West Penn Power Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

West Penn Power Company (West Penn) appeals from a decision of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) which ordered West Penn to reimburse two customers for 75% of the costs of purchasing and installing isolation transformers. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the order of the PUC.

This action arose from two complaints filed with the PUC by dairy farmers (complainants) against West Penn.1 The complaints alleged that neutral to *159earth voltage (stray voltage) from the neutrals on West Penn’s transformer was adversely affecting complainants’ cows, and…