BACKGROUND On February 14, 2012, Governor Corbett signed into law Act 11 of 2012, (Act 11), amends Chapters 3, 13 and 33 of Title 66. Act 11, provides jurisdictional inter alia, water and wastewater utilities, electric distribution companies (EDCs), and natural gas distribution companies (NGDCs) or a city natural gas distribution operation with the ability to implement a distribution system improvement charge (DSIC) to recover reasonable and prudent costs incurred to repair, improve or replace certain eligible distribution property that is part of the utility’s distribution system. The eligible property for the utilities is defined in 66 Pa. C.S. §1351. Act 11 states that as a precondition to the implementation of a DSIC, a utility must file a LTIIP with the Commission that is consistent with 66 Pa. C.S. §1352. The Commission promulgated regulations relating to LTIIPs at 52 Pa. Code §§ 121.1 121.8 that became effective December 20, 2014. In accordance with the – regulations, an NGDC must include the following elements in its LTIIP: Types and age of eligible property; Schedule for its planned repair and replacement; Location of the eligible property; Reasonable estimates of the quantity of property to be improved; Projected annual expenditures and measures to ensure that the plan is cost effective; Manner in which replacement of aging infrastructure will be accelerated and how repair, improvement or replacement will maintain safe and reliable service; A workforce management and training program; and A description of a utility’s outreach and coordination activities with other utilities, PennDOT and local governments on planned maintenance/
BACKGROUND On February 14, 2012, Governor Corbett signed into law Act 11 of 2012, (Act 11), amends Chapters 3, 13 and 33 of Title 66. Act 11, inter alia, provides jurisdictional water and wastewater utilities, electric distribution companies (EDCs), and natural gas distribution companies (NGDCs) or a city natural gas distribution operation with the ability to implement a distribution system improvement charge (DSIC) to recover reasonable and prudent costs incurred to repair, improve or replace certain eligible distribution property that is part of the utility’s distribution system. The eligible property for the utilities is defined in 66 Pa. C.S. §1351. Act 11 states that as a precondition to the implementation of a DSIC, a utility must file a LTIIP with the Commission that is consistent with 66 Pa. C.S. §1352. The Commission promulgated regulations relating to LTIIPs at 52 Pa. Code §§ 121.1 – 121.8 that became effective December 20, 2014. In accordance with the regulations, an NGDC must include the following elements in its LTIIP: Types and age of eligible property; Schedule for its planned repair and replacement; Location of the eligible property; Reasonable estimates of the quantity of property to be improved; Projected annual expenditures and measures to ensure that the plan is cost effective; Manner in which replacement of aging infrastructure will be accelerated and how repair, improvement or replacement will maintain safe and reliable service; A workforce management and training program; and A description of a utility’s outreach and coordination activities with other utilities, PennDOT and local governments on planned maintenance/