Equitable Gas Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

We are asked to review the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s determination that it has no power to allocate to a municipal authority the costs sustained by a public utility in relocating its facilities, on account of a flood control project, from a public highway right-of-way to a newly constructed bridge replacing that portion of the highway previously' occupied.

The Chartiers Valley Flood Control Authority in concert with the Pennsylvania Department'of Environmental Resources and the United States Army Corp's of Engineers determined the necessity of constructing…