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Publication Date: 2022-08-15
Practice Area: Public Utilities
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
Judge: Judge Mellon
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Case Number: 22-0841
The Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority was entitled to relief on its motion for judgment for want of sufficient affidavit of defense as it had the power to provide services within Bensalem Township and the right, under §7107 of the Municipal Claims Act, to file liens for non-payment of services. The court recommended affirmance.
Publication Date: 2022-06-06
Practice Area: Public Utilities
Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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Case Number: 22-0634
Commission properly denied petitioner's siting application for high-voltage transmission lines and rescinded its provisional certificate of public convenience for an electrical transmission project and court found commission decision was in accordance with Pennsylvania law and §§1501 and 2805(a) of the code, commission could evaluate the need for the project independently of the need for the Independence Energy Connection project that had been performed by a LLC and commission's decision was supported by substantial, credible evidence
Publication Date: 2022-05-09
Practice Area: Public Utilities
Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Dumas
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Case Number: 22-0506
Commission erred in rejecting certain fees authorized by township on the ground they were preempted by the Public Utility Code in action by telecommunications public utility challenging township's permitting fees for access to public rights-of-way and court found the fees had neither a regulatory purpose nor effect, were not preempted by the code and pursuant to the Business Corporation Law and the Second Class Township Code, township could impose reasonable permitting fees. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2021-11-01
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Public Utilities
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Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Robreno
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Case Number: 21-1263
Defendant employer moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's race and age discrimination and retaliation under title VII, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and failure to accommodate under the Americans with Disabilities Act action and court found plaintiff could not show defendant's reasons were pretextual and failed to show harassment linked to discriminatory animus. Motion granted.
Publication Date: 2021-10-04
Practice Area: Public Utilities
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge McCullough
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Case Number: 21-1151
The trial court erred in holding that any transfer of the City of Chester's Water Authority assets must be conducted solely by the governing body, i.e., the City, Delaware County and Chester County, since a 2012 amendment to the Municipality Authorities Act establishing these parties as the Authority's governing body did not alter the municipality's power to unilaterally obtain an authority and/or its assets. The appellate court reversed and remanded.
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Publication Date: 2021-08-02
Practice Area: Public Utilities
Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Baer
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Case Number: 21-0886
The commonwealth court did not err in holding that a recent Public Utility Code enactment requiring the inclusion of income tax deductions and credits in rate computations required public utilities to revise their distribution system improvement charge calculations to include income tax deductions and credits to reduce rates charged to consumers. The high court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2021-05-24
Practice Area: Public Utilities
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Gallagher
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Case Number: 21-0584
Defendants moved to dismiss plaintiffs' actions against multiple water companies over issues of water quality and "water hammer" problems and court dismissed claims against Tennessee American Water Company and claims in states where no named plaintiff was located, dismissed some claims against American Water Works Company and New Jersey American Water Company for lack of jurisdiction, referred some claims to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and some to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and stayed pendin
Publication Date: 2021-05-17
Practice Area: Public Utilities
Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Donohue
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Case Number: 21-0541
The commonwealth court erred in concluding that the docketing of a municipal lien in Philadelphia County, i.e., the only first-class city in the commonwealth, acted not as a judgment but only to perfect the municipal lien, thereby allowing interest at a greater rate than the statutory post-judgment rate of six percent per annum. The high court reversed.
Publication Date: 2021-02-22
Practice Area: Public Utilities
Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge McCullough
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Case Number: 21-0194
Commission did not err and did not abuse its discretion in dismissing petitioner's collateral attack on commission's order approving electrical distribution companies' default service program petition that included a clawback charge provision. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2021-01-18
Practice Area: Public Utilities
Industry: Non-Profit
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge McCullough
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Case Number: 21-0043
Respondent filed preliminary objections to petitioner's action challenging the propriety of respondent's rate structure under the Underground Utility Line Protection Law and court found the facts overwhelmingly supported respondent's assertion it was a private entity, not a commonwealth agency, and court lacked original jurisdiction over petitioner's action. Preliminary objections sustained.
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