Legal Opinion

Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 17, 1996PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Irwin A. Popowsky and the Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA) petitions for review of the decision of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approving a non-general rate increase for Equitable Gas Company (Equitable) to recover the current costs of complying with a change in accounting standards.

Equitable is a regulated public utility engaged in the purchase, distribution, sale and transportation of natural gas and serves approximately 250,000 customers in southwestern Pennsylvania. In December of 1990, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the body which sets…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Barasch v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. Scranton Garment Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Daniels v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Indianapolis Power & Light Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. McCloskey v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. Daniels v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Dennis v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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