Utility Code 110150
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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-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. |
| 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-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. |
| 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-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-00003790 | Closed | 6/21/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES THERE WAS AN ACCOUNT MADE IN HER NAME AT 908 RIDGE STREET MCKEESPORT, PA IN WHICH IT WAS MADE WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE. SHE STATES SHE DIDN'T LIVE AT THE ADDRESS, AND SHE HAS PROOF FROM HER W-2 FORM, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT HER. SHE STATES SHE PAID OFF THE OUTSTANDING CHARGES, SO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE "BAD CREDIT". SHE STATES SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURS- ED FOR THE MONEY THAT SHE ORIGINALLY DIDN'T OWE. |
| C-00003782 | Closed | 6/20/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS HOW CAN DUQUESNE LIGHT CAN AND IS CONTINUING TO DEFY, WALK ALL OVER AND REFUSE TO ABIDE BY JUDGE JOHN H CORBETT JR'S INITIAL DECISION OF 11/26/97. THEY NOT ONLY ARE BULLYING HIM, BUT CONTINUE TO BE IN TOTAL DEFIANCE OF JUDGE CORBETT'S ORDER. HE WANTS DUQUESNE LIGHT HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CONTINUED DEFIANCE, DIS-OBEDIENCE AND THUMBING THEIR NOSES AT JUDGE CORBETT'S ORDER. HE WANTS IN WRITING FROM DUQUESNE WHY THEY FEEL THEY SHOULD NOT ABIDE BY ORDER. |
| C-00003780 | Closed | 6/19/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH DUQUESNE LIGHT WITH VOLTAGE DROPS SINCE 1996. HE HAS DEALT WITH TECHNICIANS, SUPERVISORS AND ENGINEERS ON THIS PROBLEM. THE LIGHTS IN HOUSE WILL GO DOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE FANS WILL SLOW, AIR CONDITIONER AND REFRIGERATOR SLOW DOWN AND QUIET. THE ELECTRICITY DROPS IN VOLTAGE BETWEEN 105 VOLTS AND 100 VOLTS. HE WANTS AN INVESTIGATION FURTHER INTO THIS PROBLEM. |
| C-00003766 | Closed | 6/15/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS NOT WORKED IN THE LAST 19 MONTHS, HIS WIFE ALSO IS NOT WORKING DUE TO SHOULDER OPERATION & THEY ARE TRYING TO RECEIVE SOME REL- IEF. HE WOULD LIKE HIS MONTHLY RATES LOWERED. |
| 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-00003741 | Closed | 6/7/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS HAVE EACH PAID HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO DUQUESNE LIGHT FOR "STRANDED COSTS" NOW CALLED "TRANSITION FEES". HE STATES THIS IS THE LARGEST SINGLE CHARGE IN THEIR ENERGY BILL. HE STATES THAT DUQU- ESNE HAS SOLD THEIR GENERATING CAPACITY IN A MARKET OF GREAT DEMAND. HE WANTS A RE-EVALUATION OF "TRANSITION FEES" & TO DO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. |
| C-00003740 | Closed | 6/7/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES MS ZUKOWSKI AND MR WHARTON LIVED IN APT # 1 AT 823 NORTH EUCLID AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA FROM JANUARY 1ST UNTIL THE SECOND WEEK IN SEPTE- MBER. SHE STATES THE REQUIRED RENT WAS $600 PLUS ELECTRICITY, FROM MAY 1ST UNTIL THE SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER NO RENT WAS RECEIVED FROM TENANTS, AND TO HER KNOWLEDGE NO ELECTRICITY WAS PAID. TENANTS REFUSED TO LEAVE AND EVICTION PROCEEDINGS WERE INITIATED. THEN MS ZUKOWSKI INFORMED DUQUESNE LIGHT OF FOREIGN WIRING. SHE WAS NOTIFIED BY DUQUESNE OF THE PROBLEM AND DROVE TO PITTSBURGH TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION. SHE HAD THE ELECTRICITY PUT IN HER NAME THEN. THEN SHE RECEIVED A BILL FOR OVER $600. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO CONSIDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE EVOLVEMENT OF THE SITUATION. SHE FEELS THAT THE TENANTS INVOLVED USED THE FOREIGN WIRING AS A WEAPON TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE APT. WITHOUT ANY PAYMENT OF RENT OR ELECTRICITY. SHE FEELS THAT THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTIAL PAYMENT OF THIS BILL. |
| C-00003739 | Closed | 6/7/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES THE FACT THAT THE TRANSITION CHARGE REMAINS ON ELECTRIC BILL IS THE COMPLAINT. HER UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE UTILITY USED THIS TO RECORD LOSSES "STRANDED" BY DEREGULATION. SHE STATES THAT DUQUESNE LIGHT SOLD ALL ITS GENERATION FACILITIES AS OF 5/1/00 TO ORION POWER MIDWEST L.P. SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHO IS GETTING THE TRANSITION CHARGE AND WHY. |
| C-00003730 | Closed | 6/2/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE WANTS TO TELL DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY THAT HE WILL PAY THE BUDGET AMOUNT PLUS $100 UNTIL THE $600 IS PAID IN FULL, THERE AFTER HE CAN PAY THE BUDGET AMOUNT PLUS $60. HE STATES THAT HE WILL ALSO APPLY FOR ANY LOW INCOME PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HIM AS HE IS UNABLE TO AFFORD $600 AT ONE TIME. HE STATES HE CAN'T DO THIS BECAUSE HE IS ON A FIXED INCOME AND IS DISABLED. |
| 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-00003709 | Closed | 5/31/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES IS DISABLED AND REQUEST A PHONE HEARING WITH CONFERENCE CALL AT (724) 770-0335 BETWEEN 10 AM TO 3 PM MONDAY - FRIDAY. THEY WANT THE SURGES TO BE STOPPED, TRIM THE WOODS, A POLE HAS TO BE REPLACED. ALSO THEY WOULD LIKE POLITE CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE & TECHNICICANS TO COME TO THEIR HOUSE. |
| C-00003679 | Closed | 5/19/2000 | COMPLAINANT WOULD LIKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $150 INSTEAD OF $205. |
| 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-00003664 | Closed | 5/15/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES EVERYTIME THE WIND BLOWS, THEIR ELECTRICITY GOES OFF. IT IS NOW 2:00 P.M. AND SO FAR THEY HAVE COUNTED NINE TIMES SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. THEY ARE TIRED OF RESETTING THEIR CLOCKS, REBOTTING THE COMPUTER AND REPLACING FUSES IN THEIR AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. HE WANTS DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY TO DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING TO STABILIZE AND IMPROVE THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. |
| C-00003649 | Closed | 5/10/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES THERE IS A TELEPHONE POLE THAT IS LITERALLY THREE FEET FROM THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING THAT HE IS GOING TO BUY AT 1586 ELECTRIC AVENUE. HE NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS AREA TO INSTALL A FRENCH DRAIN TO PREVENT FURTHER WATER DAMAGE. BECAUSE OF THE POSITION OF THIS POLE THERE IS NO WAY TO GRADE GROUND SLOPING FOR DRAINAGE. HE STATES AFTER MONTHS OF DISCUSSION, DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY HAS NOT PRODUCED ANY WRITTEN AGREEMENTS OR HAVE NOW CHOSEN TO IGNORE HIS REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM THIS HARDSHIP. HE WANTS DUQUESNE LIGHT DEMANDED TO SHOW THEIR PROOF OF PERMISSION TO BE ON THIS PROPERTY OR TO MOVE THE POLE IMMEDIATELY. |
| C-00003643 | Closed | 5/8/2000 | COMPLAINANTS STATE THAT DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY CODE 66 P.S. 1501 IN FAILING TO FURNISH AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE, EFFIC- IENT, SAFE AND REASONABLE SERVICE AND FACILITIES. IN FAILING TO MAKE ALL REPAIRS, CHANGES, ALTERNATIONS, SUBSTITUTIONS, EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN OR TO SUCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES AS SHALL BE NECESSARY AND PROPER FOR THE ACCOMMODATIONS, CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY OF ITS PATRONS, EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC. IN FAILING TO PROVIDE SERVICE WHICH WAS REASONABLY CONTINUOUS AND WITHOUT UNREASONABLE INTERRUPTIONS OR DELAY, ALSO FAILING TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND FACILITIES IN CONFORMITY WITH THE REGULATIONS AND ORDERS OF THE COMMISS- ION. THEY WANT DUQUESNE LIGHT TO BE LIABLE TO COMPLAINANTS FOR DAMAGES AS REQUESTED IN COMPLAINT EXHIBIT B. |
| C-00003619 | Closed | 5/2/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE POWER LINES RUNNING THROUGH HIS YARD AT 1901 ADDISON AVENUE & HIS NEIGHBORS YARD AT 1899 ADDISON AVENUE REMOVED. HE STATES THAT THIS LINE FEEDS RENTAL PROPERTY AT 1926 ANTOINETTE AVENUE, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122. ACCORDING TO HIS DEED, A 15 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AT THE END OF HIS PROPERTY IS FOR UTILITIES. BOTH THE POLES AT 1899 & 1901 ADDISON AVE. ARE WELL PAST THE 15 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY. WANTS THE PUC TO COMPEL DUQUESNE LIGHT TO FEED THE ELECTRICAL POWER AT 1926 ANTOINETTE AVENUE FROM PRE-EXISTING UTILITY POLES ON ANTOINETEE AVENUE. |
| C-00003604 | Closed | 4/27/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES DUQUESNE LIGHT WILL NOT TAKE ANYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION CONCERNING HER BUDGET PAYMENT. SHE STATES FIRST OFF ALL HER BILL WAS PAID OFF LAST YEAR. THEN SHE HAD A BASE BOARD ELECTRIC HEATER INSTALLED IN HER NEW ADDITION. SHE HAS DONE EVERYTHING THAT DUQUESNE HAS TOLD HER TO DO IN APPLYING FOR HELP. SHE WANTS HELP IN FIGURING OUT A BUDGET PAYMENT THAT SHE CAN AFFORD AND THAT DUQUESNE LIGHT WILL ACCEPT. |
| C-00003590 | Closed | 4/24/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES VERSA-FAB HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES, WHEN THEY HAVE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. SOME WERE DUE TO BAD WEATHER AND OTHER WERE UNKNOWN. THESE OUTAGES NOT ON HAVE A SERIOUS EFFECT ON THEIR PRODUCTION, BUT THEY ARE ALSO HAVING A VARIETY OF ATTRIBUTABLE MACHINE TOLL FAILURES. THEY WANT ASSISTANCE TO RECEIVE A FAIR AND JUST RESOLUTION TO THIS COMPLAINT. |
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