PPL Electric Utilities, based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, filed a proposal with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Monday seeking to restructure how transmission costs appear on customer bills.
The utility proposed a Customer Protection Transmission Rider that would replace the existing Transmission Service Charge rather than add a new one. Under the plan, transmission costs currently embedded within supply charges on customer bills would become more visible, and network upgrade costs associated with large energy users would be allocated directly to those customers in the LP-6 large-load rate class.
The proposal builds upon PPL Electric Utilities' existing Customer Protection Framework, which already requires large-load customers to make usage and financial commitments prior to system connection. Currently, transmission costs are recovered through existing mechanisms by energy suppliers or by PPL Electric for default service customers.
Christine Martin, president of PPL Electric Utilities, said: "This proposal would make transmission costs easier to see on customer bills and provide a way to assign certain transmission costs associated with serving large energy users directly to those customers."
If approved, the changes would take effect in the first quarter of 2028. PPL Electric Utilities delivers electricity to approximately 1.5 million homes and businesses across eastern and central Pennsylvania. The company is a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker PPL.
