PA POWER & LIGHT v. BD. OF FINANCE & REV.


553 Pa. 1 (1998)

717 A.2d 504

PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, BOARD OF FINANCE AND REVENUE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Weldon, Harrisburg, for PA Power and Light Co.

Matthew W. Tomalis, Bart J. DeLuca, Harrisburg, for the Com.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and NIGRO, JJ.


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We must determine whether late payment charges collected by an electric utility company on customers' unpaid electric bill balances constitute gross receipts received from the "sales of electric energy" as set forth in the Utilities Gross Receipts Tax under Article XI of the Tax Reform Code, Act of March 4, 1971, P.L. 6, as amended, 72 P.S. § 8101(b) (Code).1 The Commonwealth Court...

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