Case Name: HIKO ENERGY, LLC, Petitioner v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-12-13
Citations: 176 A.3d 235
Docket Number: No. 314 EAL 2017
Parties: HIKO ENERGY, LLC, Petitioner v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Respondent
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 176
Pages: 235–236

Head Matter:
HIKO ENERGY, LLC, Petitioner v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Respondent
No. 314 EAL 2017
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
December 13, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 13th day of December, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues,' as stated by Petitioner, are:
(1) Whether the $1,836,125.00 penalty was so grossly disproportionate to the penalties the Commission has approved for similar or more egregious conduct as to violate the Excessive Fines Clause of the Pennsylvania and U.S. Constitutions.
(2) Whether the $1,836,125.00 penalty impérmissibly punished HIKO for litigating the complaint for a civil penalty instead of settling it.
(3) Whether the' Commission abused its discretion in imposing an unprecedented ,-ciyil penalty, .which was not supported by substantial evidence.