Mercury Trucking, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (the “Commission”), a statutory regulatory authority, appeals the decision of the Commonwealth Court to vacate an operations fee assessed against a public utility, appellee Mercury Trucking, Inc. (“Mercury”), for the operating period of July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006 (the “2005 annual assessment”). At this Court’s request, the parties also address issues related to the appropriate process by which disputes of this nature should proceed in the courts of the Commonwealth.

For the reasons that follow, we hold that…