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Home rule charter municipality is subject to PUC regulation
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1982.tb04986.x
Subject(s) - charter , borough , commonwealth , commission , law , public administration , business , political science
A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled that the Public Utility Code was applicable in every part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that a municipality, in increasing its water rates to a borough outside its corporate limits without approval of the Public Utility Commission, was attempting to exercise power not conferred upon it by the Home Rule Charter Law.