Case Name: David M. BARASCH, Acting Consumer Advocate of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Appellee, Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company, Intervenor; PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA GAS AND WATER COMPANY, Appellee, Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate, Intervenor
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1984-11-05
Citations: 505 Pa. 606
Docket Number: Appeals Nos. 131 and 132 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1983
Parties: David M. BARASCH, Acting Consumer Advocate of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Appellee, Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company, Intervenor. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA GAS AND WATER COMPANY, Appellee, Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate, Intervenor.
Judges: Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDER-MOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 505
Pages: 606–607

Head Matter:
482 A.2d 1274
David M. BARASCH, Acting Consumer Advocate of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Appellee, Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company, Intervenor. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA GAS AND WATER COMPANY, Appellee, Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate, Intervenor.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Oct. 23, 1984.
Decided Nov. 5, 1984.
Daniel Clearfield, Asst. Consumer Advocate, Philip F. McClelland, Harrisburg, for appellee.
D. Mark Thomas, Charles E. Thomas, Harrisburg, for Pa. Water and Gas.
Charles Hoffman, Chief Counsel, Albert W. Johnson, Deputy Chief Counsel, Alphonso Arnold, Jr., John A. Levin, Frank B. Wilmarth, Asst. Counsels, Harrisburg, for P.U.C.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDER-MOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The order of the Commonwealth Court, 72 Pa.Cmwlth 331, 452 A.2d 1126, entered on February 28, 1983 is reversed. The order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is reinstated. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission v. Pennsylvania Gas & Water Company, 492 Pa. 326, 424 A.2d 1213 (1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 824, 102 S.Ct. 112, 70 L,Ed.2d 97 (1981).