Professional Paramedical Services, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

A group of Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) regulated paratransit carriers in Philadelphia (petitioners), appeal from a declaratory order of the PUC which held that the service required under the Request For Proposal (Proposal) issued by the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA) was not exclusive service and did not require PUC-certificated passenger carriers to violate various tariff provisions of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C. S. §§101-3315, and PUC regulations.

On May 6, 1985, six paratransit operators and one “call” or “demand” carrier filed a…