Johnstown v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

In this rate proceeding the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has approved a proposed rate in*60crease for the Johnstown Water Company, intervening appellee, without making a specific determination of the fair value of the utility’s property and without making a specific finding of a fair rate of return. The City of Johnstown has appealed, and questions the action of the commission.

The Johnstown Water Company was incorporated in 1866 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel Company. It provides water service, including fire protection, to domestic,…