BELL TELEPHONE, APLNT., v. P. U. C.

No. 278 C.D. 1974.

17 Pa.Commw. 333 (1975)

The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. King, with him Donald F. Clarke, Gerard J. St.John, George P. Williams, III, Irving R. Segal, and Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, for appellant.

Albert W. Johnson, III, Assistant Counsel, with him Daniel F. Joella, Assistant Counsel, and Edward Munce, Acting Counsel, for appellee.

Gerry J. Elman, Deputy Attorney General, with him Lawrence Silver, Deputy Attorney General, and Israel Packel, Attorney General, for intervening appellee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Lewis M. Taffer for intervening appellees, Alliance for Consumer Protection and Elizabeth Gunter.

Argued December 4, 1974, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges CRUMLISH, JR., KRAMER, WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS and BLATT.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, February 6, 1975:

This is a public utility rate case.

The appellant, The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania (Bell), in December, 1972 and January, 1973 filed tariffs with The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) which increased Bell's annual revenues $56,417,000 for non-toll services to be effective February 7, 1973, and $3,386,700 for toll services to be...

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