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Declaration of policy - 15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7403

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     § 7403.  Declaration of policy.
        The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
            (1)  Because of advances in electric generation
        technology and Federal initiatives to encourage greater
        competition in the wholesale electric market, it is now in
        the public interest to permit retail customers to obtain
        direct access to a competitive generation market as long as
        safe and affordable service is available at levels of
        reliability that are currently enjoyed by the citizens and
        businesses of this Commonwealth.
            (2)  Electric cooperative corporations which own and
        operate electric generation, transmission or distribution
        facilities in this Commonwealth, which are operated on a
        nonprofit basis and which are owned and are democratically
        controlled by the member-consumers which they serve are an
        essential part of the rural infrastructure and an important
        participant in the economic development and vitality of
        significant areas of this Commonwealth.
            (3)  In providing for customer choice for the member-
        consumers of electric cooperative corporations, the financial
        integrity, operations and independence of electric
        cooperative corporations must be protected and preserved,
        while comparable standards are provided for electric
        suppliers for the provision of service to new loads, by
        providing for the continued exemption for electric
        cooperative corporations from the jurisdiction and control of
        the commission and by providing for a separate system of
        choice for persons in the service territories of electric
        cooperative corporations.
            (4)  The complete right of electric cooperative
        corporations to compete with others in providing electric and
        other services must be provided for throughout this
        Commonwealth.

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