Pennsylvania Power Co. v. Township of Pine

OPINION BY

Judge COHN JUBELIRER.

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) which, following a hearing de novo, dismissed Pennsylvania Power Company’s (Penn Power) statutory appeal of the Township of Pine’s (Township) denial of Penn Power’s application *1243for a permit to install utility lines along a right-of-way in the Township.1 Penn Power contends that it has the authority to install five utility poles on the public road right-of-way along Mt. Pleasant Road to provide overhead service. The Township demands that the service be underground.2

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