Your Guide to the Latest Developments in Pennsylvania Utility Regulation

Missed the 2025 Public Utility Law Conference? This comprehensive e-book brings you the full written materials from both volumes of this essential event, covering the year’s most significant legal, regulatory, and policy developments in Pennsylvania’s utility landscape. Featuring updates from the PA Public Utility Commission (PUC), practitioners, in-house counsel, and industry leaders, this resource is indispensable for attorneys who represent or work with regulated utilities across electric, gas, water, telecommunications, and transportation sectors.

This two-volume e-Book captures expert analysis, case law insights, and regulatory updates across key areas of practice:

• PUC Policy & Procedural Updates: Learn about the five-year “PAPUC Forward” strategic plan, new procedural rules, broadband expansion efforts, and policy shifts around electric vehicle infrastructure, distributed energy resources, and consumer affordability.

• Infrastructure & Innovation: Panels from utility leaders and regulators dive into PFAS compliance, lead service line replacement, data center energy demands, and multi-billion-dollar investments in utility modernization.
• Legislative Developments: A full breakdown of legislative activity including Chapter 14 sunset and renewal, One Call Law updates, and the regulatory implications of Governor Shapiro’s “Lightning Plan” energy agenda.

• Electric, Gas, Water, and Telecom Tracks:
  • Electric: Resource adequacy, affordability, and energy transition policy
  • Gas: Pipeline safety, unserved customer expansion, and sustainable fuel planning
  • Water/Wastewater: Section 529 proceedings, low-income support programs, and PFAS updates
  • Telecom & Transportation: Pole attachment regulation, rail crossing coordination, and evolving rules for motor carriers
• Practice Guidance & Ethics: Valuable content on practice before the Office of Administrative Law Judge, PUC mediation best practices, and ethical considerations around ex parte communication and the use of generative AI by utility counsel.
  

With contributions from PUC commissioners, in-house counsel, trade associations, and law firm leaders, this e-book is both a legal reference and a strategic resource for attorneys practicing utility law in Pennsylvania. Full author details can be found within.