Vacation Charters, Ltd. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether a private landowner who charges a fee for entrance onto its property by means of a toll road which is posted as a private access road, is a public utility under the Public Utility Code,1 and is required to file a certificate of public convenience pursuant to section 1101 of the Code, thereby submitting its operation to the regulation and jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC).2

The facts of the case, in the light most favorable to the appellant, Vacation Charters, Ltd., are as follows.3…