Legal Opinion
City of Erie v. Pennsylvania Electric Co.
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1978No. Appeal, No. 1637 C.D. 1976PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
The City of Erie (Erie) has petitioned us to review an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility. Commission (PUC) denying Erie’s request, that the Pennsyl*328vania Electric Company (PEC) be prohibited from collecting a state tax surcharge.
On March 10, 1970, the PUC issued an order labeled “State Tax Adjustment Procedure” which permitted public utilities, including PEC to impose a surcharge on customers, based on calculations specifically prescribed in the order, for the purpose of recovering a portion of legislatively imposed tax increases levied on the utilities during the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sharpless v. Mayor of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
- Tosto v. Pennsylvania Nursing Home Loan AgencySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Johnson v. Pennsylvania Housing Finance AgencySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Duquesne Light Co. v. Monroeville BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Basehore v. Hampden Industrial Development AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by7 opinions
- City of Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- McCloskey v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- City of Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- City of Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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