Pennsylvania § 1301 - Rates to be just and reasonable.
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§ 1301. Rates to be just and reasonable.
(a) Regulation.--Every rate made, demanded, or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities jointly, shall be just and reasonable, and in conformity with regulations or orders of the commission. Only public utility service being furnished or rendered by a municipal corporation, or by the operating agencies of any municipal corporation, beyond its corporate limits, shall be subject to regulation and control by the commission as to rates, with the same force, and in like manner, as if such service were rendered by a public utility.
(b) Municipal corporations.--In determining a just and reasonable rate furnished or rendered by a municipal corporation or by the operating agencies of a municipal corporation providing public utility water or wastewater service beyond its corporate limits, the commission shall employ an imputed capital structure of comparable public utilities providing water or wastewater service.
(Dec. 21, 2017, P.L.1208, No.65, eff. imd.)
Cross References. Section 1301 is referred to in sections 3015, 3016, 3019 of this title.
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 1301 ("Rates to be just and reasonable.") is part of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the codified statutory law of Pennsylvania. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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