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PUC tightens review of water-system acquisitions; flags PFAS compliance costs for small utilities
Summary
PUC Chair Steve DeFrank said the commission has proposed measures to increase transparency and consistency in investor-owned acquisitions of municipal water systems and is monitoring PFAS/PFOA federal and state rules that may impose significant compliance costs on small water providers.
Steve DeFrank, chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, described steps the commission has taken to increase oversight of municipal water and wastewater system acquisitions and to address PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination and the associated compliance costs.
DeFrank said the PUC has focused on acquisitions under the public utility code’s municipal-acquisition provisions. He described measures the commission introduced in February 2024 to improve transparency and consistency in evaluating those transactions: requiring at…
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