Dauphin Consolidated Water Supply Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish,

Dauphin Consolidated Water Supply Company1 (Dauphin) appeals from a rate-making determination by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) disallowing approximately 67% of a proposed $537,630 increase in annual operating revenues for water service. We affirm in part and remand in part.

After extensive evidentiary hearings before the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), the Commission concluded that the test year ending January 31, 1978 necessitated a fair value finding of $12,500,000 for Dauphin’s property devoted to public service and a *627corresponding…