Legal Opinion
Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 19, 1995PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
This is an appeal by allowance from an order of the Commonwealth Court which reversed an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) allowing the Metropolitan Edison Company (MetEd) to charge ratepayers for decommissioning * a nuclear generating facility known as Three Mile Island 2 (TMI-2).
TMI-2 was originally scheduled to provide service until 2014 but a serious accident forced the plant to close in 1979. At the time of the accident, the plant was a new one that had been in service for just three months.
The need to decommission TMI-2 did…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Duquesne Light Co. v. BaraschSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Barasch v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission v. Pennsylvania Gas & Water Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Public UtilitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Met-Ed Industrial Users Group v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Montour Trail Council v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Public UtilitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997