Adams v. Public Utility Commission

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Russell Adams, John F. Adams and Beverly J. Hamilton (Petitioners) petition for review of an adjudication of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) that dismissed their petition a declaratory relief. Specifically, Petitioners requested the PUC to order the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia Transmission) and the Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Columbia Gas) to provide them natural gas service. The PUC, however, held that it lacked jurisdiction to dispose of what it found to be a private contractual dispute. We affirm.

Petitioners own a parcel…