Bell Telephone Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish,

The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania (Bell) appeals from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) reversing the decision of,the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and remanding for a computation of Centrex connection costs under Bell’s 1976 tariff. We reverse the Commission and hold that the ALJ’s computation of costs under Bell’s March 1, 1978 tariff was correct.

The pertinent facts may be summarized as follows: On June 8, 1976, the University Hospital Center of Pittsburgh (UHCP) contracted with Bell, by letter agreement, to…