Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

The Majority concludes that the demonstration of public need for water, alone, is insufficient to require a water company to extend its water lines and service to the residents of Mount Pleasant Township (Township) without contributions from those residents in aid of construction. Based on this precept, the Majority affirms the Order of the Commonwealth Court to require contribution in aid of construction by the residents of the Township before the Pennsylvania American Water Company (PAWC) will begin the water line extensions.1 *636Because I believe that the determination of the Public Utility…