Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Public Utility Commission

OPINION BY

President Judge LEADBETTER.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) petitions for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) that approved the siting and construction of a seven mile long high-voltage power line in Bucks and Lehigh Counties by PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (PPL). The order authorized PPL to begin proceedings to exercise eminent domain over SEPTA’s property, in order to secure the airspace necessary to run the power line over one of SEPTA’s rail lines.1 PPL has intervened in this appeal in support of the PUC…