2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities
1521 - Definitions.

                               SUBCHAPTER B
               DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE TO LEASED PREMISES

     Sec.
     1521.  Definitions.
     1522.  Applicability of subchapter.
     1523.  Notices before service to landlord terminated.
     1524.  Request to landlord to identify tenants.
     1525.  Delivery and contents of termination notice to
            landlord.
     1526.  Delivery and contents of first termination notice to
            tenants.
     1527.  Right of tenants to continued service.
     1528.  Delivery and contents of subsequent termination notice
            to tenants.
     1529.  Right of tenant to recover payments.
     1529.1. Duty of owners of rental property.
     1530.  Waiver of subchapter prohibited.
     1531.  Retaliation by landlord prohibited.
     1532.  Penalties.
     1533.  Petition to appoint receiver.

        Enactment.  Subchapter B was added November 26, 1978, No.297,
     effective in 60 days.
        Cross References.  Subchapter B is referred to in section
     2206 of this title.
     § 1521.  Definitions.
        The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
     shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
     context clearly indicates otherwise:
        "Billing month."  A period of time not to exceed 35 days. The
     bill shall not include any previously billed service furnished
     during a period other than that covered by the current bill. If
     previously unbilled utility service is included in the current
     utility bill, the utility shall use an estimated bill for the
     30-day period.
        "Discontinuance."  Any cancellation of the service contract
     at the request of the ratepayer and in accordance with section
     1523(b) (relating to notices before service to landlord
     terminated).
        "Landlord ratepayer."  One or more individuals or an
     organization listed on a gas, electric, steam, sewage or water
     utility's records as the party responsible for payment of the
     gas, electric, steam, sewage or water service provided to one or
     more residential units of a residential building or mobile home
     park of which building or mobile home park the party is not the
     sole occupant. In the event the landlord ratepayer is not the
     party to a lease between the landlord ratepayer and the tenant,
     the term also includes the individual or organization to whom
     the tenant makes rental payments pursuant to a rental
     arrangement.
        "Mobile home."  A transportable, single-family dwelling unit
     intended for permanent occupancy and constructed as a single
     unit, or as two or more units designed to be joined into one
     integral unit capable of again being separated for repeated
     towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy
     except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly
     operations and constructed so that it may be used without a
     permanent foundation.
        "Mobile home park."  Any site, lot, field or tract of land,
     privately or publicly owned or operated, upon which three or
     more mobile homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes,
     are or are intended to be located.
        "Residential building."  A building containing one or more
     dwelling units occupied by one or more tenants. The term does
     not include nursing homes, hotels and motels or any dwelling of
     which the landlord ratepayer is the only resident.
        "Tenant."  Any person or group of persons who are
     contractually obligated to make rental payments to the landlord
     ratepayer pursuant to a rental arrangement, including, but not
     limited to, an oral or written lease with the landlord ratepayer
     for a dwelling unit in a residential building or mobile home
     park which is provided gas, electric, steam, sewer or water as
     an included service under the rental agreement and who are not
     the ratepayers of the utility which supplied the gas, electric,
     steam, sewer or water service.
        "Termination."  The cessation of service, whether temporary
     or permanent, without the consent of the ratepayer. For the
     purposes of this subchapter, this term shall include cessation
     of service at the request of the landlord ratepayer when a
     tenant does not agree to the cessation of service.
     (July 2, 1993, P.L.379, No.54, eff. 60 days)

        1993 Amendment.  Act 54 amended the defs. of "landlord
     ratepayer," "residential building" and "tenant" and added the
     defs. of "billing month," "discontinuance" and "termination."
        Cross References.  Section 1521 is referred to in section
     1522 of this title.