POPOWSKY v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMM.


917 A.2d 380 (2007)

Irwin A. POPOWSKY, Consumer Advocate, Petitioner v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel H. Cheskis, Asst. Consumer Advocate, Harrisburg, for petitioner.

Joseph K. Witmer, Asst. Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent.

Thomas A. Leonard and Suzan DeBusk Paiva, Philadelphia, for intervenor, Verizon Communications Inc.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, McGINLEY, Judge, PELLEGRINI, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, SIMPSON, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge PELLEGRINI.

Irwin A. Popowsky, acting on behalf of the Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA), appeals from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission's (Commission) approval of the merger between Verizon Communications, Inc. (Verizon) and MCI, Inc. (MCI) and its subsidiaries (also referred to as Joint Applicants).1

A. Background

Verizon2 is the largest incumbent local...

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