The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) will hold hearings in December to get public input on the proposed rate increases by PPL Electric Utilities Corporation.Video above: Pennsylvania faces significant rise in electricity bills.Under the proposal, the total monthly bill for a residential customer using 918 kWh per month would increase from $177.01 to $189.40 (7%).The changes would produce an overall annual revenue increase of $356.3 million (33.4%). A final PUC decision on PPL’s rate increase request is due by July 1, 2026.PPL provides service to nearly 1.5 million customers in 29 counties in central and eastern Pennsylvania.Public hearingsOn Oct. 23, 2025, the Commission voted 5-0 to suspend and investigate the proposed change. Deputy Chief Administrative Law Judge Christopher P. Pell and Administrative Law Judge Barbara Shadie Nause will preside over the public input hearings.The following information is from the PUC:In-person public input hearings will be held at the following locations and times:Monday, December 8, 2025 – Hearing starts at 6 p.m. Scranton UniversityBrennan Hall – Rose Room, 5th Floor320 Madison AvenueScranton, PA 18510Tuesday, December 9, 2025 – Hearing starts at 6 p.m. Catasauqua Municipal BuildingBorough Hall90 Bridge StreetCatasauqua, PA 18032Wednesday, December 10, 2025 – Hearing starts at 6 p.m. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaKeystone Building, Hearing Room #1400 North StreetHarrisburg, PA 17120Thursday, December 11, 2025 – Hearing starts at 6 p.m. Manheim Township Public LibraryMorgan Center595 Granite Run DriveLancaster, PA 17601Telephonic Public Input HearingsTwo telephonic hearings will be held at the following times:Monday, December 15, 2025 Telephonic hearing #1 will begin at 1 p.m.Telephonic hearing #2 will begin at 6 p.m.Participating in the Telephonic Input HearingsThe call-in information for the two telephonic hearings is as follows: Toll-free Conference Number: 866-421-8851PIN Number: 66640466To participate in a telephonic public input hearing, please complete the following:You must dial the toll-free Conference number above.You must enter the PIN number above when instructed.You must speak your name when prompted, and press #.Then, the telephone system will connect you to the hearing.NOTE: Individuals wishing to testify at a telephonic public input hearing are encouraged to pre-register by 4 p.m. on December 11, 2025. Failure to pre-register could result in you not being called to testify by the PUC Judges.To pre-register, please call Legal Assistant Pamela McNeal at 215-560-4228 or email at pmcneal@pa.gov and provide the following information:Your first and last name.The hearing for which you are registering.The phone number you will be using to call into the public input hearing.A phone number where you can be reached prior to the hearing, if needed.Your email address, if you have one.If you need assistance pre-registering to testify, you may have someone register for you, but they will need to provide the PUC Judges with all the information listed above. Additionally, if more than one person in your household would like to testify, one person may pre-register for other individuals in the same household by providing the PUC Judges’ Legal Assistant with the information for each individual planning to testify.

HARRISBURG, Pa. —

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) will hold hearings in December to get public input on the proposed rate increases by PPL Electric Utilities Corporation.

Video above: Pennsylvania faces significant rise in electricity bills.

Under the proposal, the total monthly bill for a residential customer using 918 kWh per month would increase from $177.01 to $189.40 (7%).The changes would produce an overall annual revenue increase of $356.3 million (33.4%).

A final PUC decision on PPL’s rate increase request is due by July 1, 2026.

PPL provides service to nearly 1.5 million customers in 29 counties in central and eastern Pennsylvania.

Public hearings

On Oct. 23, 2025, the Commission voted 5-0 to suspend and investigate the proposed change.

Deputy Chief Administrative Law Judge Christopher P. Pell and Administrative Law Judge Barbara Shadie Nause will preside over the public input hearings.

The following information is from the PUC:

In-person public input hearings will be held at the following locations and times:

Monday, December 8, 2025 – Hearing starts at 6 p.m.

Scranton UniversityBrennan Hall – Rose Room, 5th Floor320 Madison AvenueScranton, PA 18510

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 – Hearing starts at 6 p.m.

Catasauqua Municipal BuildingBorough Hall90 Bridge StreetCatasauqua, PA 18032

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 – Hearing starts at 6 p.m.

Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaKeystone Building, Hearing Room #1400 North StreetHarrisburg, PA 17120

Thursday, December 11, 2025 – Hearing starts at 6 p.m.

Manheim Township Public LibraryMorgan Center595 Granite Run DriveLancaster, PA 17601

Telephonic Public Input Hearings

Two telephonic hearings will be held at the following times:

Monday, December 15, 2025

Telephonic hearing #1 will begin at 1 p.m.Telephonic hearing #2 will begin at 6 p.m.

Participating in the Telephonic Input Hearings

The call-in information for the two telephonic hearings is as follows:

Toll-free Conference Number: 866-421-8851

PIN Number: 66640466

To participate in a telephonic public input hearing, please complete the following:

You must dial the toll-free Conference number above.You must enter the PIN number above when instructed.You must speak your name when prompted, and press #.Then, the telephone system will connect you to the hearing.

NOTE: Individuals wishing to testify at a telephonic public input hearing are encouraged to pre-register by 4 p.m. on December 11, 2025. Failure to pre-register could result in you not being called to testify by the PUC Judges.

To pre-register, please call Legal Assistant Pamela McNeal at 215-560-4228 or email at pmcneal@pa.gov and provide the following information:

Your first and last name.The hearing for which you are registering.The phone number you will be using to call into the public input hearing.A phone number where you can be reached prior to the hearing, if needed.Your email address, if you have one.

If you need assistance pre-registering to testify, you may have someone register for you, but they will need to provide the PUC Judges with all the information listed above. Additionally, if more than one person in your household would like to testify, one person may pre-register for other individuals in the same household by providing the PUC Judges’ Legal Assistant with the information for each individual planning to testify.