宾州州长 Josh Shapiro 申请介入 PPL 电费投诉案 要求数据中心承担其引致的电网升级成本
Harrisburg——宾夕法尼亚州州长 Josh Shapiro 10月15日向州公用事业委员会（PUC）提出申请，要求以正式当事方身份介入消费者代言人办公室针对 PPL Electric Utilities 的一项费率投诉。州长办公室称，这是至少15年来州长首次作此类介入。该投诉案卷号为 C-2026-3065756，由消费者代言人办公室于10月2日提出，主张应由数据中心承担其用电需求引致的全部输电网络升级成本。
Shapiro 在10月16日的宣布中说：“宾夕法尼亚居民不应该因为数据中心开发商而支付更高的电费。”他支持为数据中心设立单独的客户类别，并把其需求引致的成本分配给该类别。消费者代言人办公室指称，PPL 现行费率与服务安排使其他客户暴露于大型数据中心引致的成本之下，并在需求超过供应时面临供电中断风险；州长认为现行针对大型负荷的 LP-6 费率表对客户的保护不足。
此次申请只是请求参与案件，并非委员会已经作出征收相关费用的决定。案件后续将由 PUC 按程序审理。
信息来源：宾夕法尼亚州州长办公室、州公用事业委员会案卷 C-2026-3065756
Shapiro Seeks Party Status in PPL Rate Complaint, Backs Charging Data Centers for Grid Upgrade Costs
HARRISBURG — Governor Josh Shapiro petitioned the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on October 15 for formal party status in the Office of Consumer Advocate's rate complaint against PPL Electric Utilities — the first such gubernatorial intervention in at least 15 years, his office said. The complaint, filed October 2 under docket C-2026-3065756, seeks to charge data centers all transmission network upgrade costs they cause.
"Pennsylvanians should not be left paying higher electric bills because of data center developers," Shapiro said in the October 16 announcement. He supports a separate data-center customer class and allocating the costs caused by its demand to that class. The consumer advocate alleges PPL's existing rates and service expose other customers to costs caused by large data centers and to possible interruptions when demand exceeds supply; the governor agrees the existing LP-6 large-load rate schedule does not adequately protect customers.
The petition is a request to participate in the case, rather than a commission decision imposing the changes; the PUC will hear the case through its normal process.
Sources: Office of the Pennsylvania Governor; PUC docket C-2026-3065756
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