN AFFORD NO MORE THAN THAT.
Z-00878304 Closed 1/16/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS THAT HE IS CONCERNED BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN GETTING INFLATED BILLS THAT ARE HIGHER THAN HIS MONTHLY AVERAGES, AND NO ONE IS ACTUALLY READING HIS METER. HE STATES THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO MAKE ARRANGEME- NTS WITH HIS LANDLORD TO READ METER. BUT THEY DON'T THEY GIVE HIM ESTIMATED BILLS THAT ARE HIGHER THAN NORMAL. HE WANTS DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY TO DO AN ACTUAL METER READING BEFORE BILLING HIM.
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.
Z-00844000 Closed 2/1/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES HE MOVED FROM THE RESIDENCE WHERE THE SERVICE IS, THE ADDRESS IS 1347 ARKANSAS AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15216. HE DID THIS IN NOVEMBER 19992, HE MOVED DUE TO SEPERATING FROM HIS WIFE. DUQUESNE LIGHT WAS INFORMED AT THIS THAT HE WAS NO LONGER LIVING AT THAT ADDRESS. NOTHING FURT- HER WAS HEARD FROM DUQUESNE LIGHT UNTIL HE TRIED TO GET SERVICE AT HIS PRESE- NT RESIDENCEIN AUGUST 2000. AT THAT TIME HE WAS TOLD A BALANCE OF $2,284 WAS DUE AND HE HAD TO PAY $1,142 TO GET SERVICE. HE WANTS A DELAY ON THE AMOUNT OF $1,142.
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.
R-00016145 Closed 2/5/2001 DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NUMBER 2 TO TARIFF ELECTRIC PAPUC NUMBER 22, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 7, 2001. THIS SUPPLEMENT REMOVES THE CTC BILLING COMPONENT FROM RATE AL - ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING, REFLECTING THE FULL RECOVERY OF CTC ALLOCATED TO RATE AL CUSTOMERS, AS WELL AS LANGUAGE RELATED TO CTC CHARGES.
M-FACE0102 Closed 2/12/2001 2/12/01-DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY FILED A LETTER/REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION UNTIL MARCH 16, 2001 TO FILE ITS 1307(E) RECONCILIATION STATEMENT OF CTC REVENUES.
Z-00801104 Closed 2/12/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES HER ORIGINAL COMPLAINT WAS TRYING TO CONTACT THE CAP PROGRAM OF BEAVER COUNTY. IT WAS DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN HER MONTHLY INCOME. SHE STATES SHE ONLY RECEIVES $593 A MONTH AND HER DAUGHER WHO IS 16 RECEIVES $95 PER MONTH. SHE IS NO WAY ABLE TO PAY THE $149 A MONTH.
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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