Dear Neighbor,

I hope you're having a wonderful holiday season and getting to spend quality time with loved ones. I’m looking forward to a productive 2025-26 Legislative Session, working on your behalf on the issues that impact our community.

Below are some legislative updates, announcements about upcoming events, and reminders about important state programs. Next week, my office will close at noon on Tuesday (Dec. 31) and remain closed on New Year's Day (Jan. 1); we will reopen for normal hours on January 3rd.

Warmly,

Pennsylvania State Rep. David M. Delloso

Thank you to everyone who supported our neighbors through my office’s holiday drives; we can’t thank you enough for your generosity!

On the last day of our Diaper Drive, Crystal from Main Line Health dropped off a ton of items that will be much appreciated by babies and parents in need. 

Last week, I visited the WIC office in Upper Darby to drop off all the donations we collected throughout the month. Just look at that pile! Thank you to Senator Tim Kearney and his staff, WIC, Nurse Family Partnership, and Maternity Care Coalition for partnering with us.

And at our Meet and Greet event last week, I had a great time catching up with everyone and discussing your concerns over some hot chocolate.

I'm extremely proud of Ridley High School students for claiming victory in this year's Delco Hi-Q competition! Thanks, as always, go to Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union and Kimberly Clark for putting on this event that shows our students at their best and brightest.

I was honored to help recognize Jacob Krautheim for earning the rank of Eagle Scout at his Court of Honor ceremony in Glenolden last week!

Jacob started his scouting career as a Cub Scout, earning the Arrow of Light — the highest award in Cub Scouting — before joining Boy Scout Troop 44 at age 12. He then started on his goal of completing 21 Merit badges to obtain the rank of Eagle Scout by age 18. 

An Academy Park grad, Jacob is now a student at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. Way to represent that Delco work ethic in central PA!

For his Eagle Project, Jacob led fellow scouts, family, and friends in helping him to build and install five wooden benches at Knowles Cemetery in Glenolden. He also rebuilt the flower bed that surrounds the cemetery's flagpole and flag holders for all wars fought by those who were laid to rest there.

I appreciate Jacob for his generous contributions to the well-being of others and wish him the best for every future happiness!

Save the date for the events my office has planned for the beginning of 2025. More details are to come!

Expungement Clinic: February 8, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Folcroft Borough Municipal Complex

Property Tax/Rent Rebate Session: February 28, 12 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Schoolhouse Senior Center

Shred Event: March 1, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Norwood Fire Company

PUC approves lower-than-requested rate increases for PECO and will honor expired consumer protections

I’ve been following PECO’s requests for electric and natural gas rate increases since learning about them at the end of March, and there’s finally a resolution to report: the PUC voted to approve increases for both, but at rates smaller than what PECO requested.

• For electricity, PECO will raise its monthly distribution customer charge by $0.75 (7.1%). It had requested a $3.78 (36%) increase. It was also permitted to collect another $64 million “surcharge credit” from customers in the year 2025.  With the rate increase and surcharge, the monthly bill for a residential customer using 700 kilowatt hours per month will increase by about $13.58 in 2025, and by another $2.70 in 2026.

• For natural gas, PECO will raise its rate by 10.2% It had requested a 36% increase. That means in 2025, the monthly bill for a residential customer using 80 Ccf per month will increase by about $12.25 (or 12.5%, with other fee increases factored in).

As part of both settlements, PECO agreed not to file another general rate increase for electric or natural gas before March 16, 2026.

PUC also announced that it will continue to offer the consumer protections outlined in Chapter 14 of the Public Utility Code, despite the fact they will expire on Dec. 31.

While this is good news for public health & safety, it’s frustrating that it’s come to this. We passed legislation in the House all the way back in October to reauthorize Chapter 14’s safeguards (as the legislature did in 2014), but the Senate decided not to consider it.

The basic safeguards we tried to renew include a moratorium on shutting off a residence’s heat during the winter months, payment arrangements based on household income, and protections for victims of domestic violence and people with a severe medical condition.

We will of course push again in the 2025-26 legislation session to renew Chapter 14 for the good of the commonwealth.

2025-26 Legislative Session has begun

With the new session underway, my colleagues and I are preparing for our first voting days in March. Between now and then, we will be meeting with our committees and preparing legislation for introduction.

At the top of my list is re-introducing my proposal to update wages for PA’s Game Commission officers to be on the same pay scale as PA State Police Officers. They work hard to protect our wildlife and forests and deserve to be compensated fairly for all they do for the Commonwealth.

For assistance applying to any of the below programs, please stop in my office

or call us at (610) 534-1002.

You may apply to LIHEAP or learn more at this link. 

You may apply to the PTRR program or learn more at this link. 

You may shop Pennie plans or learn more at this link. 

Pennsylvania just added six new license plates that honor military veterans: three for medals/honors and three for women veterans. That's now a grand total of 53 options for specialty military plates! All plates and application forms are on PennDOT's website.

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Ridley Park, PA 19078
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