PRINTER'S NO. 1482
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.505
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DONAHUE, GIRAL, MADDEN, SAPPEY, HOWARD,
SCHLOSSBERG, KAZEEM, MALAGARI, NEILSON, SANCHEZ, KHAN,
O'MARA, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, K.HARRIS, McNEILL, INGLIS, PROKOPIAK,
STEELE, SALISBURY, KRUEGER, BOROWSKI, BOYD, HOHENSTEIN,
PIELLI, FIEDLER AND KINKEAD, APRIL 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
UTILITIES, APRIL 23, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility
industry, further providing for energy efficiency and
conservation program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2806.1 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 2806.1. Energy efficiency , resilience and conservation
program.
(a) Program.--The commission shall[ , by January 15, 2009, ]
adopt an energy efficiency , resilience and conservation program
to require electric distribution companies to adopt and
implement cost-effective energy efficiency , resilience and
conservation plans to reduce energy demand and consumption
within the service territory of each electric distribution
company in this Commonwealth. The program shall include:
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subsection (b).
(2) An evaluation process, including a process to
monitor and verify data collection, quality assurance and
results of each plan and the program.
(3) An analysis of the cost and benefit of each plan
submitted under subsection (b) in accordance with a total
resource cost test approved by the commission.
(4) An analysis of how the program and individual plans
will enable each electric distribution company to achieve or
exceed the requirements for reduction in consumption under
subsections (c) and (d).
(5) Standards to ensure that each plan includes a
variety of energy efficiency , resilience and conservation
measures, including measures that increase consumer
resilience to extreme weather events, and will provide the
measures equitably to all classes of customers.
(6) Procedures to make recommendations as to additional
measures that will enable an electric distribution company to
improve its plan and exceed the required reductions in
consumption under subsections (c) and (d) while increasing
consumer resilience to extreme weather events .
(7) Procedures to require that electric distribution
companies competitively bid all contracts with conservation
service providers, unless alternative procedures are
otherwise authorized by the commission .
(8) Procedures to review all proposed contracts prior to
the execution of the contract with conservation service
providers to implement the plan. The commission may order the
modification of a proposed contract to ensure that the plan
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consumption under subsections (c) and (d).
(9) Procedures to ensure compliance with requirements
for reduction in consumption under subsections (c) and (d).
(10) A requirement for the participation of conservation
service providers in the implementation of all or part of a
plan.
(11) Cost recovery to ensure that measures approved are
financed by the same customer class or classes that will
receive the direct energy and conservation benefits.
(b) Duties of electric distribution companies.--
(1) (i) [By July 1, 2009, each ] Each electric
distribution company shall develop and file an energy
efficiency, resilience and conservation plan with the
commission for approval to meet the requirements of
subsection (a) and the requirements for reduction in
consumption under subsections (c) and (d). The plan shall
be implemented upon approval by the commission. The
following are the plan requirements:
(A) The plan shall include specific proposals to
implement energy efficiency , resilience and
conservation measures , including measures that
increase consumer resilience to extreme weather
events, to achieve or exceed the required reductions
in consumption under subsections (c) and (d).
(B) [A minimum of 10%] The commission shall
approve a targeted required reduction requiring a
minimum of no greater than 10% of the required
reductions in consumption under subsections (c) and
(d) [shall] to be obtained from units of Federal,
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school districts, institutions of higher education
[and], nonprofit entities and housing authorities,
and from subsidized housing .
(C) The plan shall explain how quality assurance
and performance will be measured, verified and
evaluated.
(D) The plan shall state the manner in which the
plan will achieve the requirements of the program
under subsection (a) and will achieve or exceed the
required reductions in consumption under subsections
(c) and (d) while increasing consumer resilience to
extreme weather events .
(E) The plan shall include a contract with one
or more conservation service providers selected by
competitive bid or other selection mechanism to
implement the plan or a portion of the plan as
approved by the commission.
(F) The plan shall include estimates of the cost
of implementation of the energy efficiency ,
resilience and conservation measures in the plan.
(G) The plan shall include specific energy
efficiency measures and programs that result in
reductions in consumption for households at or below
150% of the Federal poverty income guidelines[ . The
number of measures] or an alternative income level
established by the commission not less than 150% of
the Federal poverty income guidelines. The reductions
in consumption shall be proportionate to those
households' share of the total energy usage in the
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shall coordinate measures under this clause with
other programs administered by the commission or
another Federal or State agency. Upon request by an
electric distribution company, the commission may
establish an alternative compliance mechanism for
direct installation of energy-efficient equipment
that produces quantifiable and verified reductions in
energy consumption for households at or below the
income level established in this clause. The amount
of funding proposed for an alternative compliance
mechanism may not be less than the amount expended by
the electric distribution company for specific energy
efficiency measures or programs for households at or
below 150% of the Federal poverty income guidelines,
or the alternative income level established by the
commission under this clause, in the prior five-year
evaluation period. The expenditures of an electric
distribution company under this clause shall be in
addition to expenditures made under 52 Pa. Code Ch.
58 (relating to residential low income usage
reduction programs).
(H) The plan shall include a proposed cost-
recovery tariff mechanism, in accordance with
[section 1307 (relating to sliding scale of rates;
adjustments)] subsection (k), to fund the energy
efficiency, resilience and conservation measures and
to ensure full and current recovery of the prudent
and reasonable costs of the plan, including
administrative costs, as approved by the commission.
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demonstrate that the plan is cost effective using a
total resource cost test approved by the commission
and provides a diverse cross section of alternatives
for customers of all rate classes.
(J) The plan shall require an annual independent
evaluation of its cost-effectiveness and a full
review of the results of each five-year plan required
under subsection (c)(3) and, to the extent practical,
how the plan will be adjusted on a going-forward
basis as a result of the evaluation.
(K) The plan shall include an analysis of the
electric distribution company's administrative costs.
(ii) A new plan shall be filed with the commission
every five years or as otherwise required by the
commission. The plan shall set forth the manner in which
the company will meet the required reductions in
consumption under subsections (c) and (d).
[(iii) No more than 2% of funds available to
implement a plan under this subsection shall be allocated
for experimental equipment or devices. ]
(iv) No more than 5% of funds available to implement
a plan under this subsection shall be allocated for
behind-the-meter pilot programs, experimental equipment
or devices or other investments in innovative
technologies and management practices that reduce energy
consumption.
(v) Up to 15% of funds available to implement a plan
under this subsection may be allocated for measures to
reduce distribution system loss.
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plan under this subsection may be allocated for
preweatherization health and safety upgrades necessary
for enabling energy efficiency, resilience and
conservation measures, including mold and moisture
remediation, electrical panel upgrades and structural
repairs, for households at or below 150% of the Federal
poverty income guidelines or the alternative income level
established by the commission under subparagraph (i)(G).
(2) The commission shall direct an electric distribution
company to modify or terminate any part of a plan approved
under this section if, after an adequate period for
implementation, the commission determines that an energy
efficiency, resilience or conservation measure included in
the plan will not achieve the required reductions in
consumption in a cost-effective manner under subsections (c)
and (d).
(3) If part of a plan is modified or terminated under
paragraph (2), the electric distribution company shall submit
a revised plan describing actions to be taken to offer
substitute measures or to increase the availability of
existing measures in the plan to achieve the required
reductions in consumption under subsections (c) and (d).
(c) Reductions in consumption.--The plans adopted under
subsection (b) shall reduce [ electric] energy consumption as
follows:
(1) By May 31, 2011, total annual weather-normalized
consumption of the retail customers of each electric
distribution company shall be reduced by a minimum of 1%. The
1% load reduction in consumption shall be measured against
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forecasted by the commission for June 1, 2009, through May
31, 2010, with provisions made for weather adjustments and
extraordinary loads that the electric distribution company
must serve.
(2) By May 31, 2013, the total annual weather-normalized
consumption of the retail customers of each electric
distribution company shall be reduced by a minimum of 3%. The
3% load reduction in consumption shall be measured against
the electric distribution company's expected load as
forecasted by the commission for June 1, 2009, through May
31, 2010, with provisions made for weather adjustments and
extraordinary loads that the electric distribution company
must serve.
(3) By November 30, 2013, and every five years
thereafter, the commission shall evaluate the costs and
benefits of the program established under subsection (a) and
of approved energy efficiency , resilience and conservation
plans submitted to the program[ .], subject to the following:
(i) The evaluation shall be consistent with a total
resource cost test or a cost-benefit analysis determined
by the commission. If the commission determines that the
benefits of the program exceed the costs, the commission
shall adopt additional required incremental reductions in
consumption.
(ii) The assessment of costs and benefits shall
incorporate an assessment of the benefits of the program
with respect to increased grid and consumer resilience to
extreme weather events.
(iii) As of the effective date of this subparagraph,
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shall be the greater of 15 years or an alternative term
approved by the commission. The effective life of any
individual measure included in such a plan may exceed 15
years.
(iv) Measures and programs that result in reductions
in energy consumption for households at or below 150% of
the Federal poverty income guidelines, or the alternative
income level established by the commission under
subsection (b)(1)(i)(G), shall, with respect to those
reductions and for the exclusive purpose of the cost-
benefit evaluation of that specific measure or program
under this subsection, multiply the calculation of
benefits by two. The multiplication shall not be
undertaken for the purposes of calculating reductions in
consumption under subsection (b)(1)(i)(G) or the
financial incentive in subsection (k.1)(1)(ii).
(d) Peak demand.--The plans adopted under subsection (b)
shall reduce [electric] energy demand as follows:
(1) By May 31, 2013, the weather-normalized demand of
the retail customers of each electric distribution company
shall be reduced by a minimum of 4.5% of annual system peak
demand in the 100 hours of highest demand. The reduction
shall be measured against the electric distribution company's
peak demand for June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008.
(2) By November 30, 2013, the commission shall compare
the total costs of energy efficiency , resilience and
conservation plans implemented under this section to the
total savings in energy and capacity costs to retail
customers in this Commonwealth or other costs determined by
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benefits of the plans exceed the costs, the commission shall
set additional incremental requirements for reduction in peak
demand for the 100 hours of greatest demand or an alternative
reduction approved by the commission. Reductions in demand
shall be measured from the electric distribution company's
peak demand for the period from June 1, 2011, through May 31,
2012. The reductions in consumption required by the
commission shall be accomplished no later than May 31, 2017.
(3) By November 30, 2030, the commission shall compare
the total costs of energy efficiency, resilience and
conservation plans implemented under this section to the
total savings in energy, resilience and capacity costs to
retail customers in this Commonwealth or other costs
determined by the commission. If the commission determines
that the benefits of the plans exceed the costs, the
commission shall set requirements for electric distribution
companies to establish a program addressing daily peak demand
or an alternative reduction program approved by the
commission. The reductions in consumption required by the
commission shall be accomplished no later than May 31, 2032.
(e) Commission approval.--
(1) The commission shall conduct a public hearing on
each plan and allow for the submission of recommendations by
the Office of Consumer Advocate and the Office of Small
Business Advocate and by members of the public as to how the
electric distribution company could improve its plan or
exceed the required reductions in consumption under
subsections (c) and (d).
(2) The commission shall approve or disapprove a plan
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following shall apply to an order disapproving a plan:
(i) The commission shall describe in detail the
reasons for the disapproval.
(ii) The electric distribution company shall have 60
days to file a revised plan to address the deficiencies
identified by the commission. The revised plan shall be
approved or disapproved by the commission within 60 days.
(iii) The commission may not disapprove a plan
solely due to the inclusion of mechanical insulation,
including insulation materials, facings and accessory
products used for thermal requirements for mechanical
piping and equipment, hot and cold applications and
heating, venting and air conditioning applications.
(f) Penalties.--
(1) The following shall apply for failure to submit a
plan:
(i) An electric distribution company that fails to
file a plan under subsection (b) shall [ be subject to a
civil penalty of $100,000 per ] forfeit and pay to the
Commonwealth a sum determined by the commission pursuant
to its authority under section 3301 (relating to civil
penalties for violations) for each day until the plan is
filed.
(ii) An electric distribution company that fails to
file a revised plan under subsection (e)(2)(ii) shall [ be
subject to a civil penalty of $100,000 per] forfeit and
pay to the Commonwealth a sum determined by the
commission pursuant to its authority under section 3301
for each day until the plan is filed.
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be deposited in the low-income electric customer
assistance program of the energy distribution company for
the respective service territory.
(2) The following shall apply to an electric
distribution company that fails to achieve the reductions in
consumption required under subsection (c) or (d):
(i) The electric distribution company shall [ be
subject to a civil penalty not less than $1,000,000 and
not to exceed $20,000,000 ] forfeit and pay to the
Commonwealth a sum determined by the commission pursuant
to its authority under section 3301 for failure to
achieve the required reductions in consumption under
subsection (c) or (d). In determining the sum, the
commission shall consider the extent to which an electric
distribution company undertook good faith efforts to
achieve the required reductions in consumption proposed
in its plan. Any penalty paid by an electric distribution
company under this subparagraph shall not be recoverable
from ratepayers.
(ii) If an electric distribution company fails to
achieve the required reductions in consumption under
subsection (c) or (d), responsibility to achieve the
reductions in consumption shall be transferred to the
commission. The commission shall do all of the following:
(A) Implement a plan to achieve the required
reductions in consumption under subsection (c) or
(d).
(B) Contract with conservation service providers
as necessary to implement any portion of the plan.
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be deposited into the hardship fund of the energy
distribution company for the respective service
territory.
(iv) No penalty assessed under this paragraph shall
be assessed upon an electric distribution company that
has timely and in good faith filed a plan subsequently
approved by the commission to achieve the required
reductions in consumption, and that complies entirely
with that plan, based on a failure to achieve the
required reductions during the period of that plan's
performance, if the electric distribution company:
(A) files a corrective action plan within 90
days to achieve the required reductions;
(B) does not pass the costs of developing or
implementing the corrective action plan along to
ratepayers; and
(C) complies with the corrective action plan and
achieves the required reductions within the time
frame specified in the corrective action plan.
(g) Limitation on costs.--The total cost of any plan
required under this section shall be set as follows:
(1) The total cost of any plan required under this
section prior to May 31, 2031, shall not exceed 2% of the
electric distribution company's total annual revenue as of
December 31, 2006.
(2) The total cost of any plan required under this
section after May 31, 2031, shall be set by the commission
after considering the following for each electric
distribution company in the prior commission program period:
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(ii) The costs of implementing the program per
megawatt hour of electricity distributed.
(iii) The costs of implementing the program per
customer served.
(iv) The types and classes of customers served.
(3) The amount established under paragraph (2) shall not
be:
(i) Less than the amount established under paragraph
(1), increased by the same percentage as the total
percentage increase in the electric distribution
company's distribution base revenues between December 31,
2024, and January 1 of the penultimate year of the most
recent evaluation period.
(ii) More than the greater of:
(A) the amount specified in subparagraph (i); or
(B) the amount established under paragraph (1),
increased by the same percentage as the total
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for
household energy as published by the United States
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
between December 31, 2006, and January 1 of the
penultimate year of the most recent evaluation
period.
(iii) Increased in any given evaluation period
beyond the amount specified in subparagraph (i) plus 20%
of the same amount.
(4) The amount established under paragraph (2) for each
evaluation period shall be published by the commission no
later than January 31 of the penultimate year of the
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(5) The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to
the cost of low-income usage reduction programs established
under 52 Pa. Code Ch. 58 (relating to residential low income
usage reduction programs).
(h) Costs.--The commission shall recover from electric
distribution companies the costs of implementing the program
established under this section.
(i) Report.--The following shall apply:
(1) Each electric distribution company shall submit an
annual report to the commission relating to the results of
the energy efficiency , resilience and conservation plan
within each electric distribution service territory. The
report shall include all of the following:
(i) Documentation of program expenditures.
(ii) Measurement and verification of energy savings
under the plan.
(iii) Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of
expenditures.
(iv) Any other information required by the
commission.
(2) Beginning five years following the effective date of
this section and annually thereafter, the commission shall
submit a report to the Consumer Protection and Professional
Licensure Committee of the Senate and the Consumer Affairs
Committee of the House of Representatives.
(j) Existing funding sources.--Each electric distribution
company shall, upon request by any person, provide a list of all
eligible Federal and State funding programs available to
ratepayers for energy efficiency , resilience and conservation.
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Internet website.
(k) Recovery.--
(1) An electric distribution company shall recover on a
full and current basis from customers, through a reconcilable
adjustment clause under section 1307, all reasonable and
prudent costs incurred in the provision or management of a
plan provided under this section. This paragraph shall apply
to all electric distribution companies, including electric
distribution companies subject to generation or other rate
caps.
[(2) Except as set forth in paragraph (3), decreased
revenues of an electric distribution company due to reduced
energy consumption or changes in energy demand shall not be a
recoverable cost under a reconcilable automatic adjustment
clause.]
(3) Decreased revenue and reduced energy consumption may
be reflected in revenue and sales data used to calculate
rates in a distribution-base rate proceeding filed by an
electric distribution company under section 1308 (relating to
voluntary changes in rates).
(4) An electric distribution company may not include
costs incurred in the provision or management of a plan
provided under this section in rate based or the purposes of
calculating a rate-based rate of return.
(k.1) Incentives.--
(1) An energy efficiency, resilience and conservation
plan filed by an electric distribution company under this
section may include a financial incentive mechanism for the
electric distribution company. Payment and design of a
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approval of the commission and the following conditions:
(i) A financial incentive may only be approved by
the commission based on quantifiable and verified
reductions in energy consumption beyond the target values
set by the commission, produced by investments made under
this part and not in the performance of other obligations
or as the result of energy savings attributed to
participation in other programs.
(ii) The total amount of a financial incentive
earned may not exceed the total of:
(A) Ten percent of the net benefits experienced
by electric distribution companies' customers above
150% of Federal poverty income guidelines or the
alternative income level established by the
commission under subsection (b)(1)(i)(G).
(B) Twenty-five percent of the net benefits
experienced by electric distribution companies'
customers at or below 150% of Federal poverty income
guidelines or the alternative income level
established by the commission under subsection (b)(1)
(i)(G).
(2) An incentive authorized under this subsection may
not be based on reductions in energy consumption over the
course of more than a single evaluation period.
(k.2) Industrial sector study.--
(1) Within one year of the effective date of this
subsection, the commission shall direct the Statewide
evaluator to undertake a review of the effectiveness of the
energy efficiency, resilience and conservation program with
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recommendations, if any, for the improvement of the program.
(2) The commission shall post the report to the
commission's publicly accessible Internet website. The report
shall address the effectiveness of the program, evaluate
inter-sector transfers and suggest other potential models for
reducing industrial energy demand.
(l) Applicability.--This section shall not apply to an
electric distribution company with fewer than 100,000 customers.
(m) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Conservation service provider." An entity that provides
information and technical assistance on measures to enable a
person to increase energy efficiency or reduce energy
consumption and that has no direct or indirect ownership,
partnership or other affiliated interest with an electric
distribution company.
"Consumer resilience." The ability of consumers to prepare
for threats and hazards, adapt to changing conditions and
withstand and recover rapidly from adverse conditions and
disruptions.
"Electric distribution company total annual revenue."
Amounts paid to the electric distribution company for
generation, transmission, distribution and surcharges by retail
customers.
"Energy efficiency, resilience and conservation measures."
The term includes:
(1) Technologies, management practices or other measures
employed by retail customers that reduce [ electricity] energy
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(i) The technology, practice or other measure is
installed on or after the effective date of this section
at the location of a retail customer.
(ii) The technology, practice or other measure
reduces consumption of energy or peak load by the retail
customer.
(iii) The cost of the acquisition or installation of
the measure is directly incurred in whole or in part by
the electric distribution company.
(2) [Energy efficiency and conservation measures shall
include solar] Solar or solar photovoltaic panels, battery
systems, home fuel cells, energy efficient and temperature-
moderating windows, building envelope upgrades and doors,
cool roofs, energy efficient lighting, including exit sign
retrofit, high bay fluorescent retrofit and pedestrian and
traffic signal conversion, electrical panel and component
upgrades, smart grid home energy technologies, virtual power
plant systems, heat pump installation or retrofit, geothermal
heating, insulation, air sealing, reflective roof coatings,
energy efficient heating and cooling equipment or systems and
energy efficient appliances , smart connected thermostats and
other technologies, practices or measures approved by the
commission.
(3) Measures that increase consumer resilience to
extreme weather events and independently reduce energy
consumption or demand if all of the following apply:
(i) The measure is installed on or after the
effective date of this section at the location of a
retail customer.
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peak load by the retail customer.
(iii) The cost of the acquisition or installation of
the measure is directly incurred in whole or in part by
the electric distribution company.
"Measures that increase consumer resilience to extreme
weather events." Technologies, management practices or other
measures employed by retail customers that reduce the likelihood
or severity of power outages experienced by retail customers due
to extreme weather conditions, which are installed on or after
the effective date of this definition at the location of a
retail customer.
"Measures to reduce distribution system loss." The term
includes the retrofit or replacement of distribution systems
with advanced, resilient and energy-efficient conductors and
transformers and deployment of advanced sensors, meters,
switches, control systems and other components that increase
energy efficiency and grid resilience between and including the
substation and the individual consumer and other technologies,
practices or measures approved by the commission. The commission
shall review such technologies, practices or measures for
overall prudence and consistency with the long-term improvement
plan of the electric distribution company seeking approval of
the technology, practice or measure. The term shall not include
expenditures related to regular maintenance, measures mandated
under State law or regulation or measures for which an electric
distribution company would otherwise levy a distribution system
improvement charge.
"Net benefits." The value to consumers as a result of
quantifiable reductions in energy consumption from investments
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evaluation period, beyond the target values in the then-
applicable phase as established by the commission. The term does
not include value to consumers resulting from measures paid for
from sources other than the tariff mechanism provided for under
subsection (b)(1)(i)(K) or any savings carried over from a prior
phase.
"Peak demand." The highest electrical requirement occurring
during a specified period. For an electric distribution company,
the term shall mean the sum of the metered consumption for all
retail customers over that period.
"Quality assurance." All of the following:
(1) The auditing of buildings, equipment and processes
to determine the cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency ,
resilience and conservation measures using nationally
recognized tools and certification programs.
(2) Independent inspection of completed energy
efficiency, resilience and conservation measures completed by
third-party entities to evaluate the quality of the completed
measure.
"Real-time price." A rate that directly reflects the
different cost of energy during each hour.
"Time-of-use rate." A rate that reflects the costs of
serving customers during different time periods, including off-
peak and on-peak periods, but not as frequently as each hour.
"Total resource cost test." A standard test that is met if,
over the effective life of [ each plan not to exceed 15 years,
the net present value of the avoided monetary cost of supplying
electricity is greater than the net present value of the
monetary cost of energy efficiency conservation measures. ] the
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present value of the avoided cost of supplying utility service,
including the cost of generation, transmission and distribution
of electricity, gas, water and other nonenergy benefits, is
greater than the net present value of the incremental monetary
cost of the energy efficiency, resilience and conservation
measures. Nonenergy benefits considered in the test shall be
quantifiable and directly related to a program or service. The
value of avoided cost may include the time, location or load-
shifting value of the energy efficiency, resilience and
conservation measures. Spending on preweatherization health and
safety upgrades under subsection (b)(1)(v) may not be included
in the calculation of the standard test under this definition.
Section 2. In addition to the requirement under 66 Pa.C.S. §
2806.1(b)(1)(ii), the commission may require an electric
distribution company to file a new plan which meets the
requirements of this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) The amendment or addition of 66 Pa.C.S. § 2806.1(e)
(2)(iii), (f), (k.1) and (k.2) shall take effect in 60 days.
(2) This section shall take effect immediately.
(3) The remainder of this act shall take effect May 31,
2031.
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