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WEST. PA. WATER CO. v. PA. PUB. UTIL. COM.

471 Pa. 347 (1977)

370 A.2d 337

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WATER COMPANY v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter W. Brown, Counsel, Dominic J. Ferraro, Asst. Counsel, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Gregory M. Harvey, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, and NIX, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

In this appeal we are again asked by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to establish the proposition that the Commission has been statutorily empowered to order a public utility to extend its service to customers located outside of its certificated service area. In an earlier litigation, the Commonwealth Court held the Commission powerless so to order. Akron v. Pa. P.U.C., 2 Pa.Cmwlth. 625 (1971). This...

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