§ 530. Clean Air Act implementation plans
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 66 Pa.C.S.A. Public Utilities
66 Pa.C.S.A. § 530
§ 530. Clean Air Act implementation plans
(a) Phase I compliance.--On or before February 1, 1993, each public utility shall submit to the commission and may request commission approval of a plan to bring its generating units which use coal to generate electricity into compliance with the Phase I requirements of Title IV of the Clean Air Act (Public Law 95-95, 42 U.S.C. § 7651 et seq.).
(b) Phase II compliance.--On or before January 1, 1996, each public utility shall submit to the commission and may request commission approval of a plan to bring its generating units which use coal to generate electricity into compliance with the Phase II requirements of Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
(c) Notice of plan.--At the same time it submits its plan to the commission, the public utility shall provide a copy of the plan to the Department of Environmental Resources, the Consumer Advocate and the Small Business Advocate. For plans submitted after the effective date of this section, the commission shall cause notice of the utility's filing to be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The public utility shall make available, upon request, a copy of the proposed plan to any coal supplier with which it has a supply contract for more than one year and to any collective bargaining representative for the coal supplier.
(2) After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the commission shall approve or disapprove the compliance plan within nine months after the plan is filed, provided that approval may be in whole or in part and may be subject to such limitations and qualifications as may be deemed necessary and in the public interest. The commission's decision shall establish that the utility's costs of compliance are recoverable costs of service, provided the costs:
(3) Costs established as recoverable under paragraph (2) shall qualify as nonrevenue-producing investment to improve environmental conditions under section 1315 (relating to limitation on consideration of certain costs for electric utilities), provided that any benefits to the utility generated by the sale of allowances under the Clean Air Act shall be flowed through to the utility's ratepayers.
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1992, April 16, P.L. 149, No. 27, § 1, effective in 60 days.
66 Pa.C.S.A. § 530, PA ST 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 530
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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