Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Power Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 15, 1989No. 1317 C.D. 1988PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAIG, Judge.
Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power or company) appeals from a decision of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC or commission) that refused to allow the company, under the energy cost rate (ECR) mechanism, 1 to include in its rates certain expenses incurred by the company as the result of a sale and buyback agreement with another utility. Penn Power raises issues of whether the commission’s order is consistent with its subsidiary find ings, whether such action by the commission is pre-empted by federal law, and whether the order effects an unconstitutional taking of…
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