SCHEDULE OF RATES. For Electric Service in Allegheny and Beaver Counties. (For List of Communities Served, see Pages No. 4 and 5) Issued By

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1 SUPPLEMENT NO. 128 SCHEDULE OF RATES For Electric Service in Allegheny and Beaver Counties (For List of Communities Served, see Pages No. 4 and 5) Issued By DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY 411 Seventh Avenue Pittsburgh, PA Richard Riazzi President and Chief Executive Officer ISSUED: March 1, 2016 EFFECTIVE: March 31, 2016 Issued to comply w ith the Commission s Orders entered December 6, 2012, at Docket No. M and entered July 30, 2015, at Docket No. P NOTICE THIS TARIFF SUPPLEMENT ADDS TWO DEFINITIONS AND MODIFIES THE LANGUAGE IN AN EXISTING RULE See Page Two

2 PAGE NO. 2 LIST OF MODIFICATIONS MADE BY THIS TARIFF CHANGES Rules and Regulations Fifth Revised Page No. 7 Definitions Cancelling Fourth Revised Page No. 7 Rules and Regulations Fifth Revised Page No. 8 Definitions Cancelling Fourth Revised Page No. 8 Tw o new definitions have been added to Tariff No. 24 Definition (4) - Bill Ready and Definition (16) - Rate Ready. The addition of tw o new definitions made it necessary to renumber the current definitions. There are now tw enty-one (21) definitions. Rules and Regulations Bills and Net Payment Periods Rule No Budget Payment Plan for Residential Customers Fifth Revised Page No. 23A Cancelling Fourth Revised Page No. 23A Language has been added to denote that Rule No Budget Payment Plan for Residential Customers applies to consolidated EDC rate ready billing only.

3 FIFTH REVISED PAGE NO. 7 CANCELLING FOURTH REVISED PAGE NO. 7 RULES AND REGULATIONS - (Continued) THE ELECTRIC SERVICE TARIFF - (Continued) 3.1 DEFINITIONS - (Continued) (3) Basic Services The services necessary for the physical delivery of electricity service such as supply, including default service, transmission and distribution. Unless directed otherw ise, electric service or service used throughout this tariff have the same meaning. (4) Bill Ready A form of consolidated billing w here Duquesne Light provides a customer s usage to its electric generation supplier ( EGS ) and the EGS then calculates the customer s charges and sends the line item(s) back to the Company to be presented on the supplier portion of the bill. (5) Broker or Marketer An entity, licensed by the Commission, w hich acts as an agent or intermediary in the sale and purchase of electric energy but does not take title to electric energy. (6) Commission The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. (7) Company - Duquesne Light Company. (8) Customer A retail electric customer or potential customer of retail electricity service w ho are direct purchasers of electric pow er for use at their facility. Unless indicated otherw ise, retail customer and customer used throughout this tariff shall have the same meaning. A residential customer is a natural person in w hose name a residential service account is listed and w ho is primarily responsible for payment of bills rendered for the service or any adult occupant w hose name appears on the mortgage, deed or lease of the property of w hich the residential utility service is requested. The term includes a person w ho, w ithin thirty (30) days after service termination or discontinuance of service, seeks to have service reconnected at the same location or transferred to another location w ithin the service territory of the public utility. (9) Default Service The Company w ill provide electricity to the customer in the event that a customer: 1) elects not to obtain electricity from an EGS; 2) elects to have the Company supply electricity after having previously purchased electricity from an EGS; 3) contracts w ith an EGS w ho fails to supply electricity, or 4) has been returned to Default Service by the EGS under circumstances as described in Rule No of this tariff. (10) Direct access The right of EGSs and retail customers to utilize and interconnect w ith the electric transmission and distribution system of the Company on a non-discriminatory basis at rates and terms and conditions of service comparable to the Companies ow n use of the system to transport electricity from any generator of electricity to any retail customer. (11) Distribution Charges Basic service charges for delivering electricity over a distribution system (e.g. w ires, transformers, substations and other equipment) to the home or business from the transmission system. The distribution charge is regulated by the Commission. These charges include basic service under 52 Pa. Code (4) (relating to billing information) and Riders, as applicable. (12) Electric Distribution Company ( EDC ) An entity, including Duquesne Light Company ( Company ), ow ning and providing facilities for the jurisdictional transmission and distribution of electricity to retail customers, except building or facility ow ners or operators that manage the internal distribution system serving such building or f acility and that supply electric pow er and other related electric pow er services to occupants of the building or facility. Indicates Change

4 FIFTH REVISED PAGE NO. 8 CANCELLING FOURTH REVISED PAGE NO. 8 RULES AND REGULATIONS - (Continued) THE ELECTRIC SERVICE TARIFF - (Continued) 3.1 DEFINITIONS - (Continued) (13) Electric Generation Suppliers ( EGS ) A person or corporation, including municipal corporation, w hich provides service outside its municipal limits except to the extent provided prior to January 1, This includes brokers and marketers, aggregators or any other entities that sell to end-use customers electricity or related services utilizing the jurisdictional transmission or distribution facilities of an electric distribution company. The term excludes building or facility ow ner/operators that manage the internal distribution system for the building or facility and that supply electric pow er and other related pow er services to occupants of the building or facility. The term also excludes electric cooperative corporations except as provided in 15 Pa. C.S. Ch. 74 (relating to generation choice for customers of electric cooperatives). (14) Electricity Provider - The term refers collectively to the EDC, EGS, electricity supplier, marketer, aggregator and/or broker, as w ell as any third party acting on behalf of these entities. (15) Non-Basic Services - Optional recurring services w hich are distinctly separate and clearly not required for the physical delivery of electric service. (16) Rate Ready A form of consolidated billing w here Duquesne Light calculates the charge to be presented on the supplier portion of the bill based upon the rates previously supplied by the electric generation supplier ( EGS ). (17) Renewable Resource - Includes technologies such as solar photovoltaic energy, solar thermal energy, w ind pow er, low -head hydropow er, geothermal energy, landfill or other biomass-based methane gas, mine-based methane gas, energy from w aste and sustainable biomass energy. (18) PJM PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (19) PJM Tariff - The PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff ( OATT ) on file w ith the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( FERC ) and w hich sets forth the rates, terms and conditions of transmission service over transmission facilities located in the PJM Control Area. (20) Supply Charges - Basic service charges for acquiring or producing electricity for supply to retail customers. This excludes charges for transmission or other charges related to electric service. (21) Transmission Charges - Basic charges for the cost of transporting electricity over high voltage w ires from the generator t o the distribution system of the Company billed to customers that acquire their electricity from the Company. Customers w ho choose to acquire electricity from an EGS w ill be billed for transmission services by the EGS. 3.2 ELECTRIC GENERATION SUPPLIER TARIFF The rules and guidelines provided in the Company s Electric Generation Supplier Coordination Tariff (Supplier Tariff) shall apply to EGS s accessing the Company s transmission and distribution systems to supply electricity to retail customers. Those rules and guidelines pertaining to direct access procedures shall apply accordingly to customers w ho elect to purchase part or all of their electricity from an EGS. Copies of these rules may be obtained by calling, e- mailing or w riting the Company s business office. In addition, they may also be accessed at w w w.duquesnelight.com and are posted and open to inspection at the offices of the Company w here payments are made by customers. Indicates Change

5 FIFTH REVISED PAGE NO. 23A CANCELLING FOURTH REVISED PAGE NO. 23A RULES AND REGULATIONS (Continued) BILLS AND NET PAYMENT PERIODS (Continued) 20.2 BILLS Bills for electric service are due and payable upon presentation and may be paid w ith a check or money order and placed in the payment drop box located at the Company s business office, by any of the means listed under the Billing and Payment Conveniences as described on Page 2 of the customer s bill or to any of its collecting agencies during the regular office hours of such agencies. For customers w ho select an EGS and w ho select the Separate Billing Option, payment of the bill from the EGS is due to the EGS per the EGS terms and conditions. When the meter readings are taken at other than monthly intervals or w hen the elapsed time betw een meter readings is substantially greater or less than one month, the rate values applicable to monthly delivery periods w ill be adjusted BUDGET PAYMENT PLAN FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS The Budget Payment Plan provides residential customers the option of paying a budget amount each month based on their average monthly charges over a rolling tw elve (12) month period. The Budget Payment Plan is available upon request for residential customers not in arrears for payment of service. The Budget Payment Plan w ill average utility service charges on an estimated annual basis by account and w ill be review ed periodically for adjustment. When the Company provides Consolidated EDC Rate Ready Billing, the EGS s charges for conventionallypriced supply service w ill be included in the customer s Budget Payment Plan. If the customer elects a dynamically-priced supply product (e.g., time-of-use pricing, real-time pricing, critical-peak pricing, peak-time rebate pricing, etc.) from the EGS, charges w ill not be included in the customer s Budget Payment Plan unless the customer receives prior authorization from the EGS and is on Consolidated EDC Rate Ready Billing. If a customer fails to pay an outstanding bill by the required due date, the Company may, in its sole discretion, terminate that customer s enrollment in the Budget Payment Plan and the difference ow ed the Company shall be immediately due. For customers enrolled in the Budget Payment Plan, the Company w ill reconcile the difference betw een the actual amount due and the budget amount paid to date in the tw elfth month from the date of the Customer s enrollment in the Plan. Reconciliation amounts w ill be handled in accordance w ith Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission regulations including 52 Pa. Code NET PAYMENT Payments placed in the payment drop box at the Company s business office or payments made direct to the Company' s collecting agencies w ill be accepted by the Company in the amount billed as per the terms stated at each respective location. Payments made by mail may be accepted in the amount billed by the Company, at its option, if the payment is received w ithin five (5) days after the due date. A Late Payment Charge w ill be added to Company charges for failure to make payment of the bill in accord w ith the above PAYMENT OF BILLS FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICE The Company w ill designate a due date on its bill w hich shall be a business day no less than 20 days from the date of transmittal of the bill. The Company may accommodate changes to due dates for residential customers upon w ritten customer request and w hen a demonstrated financial burden for the current due date exists for ratepayers receiving Social Security or equivalent monthly checks. Indicates Change