Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 23.114 - Suspension supplements(a) If the Commission, under 66 Pa.C.S. § 1308(b) (relating to voluntary changes in rates), suspends any proposed rates, charges or regulations contained in any tariff, the previous rates, charges or regulations shall remain in effect during the period of suspension or until lawfully cancelled, reissued or otherwise ordered by the Commission.(b) If an order of suspension is received by a carrier against whose tariffs the order of suspension is directed, it is the duty of the carrier immediately to post in its offices and file with the Commission a supplement, which shall bear no effective date, announcing that the rates, charges or regulations are suspended by order of the Commission until the date stated in the order of suspension. Reference shall also be made in this supplement to the tariffs where the rates, charges or regulations remaining in effect during the period of suspension will be found.(c) If the order directs the suspension of a part of a tariff which, except as to that part, is allowed to become effective, the supplement announcing the suspension shall also contain the rates, charges and regulations applicable during the period of suspension or shall make specific reference by Commission number to the tariff or supplement where they will be found.(d) The regulations limiting the number of supplements which may be issued do not apply with respect to suspension supplements.(e) If, upon final determination, the matter suspended is found not unlawful and the Commission directs that the order of suspension be vacated or the case be dismissed, the affected carrier shall issue a supplement announcing the vacation of the order of suspension and providing the proper publication of the rates, charges or regulations authorized, and otherwise comply with the orders of the Commission.(f) The provisions of 66 Pa.C.S. § 1308(d) apply to every public utility described in 66 Pa.C.S. § 102 (relating to definitions), except common carriers of property.The provisions of this § 23.114 amended November 18, 1977, 7 Pa.B. 3362; amended February 6, 1998, effective 2/7/1998, 28 Pa.B. 647.The provisions of this § 23.114 amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 501.