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Duquesne Light Co. v. Public Service Commission

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 14, 1921No. Appeal, No. 110PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal, No. 110, April T., 1921, by Duquesne Light Company and Allegheny County Steam Heating Company, from order of the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Complaint Docket No. 2942, in the case of Duquesne Light Company and Allegheny County Steam Heating Company v. The Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Adelaide H. C. Frick, Helen C. Frick, Childs Frick, Henry C. McEldowney and William Watson Smith, Executors of the…

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Appeal, No. 110, April T., 1921, by Duquesne Light Company and Allegheny County Steam Heating Company, from order of the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Complaint Docket No. 2942, in the case of Duquesne Light Company and Allegheny County Steam Heating Company v. The Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Adelaide H. C. Frick, Helen C. Frick, Childs Frick, Henry C. McEldowney and William Watson Smith, Executors of the Will of Henry C. Frick, deceased, and the Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh, Trustee for Helen C. Frick under said Will,…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

The question is whether schedule F in appellant light company’s tariff for electricity, and schedule A in appellant heating company’s tariff for steam are applicable to the service rendered to a group of office buildings in Pittsburgh owned by the late H. C. Frick.

Schedule F contained the rules, regulations and rates for users of “wholesale light and power.” “This schedule,” as the commission said, “provided for a demand charge applicable to all consumers, and for an energy charge divided into three blocks so that as the demand on the system, the maximum demand, increases,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  3. Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  4. Union Dry Goods Co. v. Georgia Public Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
  5. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. C. H. Albers Commission Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bell Telephone Co. v. Philadelphia Warwick Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  2. Pennsylvania Railroad v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  3. St. Clair Coal Co. v. Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

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