Utility Code 110150
The Utility Detail View displays the Utility Information (identified by Utility Code - 110150), authorities, and case information associated with that utility.
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
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-00992959 | Closed | 10/29/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES BELIEVE THAT SHE IS BEING OVERBILLED, AND SHE WOULD LIKE A REFUND. SHE IS ON A BUDGET, MONEY-WISE AND SHE IS ON DIPA. SHE CAN'T AFFORD FOR HER ELECTRIC TO BE SHUT-OFF, BEING THAT SHE IS UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE. |
| C-2009-2138576 | Closed | 10/29/2009 | Complainant states being charged for services his ex-wife received. He would like the PUC to remove his name from his ex-wifes bill and provide new service in his name. |
| C-00970799 | Closed | 9/19/1997 | COMPLAINANT STATES BEING CHARGED FOR ELECTRIC NOT IN HER NAME AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COMPLAINANTS NAME REMOVED FROM THE FILES AS BEING HERS AND THE NAME CLEARED. COMPLAINANT STATES THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BILL IS A JOYCE ASHBY. |
| F-01879886 | Closed | 4/12/2006 | COMPLAINANT STATES BEING CHARGED FOR A BILL THAT IS NOT HERS. SHE WOULD LIKE THE PUC TO STOP DUQUESNE FROM TRYING TO MAKE HER PAY FOR THIS BILL. |
| C-00970548 | Closed | 7/21/1997 | COMPLAINANT STATES BECAUSE OF HER MEDICAL PROBLEMS SHE CANNOT MAKE HER ELEC BILL PAYMENTS. COMPLAINANT WANTS TO BE PUT ON A SMALL BUDGET. |
| Z-01020940 | Closed | 11/1/2001 | COMPLAINANT STATES BASED ON UNPAID BALANCE OF $60.00 THEY FEEL THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO MAKE A PAYMENT OF $88.00. HE STATES HIS BILLS TO BE LOWERED TO $30.00 A MONTH. |
| C-00981110 | Closed | 1/2/1998 | COMPLAINANT STATES BAD SERVICE AND BAD ATTITUDE FROM THE COMPANY HAD OCCURED WHEN COMPLAINANT CALLED ABOUT A CHARGE THAT HAD BEEN ON THE BILL BUT HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE COMPANY OF THIS CHARGE AND FEELS THIS CHARGE WAS MADE IN ERROR. |
| C-00004240 | Closed | 9/25/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES AT THIS TIME SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE AMOUNT REQUESTED, SHE STATES THAT SHE IS UNEMPLOYED. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO GET HER A LOWER BUDGET AMOUNT. |
| Z-00712237 | Closed | 1/24/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES AT PRESENT TIME HER ONLY INCOME IS UNEMPLOYMENT COMP. WHICH IS $408 A MONTH. HER RENT IS $300 WHICH LEAVES VERY LITTLE TO LIVE OFF, ESPECIALLY WITH A CHILD. SHE HAS BEEN PAYING ON HER ELECTRIC BILL, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUDGET AMOUNT THAT DUQUESNE IS ASKING SHE CAN'T AFFORD. WOULD LIKE HELP TO ARRANGE A PAYMENT THAT SHE CAN AFFORD. |
| C-00003565 | Closed | 4/20/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES AT HER PREVIOUS ADDRESS AT HOWE STREET, PITTSBURGH HER ELECTRIC BILL WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE WITH HER APARTMENT & THOSE LIVING IN BUILDING. SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW ONE PERSON LIVING ALONE COULD USE AS MUCH ELECTRICITY AS DUQUESNE STATES SHE DID. SHE WANTS DUQUESNE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OWED TO BE AN AVERAGE FROM PREVIOUS ELECTRIC BILLS AND THOSE SHE HAS PAID IN HER PRESENT RESIDENCE. |
| C-00003722 | Closed | 6/2/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES AS YOU CAN SEE BY LOOKING AT AN ELECTRIC BILL FROM DUQUES- NE LIGHT, THE TRANSITION CHARGE IS ALMOST EQUAL TO THE GENERATION AND DISTRI- BUTION COSTS/CHARGES. BUT BY LOOKING AT THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT TRANSITION COSTS/CHARGES ARE ON THE BACK OF THE BILL, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND BY THE "WRITE-UP" WHAT THEY ARE. HE FEELS THAT THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE WORDING ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BILL (BACK SIDE) SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PROPERLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE PAYING FOR. |
| 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-20066986 | Closed | 10/24/2006 | COMPLAINANT STATES AROUND NOVEMBER 27, 2004 THEY SUFFERED AN ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS DUE TO A TRANSFORMER FAILURE. THE COMPANY MADE REPAIRS TO THE TRANSFORMER AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS RE-ENERGIZED. A FIRE THEN STARTED IN THE RE- PAIRED TRANSFORMER AND RESULTED IN ADDITIONAL POWER LOSS. COMPLAINANT DID NOT HAVE ELECTRICAL POWER UNTIL DECEMBER 1, 2004. AS A RESULT, COMPLAINANT LOST INVENTORY PROPERTY REQUIRING REFRIDGERATION AND INCOME WAS LOST. |
| C-2009-2120718 | Closed | 7/23/2009 | Complainant states an electrical spike occured and damaged many appliances throughout the neighborhood (ex: dishwashers, tvs, lights). The company claims they are not responsible for the damages but the complainant feels the company should be held responsible as the spike was not related to any bad weather. |
| C-00992912 | Closed | 10/18/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES AMOUNT REQUESTED TO PAY IS ABSOLUTELY TOO MUCH FOR HER. SHE IS CURRENTLY PAYING $350 PER MONTH FOR GAS BILL. SHE IS BANKRUPT AND IS STRUGGLING TO PAY $350 PER MONTH FOR GAS, SHE WORKS FOUR HOURS, FIVE DAYS A WEEK AT RATE OF $8.00 PER HOUR. SHE WOULD LIKE HELP TO PAY HER MONTHLY USAGE FOR ELECTRICITY. WANTS TO LOWER HER PAYMENT TO MONTHLY USAGE. SHE WILL PAY BUDGET PLUS $15 EACH MONTH UNTIL BALANCE IS PAID IN FULL. |
| C-20031449 | Closed | 10/2/2003 | COMPLAINANT STATES AMOUNT REQUESTED IS TOO HIGH. HE WANTS A LOWER AMOUNT. |
| C-00992528 | Closed | 6/9/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES AMOUNT PROVIDED FOR HER TO PAY MONTHLY WAS ACCEPTABLE, BUDGET $50 PLUS $15. BUT THE $165 BY JUNE 16TH SHE IS UNABLE TO PAY (AMOUNT IS TOO HIGH) SHE SIMPLY DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY. SHE WOULD LIKE THE $165 LOWERED TO AMOUNT SHE CAN AFFORD. |
| C-00993149 | Closed | 12/30/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES AMOUNT OF MONEY DUQUESNE IS REQUESTING IS TOO MUCH MONEY. STATES HIS INCOME IS ONLY $539.40 A MONTH NOW, AFTER TRANSPORTATION MONTHLY AND PAYING HIS PHONE BILL AND FEW CHARGES, HE STATES HE DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY $173 A MONTH AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO EAT ALSO. HE CAN PAY $100 A MONTH BUT NOTHING BEYOND THAT. WANTS TO SET A FLAT BUDGET AMOUNT OF $100 A MONTH BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 2000. |
| Z-00577115 | Closed | 5/19/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES ALWAYS PAID BILLS, AND LIVED AT RESIDENCE FOR 27 YEARS, AND HAD DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY. MIDDLE OF NOV '98 WAS UNEMPLOYED & CONT'D DOING BEST TO PAY BILLS. IS ARGUING WITH DUQUESNE COLLECTION AGENCY IN HIS CASE THEY AGREED TO ARRANGEMENT HE COULD LIVE WITH & THEN THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS. |
| C-00992821 | Closed | 9/16/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES ALLEGED BALANCE ON ACCOUNT IN HER NAME IS NOT CORRECT. SHE STATES SOMEONE MUST OF USED HER NAME TO OBTAIN ILLEGAL SERVICE. SHE STATES HOW COULD ONE CUSTOMER OWE $2,000 WHEN SERVICE IS USUALLY TERMINATED BEFORE BILL REACHES $300 OR LESS. ALSO CUSTOMER SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RESET MONTHLY PAYMENTS WITH DUQUESNE WHEN NEEDED & SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ABIDE BY A DECISION MADE. ALSO DUQUESNE NEEDS TO SECURE METERS IN MONVIEW HEIGHTS SO PEOPLE JUST CAN'T TURN OFF ELECTRIC WHENEVER THEY WANT. WANTS TO KNOW WHO IS THE PERSON THAT USED CUSTOMERS NAME TO OBTAIN SERVICE. |
| C-00003671 | Closed | 5/17/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES ALL THAT SHE IS ASKING IS TO HOLD THE PAYMENT OF $293 FOR MAY 24TH, SHE STATES THAT SHE WILL HAVE THE MONEY BY THE FIRST OF JUNE. AND SHE WILL PAY THE BILL THEN. SHE WANTS HELP TO KEEP HER LIGHTS ON FOR THE RE- ASON THAT SHE NEEDS A CPAP MACHINE EVERY NIGHT. |
| C-2012-2325046 | Closed | 9/10/2012 | Complainant states after she was told to pay $200 a month plus $50 a month toward her back bill, her budget amount was readjusted to raise her payment amount per month. |
| C-20077498 | Closed | 3/9/2007 | COMPLAINANT STATES AFTER JUST GETTING A RATE INCREASE, DUQUESNE LIGHT REALLY DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER. HE STATES WITH ALL HIS OTHER BILLS HE DOESN'T SEE HOW HE CAN AFFORD MUCH MORE. |
| 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-2010-2216530 | Closed | 12/20/2010 | Complainant states a surge destroyed their property. |
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