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Utilities Continue Pouring Money Into Solar Amendment

Four major electric utilities have surpassed the $20 million mark in combined contributions to support a proposed constitutional amendment on solar energy.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Berwick Twp. v. O'Brien, PICS Case No. 16-1264 (Pa. Commw. Oct. 12, 2016) Simpson, J. (39 pages).

By | October 21, 2016
A trial court's grant of declaratory judgment seeking to enjoin landowners from interfering with a township's exercise of its rights under a sewer line easement agreement was not beyond the scope of the "actual controversies." Order of the trial court affirmed.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Suit Claims New York Subsidy Plan for Nuclear Power Generators Is Illegal

Non-nuclear power generators filed suit in federal court for the Southern District Oct. 19 alleging that a plan by the Cuomo administration to subsidize nuclear power in the state through a Zero Emission Credit program is illegal.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jeff. Twp. Sewer Auth. v. Hyland, PICS Case No. 16-1197 (C.P. Lackawanna Sept. 7, 2016) Nealon, J. (7 pages).

By | October 11, 2016
Despite initial notice in 2002 that the Sewer Authority was requiring mandatory sewer connections to the township sewer system and repeated notices of increased rates for late connections, one pair of property owners held out and refused to comply. The township filed a complaint seeking authorization to enter the property and make the connection, and to collect the costs of doing so. Property owners filed preliminary objections and moved to strike for lack of sufficient specificity in the pleading. The court overruled the objections and directed the owners to file a response to the complaint.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Berger v. PECO Energy Co., PICS Case No. 16-1183 (Pa. Super. Sept. 22, 2016) (memorandum) Dubow, J. (21 pages).

By | September 30, 2016
Landowners' trespass to property action against a power company seeking injunction against the relocation of power lines on landowners' property was subject to compulsory nonsuit. Judgment affirmed.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Peco Energy Co. v. First Montgomery Props., Ltd., PICS Case No. 16-1132 (Pa. Super. Aug. 30, 2016) (memorandum) Bender, P. J. (12 pages).

By | September 16, 2016
Trial court properly found appellant apartment owners liable for electricity delivered to their buildings by PECO because appellants had a contract with PECO by accepting utility services delivered through a master meter to its properties. Affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lyft Inc. v. Pa. Pub. Util. Comm'n, PICS Case No. 16-1131 (Pa. Commw. Aug. 31, 2016) Simpson, J. (28 pages).

By | September 16, 2016
Public utility commission properly denied a protective order for trip data requested from Lyft based on a mobile ride-sharing application because the trip data was not proprietary information and did not reveal sales patterns. Affirmed and cross-appeal dismissed.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Regulators Ready to Weigh Coal-Fired Power Plant Deal

With Florida Power & Light saying the deal would ultimately save money for customers and provide environmental benefits, state regulators next month will consider a proposal by the utility to pay $451 million for a coal-fired power plant in Martin County.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lyft Can't Protect Its Information on Unauthorized Rides

Lyft Inc., the San Francisco-based ride-sharing company operating in Pennsylvania since January 2015 under an experimental license, cannot shield information on the number of trips it provided in the state prior to receiving authorization, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
7 minute read

The Recorder

California Public Utilities Commission v. Superior Court (Aguirre)

By | September 01, 2016
4 minute read

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