Pennsylvania Gas & Water Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company (PG&W) has petitioned for review of the order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) adopted October 29, 1982, and entered November 3, 1982, ordering payment of refunds to PG&W’s water customers.1

This is a complex case which began more than ten years ago. The procedural and factual history was fully set forth by the PUC in its November 1982 opinion and order, the pertinent parts of which follow:

On January 30, 1973, the Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company (PG&W) filed a two-step water rate increase to produce $4,870,103 in…