Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

The state Public Utility Commission approved a settlement Wednesday that requires UGI Utilities to pay a $750,000 penalty and update procedures to ensure an eruption that killed a woman on Christmas 2020 in Monroe County never happens again.

A Dickson City council member died in a car crash over the weekend. And utility customers in four counties could face rate hikes.

Wellsboro Electric Co. and Citizens' Electric Co. seek higher electricity rates. Valley Energy Inc. wants to raise natural gas rates.

On average, UGI wants to raise rates almost 11% on residential customers, almost 9% on businesses and 7.5% on industrial plants.

A state Public Utility Commission administrative law judge will host hearings in Tunkhannock on Verizon's plan to buy Frontier Communications, but Rep. Tina Pickett wants PUC to require Verizon to keep Frontier's commitments for better internet access.

Two state Public Utililty Commission administrative law judges will hear testimony at hearings March 18 and 19.

The utility wants higher residential, commercial and industrial rates to keep a respectable profit and upgrade its distribution, cybersecurity, billing and other systems.

The state Public Utility Commission approved higher rates that will cost average customers in 13 counties 9 percent to 42 percent more a month.

Sewage disposal rates going up in company's territory in Columbia and Montour.

The commission rejected Scranton's request to reconsider the $99.3 million in water and sewage disposal increases