Chester Water Authority v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This appeal concerns a municipal water authority’s challenge to Public Utility Commission approval of an extension of service by an investor-owned water company to a new real estate development, that the authority wishes to serve.

Appellant, Philadelphia Suburban Water Company (“Philadelphia Suburban”), presently known as Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., is an investor-owned water company that is incorporated in Pennsylvania and regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (the “Commission” or the “PUC”), pursuant to the Public Utility Code.1 Appellee, Chester Water…