Utility Workers Union, Local 69 v. Public Utility Commission

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Utility Workers Union of America, Local 69, AFL-CIO (Union) petitions for review of the order of the Public Utility Commission (Commission) holding that a utility may use outside contractors to read customers’ gas meters. The Union contends that the Commission erred in holding that neither Section 2206(a) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 2206(a), nor 52 Pa. Code § 56.12, prevents a utility from using outside contractors to read its customers’ gas meters. After review, we dismiss this case on the basis of mootness.

The parties stipulated to the facts of this…