2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 5 - Powers and Duties
515 - Construction cost of electric generating units.

     § 515.  Construction cost of electric generating units.
        (a)  Submission of estimate.--No later than 30 days after
     construction of an electric generating unit is begun, either in
     this Commonwealth or in some other state, any public utility
     operating in this Commonwealth and owning any share in that unit
     shall submit to the commission an estimate of the cost of
     constructing that unit. If the public utility acquires ownership
     of any share in an electric generating unit which is under
     construction on the date of acquisition, the public utility
     shall, within 30 days of the date of acquisition, submit an
     estimate of the cost of constructing that unit which was
     formulated no later than 30 days from the beginning of
     construction.
        (b)  Auditor in charge.--For each electric generating unit
     under construction which falls under the provisions of this
     section, the commission shall designate an auditor in charge. In
     addition to the access to evidence granted by this section, each
     utility having a generating unit under construction shall
     promptly submit, to the appropriate auditor in charge, copies
     and a description of any change with respect to construction
     which may be expected to result in substantial variances in the
     construction cost. A summary of all other changes shall be
     submitted to the commission at such reasonable times as the
     commission shall require.
        (c)  Access to evidence.--From and after the beginning of
     construction of an electric generating unit, the commission, or
     the auditor in charge, and the Consumer Advocate, or his
     designee, shall have reasonable access to the construction site
     and to any oral or documentary evidence relevant to determining
     the necessity and propriety of any construction cost. If a
     public utility objects to any request by the commission or the
     auditor in charge or the Consumer Advocate, or the person
     designated by the Consumer Advocate, for access to the
     construction site or to any oral or documentary evidence, the
     objection shall be decided in the same manner as an on-the-
     record proceeding pursuant to Chapter 3 (relating to public
     utility commission). The affected public utility shall have the
     burden of proof in sustaining any such objection.
        (d)  Definition.--As used in this section the term
     "construction" includes any work performed on an electric
     generating unit which is expected to require the affected public
     utility to incur an aggregate of at least $100,000,000 of
     expenses which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
     principles, are capital expenses and not operating or
     maintenance expenses.
     (July 6, 1984, P.L.602, No.123, eff. imd.; July 10, 1986,
     P.L.1238, No.114, eff. imd.)

        Cross References.  Section 515 is referred to in sections
     523, 1308 of this title.