Right-to-Know Law • Disclosure of “Tip Letter” and Investigation Materials • Violation of Service Restoration Priority-Ranking Policy • Settlement Agreement with Utility Provider

Pa. Pub. Util. Comm’n v. Seder/The Times Leader, PICS Case No. 16-0733 (Pa. May 25, 2016) Baer, J.; Saylor, J., dissenting. (23 pages).

A “tip letter” and documents from a subsequent investigation by Public Utility Commission staff were subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Utility Code (PUC), which required disclosure of documents relied by upon by the commission in reaching a determination. Order of the commonwealth court reversed.