Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company (PP & L) petitions for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) which, in part, adopted the initial decision of the administrative law judge (ALJ), denied PP & L’s application to construct a 69 kV (69,000 volt) transmission line, and denied PP & L’s application to exercise eminent domain powers over two properties in order to complete the requested construction.1

A brief summary of the factual background in this matter is as follows. On February 6, 1995, PP & L filed an application with the PUC requesting…