PEOPLES NATURAL GAS CO. v. PA. P.U.C.

No. 2749 C.D. 1978.

52 Pa.Commw. 201 (1980)

The Peoples Natural Gas Company, Petitioner v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Respondent. United States Steel Corporation, Intervenor.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Young, with him Walter R. Hall, II, and Thomas P. Gadsden; of counsel, John J. Mullally, Roger E. Wright and Robert Jacobs, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, for petitioner.

Gilbert L. Hamberg, Assistant Counsel, with him Steven A. McClaren, Deputy Chief Counsel, George M. Kashi, Chief Counsel and Joseph J. Malatesta, Jr., Chief Counsel, for respondent.

Daniel Clearfield, Assistant Consumer Advocate, with him Richard D. Spiegelman, Norman Kennard, Assistant Consumer Advocates, Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate, and Charles J. Streiff, Wick, Vuono & LaVelle, for intervenor, Consumer Advocate.

Marvin A. Fein, Utilities Counsel, with him Mead J. Mulvihill, Jr., City Solicitor, for intervenors, City of Pittsburgh and Mayor Richard S. Caliguiri.

Argued May 6, 1980, before President Judge CRUMLISH, and Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS, BLATT, CRAIG and WILLIAMS, JR. Judge MacPHAIL did not participate.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., June 17, 1980:

The Peoples Natural Gas Company (Petitioner) has appealed a final order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission), disallowing approximately 10.8 million dollars of a requested 14.3 million dollar increase in revenues. We affirm.

Petitioner is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Consolidated Natural Gas Company actively engaged in various phases of the natural gas business in Pennsylvania. On January...

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