McCloskey v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

OPINION BY

Judge BERNARD L. McGINLEY.

BACKGROUND

Tanya J. McCloskey, Acting Consumer Advocate from the Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA) petitions for review of the Opinion and Order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) entered May 22, 2014, in the matter of Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc.’s (Columbia) Petition for Approval of a Distribution' System Improvement Charge (DSIC) to recover the costs associated with certain distribution system improvement projects. 1

At the outset, this Court notes that in Pennsylvania, the age and condition of the infrastructure of utilities…