Honey Brook Water Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

I respectfully dissent. The imposition of a penalty by the Public Utility Commission (PUC), sua sponte, upon a utility where the complaint gave no notice of the violation upon which the penalty is based and that fines were being sought violates due process.

Margaret Shulzitski, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sakrewsky, Edward and Arlene S. Burgess, and Bonita Hoats each filed a separate complaint with the PUC alleging that Honey Brook Water Company (Honey Brook) was providing inadequate water service.1 Each of the complaints requested different forms of relief. Shulzitski requested that the PUC place…