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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-20016299 Closed 10/5/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT DUQUESNE LIGHT CO CONTRACTED WITH DAVEY TREE TO REMOVE AND CUT DOWN TREES TO MAKE A PATH THROUGH THEIR FRONT YARD. THROUGH REMOVING THESE TREES THE COMPLAINANT STATES IT HAS BROUGHT DOWN THEIR PROPERTY VALUE. THERE ARE PICTURES INCLUDED. COMPLAINANT STATES THE TREES THAT WERE TAKEN DOWN WAS LEFT FOR THEIR CLEAN UP.
C-20016274 Closed 10/3/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES THEY DID A INFORMAL COMPLAINT TO THE COMPANY BECAUSE THEIR BILL SEEMED TO LOW. THE COMPANY IS NOW BILLING THEM DOUBLE AND SOMETIMES TRIPLE. THE WANT THE PROBLEM FIXED. THEY WANT THE ELECTRIC TO STAY ON AND THE METER REPLACED.
C-20016193 Closed 9/13/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES SHE WAS OVER CHARGED ON HER ELECTRIC BILL.
C-20016094 Closed 8/30/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HIS CURRENT CHARGE IS $151.81. HE STATES THESE HIGH BILLS CAME AFTER DUQUESNE LIGHT HAD AN AGREEMENT. HE WANTS THE PUC TO SEE IF ANY PUC VIOLATION WAS DONE ON HIS ACCOUNT ALSO ANY PA CRIME CODE VIOLATION.
C-20015991 Closed 8/9/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT HER BUDGET AMOUNT IS TOO HIGH. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO LOWER IT TO $91.00 STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
C-20015963 Closed 7/30/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES NO ONE LIVED ON THE 3RD FLOOR AT 300 ATWOOD STREET DURING JANUARY 2001. THE BILL CAME UP SAME AS THE TIME WHICH A PERSON LIVED THERE. WILL PAY BASIC MAINTENANCE FEE $6.38 SINCE DID NOT REQUEST DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY TO DISCONTINUE SERVICE UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2001.
C-20015950 Closed 7/30/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT SHE CAN'T AFFORD HER ELECTRICITY BILLS. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO LOWER THEM.
C-20015842 Closed 11/15/2000 COMPLAINT STATES SHE NEEDS HELP IN PAYING HER BILL.
C-20015815 Closed 6/29/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT WHEN DUQUESNE LIGHT ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED THEM TO INSTALL AN AUTOMATIC METER READER ON HER TELEPHONE LINE, SHE SAID NO. THEN, WHEN SHE WAS HAVING SOME PHONE WORK DONE, SHE WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS PUT ON ANYWAY. SHE STATES THAT SHE IS REALLY ANGRY ABOUT THIS, AS THEY WERE TRES- PASSING ON HER PROPERTY. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO MAKE DUQUESNE LIGHT GET PER- MISSION FROM THEIR CUSTOMERS BEFORE INSTALLING AMR METERS.
C-20015796 Closed 6/20/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT HE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY HIS BILLS ARE SO HIGH. HE WANTS THE PUC TO MAKE DUQUESNE LIGHT EXPLAIN WHY HIS BILLS ARE HIGH.
C-20015692 Closed 5/30/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT SHE WAS ON THE CAP PROGRAM, THROUGH LIHEAP AND CRISIX AND HER OWN PAYMENS. RESPONDENT PROMISED TAHT SHE WOULD HAVE $200 TAKEN OFF OF HER BILL FOR EVERY PAYMENT SHE MAKES. COMPLAINANT LOST HER JOB AND IS TRYING TO MAKE PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS.
C-20015681 Closed 6/20/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT ON JULY 2 1998, DUQUESNE LIGHT CUT DOWN SEVERAL TALL TREES ON HIS PROPERTY. IN THIS PROCESS, THEY DESTROYED THE FENCE IN THE BACK OF HIS PROPERTY AND BROKE THE LOCK ON IT. HE STATES THAT AS THEY DO NOT HAVE RIGHT OF WAY ON HIS STREET, THEY WERE TRESPASSING ON HIS PROPERTY. HE WANTS THE PUC TO MAKE DUQUESNE LIGHT TO REPLACE THE TREES, FENCE AND LOCK, AND HE WANTS THE PUC TO MAKE DUQUESNE LIGHT REMOVE THE UTILITY POLES WHICH WERE PLA- CED ON HIS PROPERTY. HE ALSO WANTS THE PUC TO INVESTIGATE WHY DUQUESNE LIGHT HAS BEEN SPYING ON ITS CUSTOMERS, AND POSSIBLY FINE THEM.
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.
C-00993138 Closed 12/27/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE CONSISTENTLY ADDED $1.34 - $1.36 OR $1.38, ETC. ON EACH MONTHLY BILL SINCE APRIL OF 1999. SHE STATES THIS ADDITIONAL HAS CAUSED HER BILLS TO BECOME ALMOST UNMANAGEABLE AND OUT-OF-HAND.
C-00993083 Closed 12/8/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES UTILITY WON'T SEND TWO CORRECT BILLS TO THEM WHEN REQUEST- ED. THE BILLS SHOWS AMOUNT DUE IN EXCESS OF ACCOUNT BALANCE, WHICH ONLY SHOW THE AMOUNT PAYABLE FOR THE BUDGET PLAN. WANTS A BILL SENT WHICH SHOWS THE LESSER OF TWO AMOUNTS. WANTS BILL THAT SHOWS OPTIONAL BUDGET AND/OR ACTUAL ACCOUNT BALANCE EVERY MONTH SO THAT THEY MAY DECIDE WHICH TO PAY.
C-00993075 Closed 12/6/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT IS ASKING THEM TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND PAY A DEPOSIT TO KEEP THEIR ELECTRIC ON. ON 8/16/99 THEY FILED OUT AN APPLICATION AND PAID A $400 DEPSOIT, STATES THEY HAVE FIVE METERS ON THEIR BUILDING, NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT PART OF THE BUILDING THOSE METERS GO TO. WANTS DUQUESNE ORDERED TO KEEP THEIR ELECTRIC ON AND TO CORRECT ALL PROBLEMS.
C-00993045 Closed 11/22/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT WANTED TO CUT HER LIGHTS FOR BEING $57.00 PAST DUE WHEN SHE COULD PAY WITHIN FOUR DAYS. STATES SHE WOULD LIKE TO PAY CURRENT BILL PLUS $15.
C-00993044 Closed 11/22/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES WANTS DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY ORDERED THAT THE ORIGINAL UTILITY BILL SERVED ON CUSTOMER IS CORRECTED PURSUANT TO RULE 14 OF THE DUQUESNE LIGHT TARIFFS AND THE UNDERBILLED AMOUNT SET ASIDE AND/OR TO SET ASIDE OR REDUCE THE UNDERBILLED AMOUNT DUE TO THE LACK OF REASONABLE DILIGEN- CE UPON THE PART OF DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY.
C-00993027 Closed 11/17/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES ON OR ABOUT 8/24/99 CALLED DUQUESNE TO HAVE ELECTRIC PUT IN HIS NAME, STATES THEY TOOK THE INFORMATION AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD TO COME INTO ONE OF THEIR OFFICES WITH TWO FORMS OF I.D.. THEY WANTED THIS BECAUSE THEY SAID HE HAD A BILL FROM 1994, HE STATES HE WAS BORN IN 1979 AND HE WOULD OF BEEN 15 YEARS OLD IN 1994. STATES HE LOST SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, THEY TOLD HIM JUST DRIVER'S LICENSE AND BIRTH CERTIFICATE WERENT' ENOUGH. WANTS DUQUESNE TO BE FAIR AND NOT MAKE HIM BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A BILL THAT OCCURED WHEN HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD.
C-00993022 Closed 11/15/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES ORIGINAL MONTHLY PAYMENT WAS $116, STATES SHE ONLY MISSED ONE PAYMENT, MONTHLY BILL WAS RAISED TO $147 A MONTH. STATES SHE HAD A HARD TIME PAYING $116. WANTS DECISION REVERSED AND WANTS A MORE VARIABLE DECISION AS A MUCH LOWER PAYMENT TO MONTHLY BILL PLUS $10 OVER.
C-00993007 Closed 11/12/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES SHE CHALLENGES THE MONTHLY USAGE AMOUNTS AND CORRESPONDING BILLINGS, AS HER HOUSHOLD COMPOSITION HAS BEEN DIMINISHED, YET HER ELECTRIC BILL HAS REMAINED CONSTANT. COMPLAINT CENTERS UPON THE ACCURACY OF THE MONTHLY ESTIMATES OF ELECTRICITY USAGE THAT DUQUESNE IS BASING ITS MONTHLY ESTIMATES. WANTS DUQUESNE TO ACCEPT A MONTHLY BUDGET PLAN IN AN AMOUNT CON- SISTENT WITH MISS. SAUNDERS CURRENT MONTHLY UTILITY/ELECTRICITY USAGE.
C-00993002 Closed 11/10/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES TELL DUQUESNE LIGHT THAT HE WILL PAY $15 PER MONTH UNTIL THE BALANCE IS PAID. TOTAL AMOUNT OF LAST BILL PAYMENT WAS $40.52, BASIC SERVICE COST IS $1.82 PER DAY.
C-00992982 Closed 11/2/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES HER MONTHLY USAGE OF ELECTRIC IS EXTREMELY HIGH FOR A SMALL FOUR ROOM HOUSE WITH BASEMENT, AND A FAMILY OF FOUR WITH A GROSS INCOME OF $22,000. $148.00 BUDGET IS HIGH, HOW CAN SHE PAY $172, IF SHE CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY $148.00. FEELS THAT SHE OVER-PAID DUQUESNE LIGHT IN 1997, $1,713.98 IN 1998, $1,696.18 AND IN 1999, $1,157.56 UP TO 9/3/99. WANTS A CHECK ON HER MONTHLY USAGE AND LOWER HER MONTHLY BUDGET.
C-00992979 Closed 11/3/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE IS FRAUDELENT ( FALSE BILLING ) AND HE FEELS THAT THIS IS FRAUD. WANTS DUQUESNE LIGHT FORCED TO RETURN MONEY TAKEN EX COLORE OF FRAUD DEGREE OF GUILT OF FALSE BILLING, FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS.
C-00992963 Closed 11/1/1999 COMPLAINANT STATES PRICES FOR BOTH GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY IS ALMOST THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY. DUQUESNE HAS NOW SOLD NUCLEAR GENERA- TING FACILITIES BUT CONTINUES TO CHARGE A KWH RATE WHICH INCLUDES AN AMOUNT FOR STRANDED COSTS. COMPANY NEVER EMBRACED NUCLEAR POWER TO BENEFIT CUSTOME- RS, IT WAS ALWAYS ONLY TO BENEFIT SHAREHOLDERS. WANTS TO STOP ANY CHARGE TO CUSTOMERS FOR STRANDED COSTS.

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