Pennsylvania Telephone Corp. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Dissenting Opinion by

Rhodes, J.:

I would affirm the final order of the commission. In the first place, as I view it, a fundamental error in the majority opinion is the conclusion “that the Commission overstepped the bounds of proper regulation and assumed the role of manager in directing the change in service.” The discretionary power of management is limited to the internal affairs of the utility, which do not affect the public interest; and the commission’s power to regulate extends to the relationship of the utility to the- public. The use of the “automatic cutoff” in this case falls in the…