Haddock calls for investigation, public hearing into PPL billing issues
Rep. Jim Haddock February 10, 2023 | 1:23 PM
HARRISBURG, Feb. 10 – Today, state Rep. Jim Haddock sent a letter to the PA House Consumer Affairs Committee regarding ongoing billing issues with PPL Electric Utilities:
The text of the letter reads:
“I am respectfully requesting a hearing by the House Consumer Affairs Committee on the recent billing debacle by PUC Electric and their subsequent response.
“Since the week of January 16, 2023, my district office has been overwhelmed with phone calls from constituents regarding their unusually high PPL bills. Many stated it was a financial hardship and they could not get through to PPL by phone.
“I personally called PPL Customer Service and received a message that the hold time would be 22 minutes. In fact, I was on hold for over an hour – both times I called.
“On January 25th, I placed a call with the PPL State Government relations representative about this issue. I asked simple questions, such as what caused the billing issue and how many people were affected both in my Legislative District and statewide? I also expressed my dissatisfaction with the customer services response to this issue relative to the ratepayers. I followed my phone call with an email on January 27th. I still, as of today, have not received a response to my inquiry or answers to my questions.
“What is of an additional concern is that PPL was recently approved for an 18% rate increase by the PUC. This adds insult to injury to the affected customers.
“I believe this continuing matter deserves to be examined in a public forum, so that I and all the affected ratepayers that I represent can get answers to my questions and information on what steps PPL is taking to correct the issue moving forward.
“Again, I respectfully request a hearing by the House Consumer Affairs Committee on the recent billing debacle and subsequent response by PPL Electric.”
Haddock said he strongly encourages anybody still having issues with their bills to call the PUC and lodge their complaints at 1-800-692-7380.