UGI Utilities, Inc. v. City of Reading and PA PUC

OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE JAMES GARDNER COLINS

Petitioner UGI Utilities, Inc. (UGI) commenced this action in the Court's original *626 jurisdiction on October 13, 2015, seeking a declaratory judgment that certain ordinances of Respondent City of Reading (City) are invalid and a permanent injunction barring the City from enforcing those ordinances. Count I of UGI's three-count amended petition for review asserts that City Ordinance No. 45-2015, which imposes restrictions on the location of gas meters in historic districts, is preempted by the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. §§ 101 - 3316, and a…