Opinion
No. 21 EAL 2020
06-23-2020
PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION Petiton of: SBG Management Services, et al.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 23rd day of June, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:
(1) Whether the Commonwealth Court misinterpreted 53 Pa.C.S. § 7106(b), and whether the decision conflicts with the Superior Court's decision in Equitable Gas Co. v[.] Wade, 812 A.2d 715 (Pa. Super. 2002), where that court held that a municipal lien arising out of delinquent bills for natural gas service constitutes a judgment, such that after a lien is docketed, Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) may only charge the customer the statutory interest rate applicable to judgments (6%) (see 42 Pa.C.S. § 8101; 41 P.S. § 202), rather than its tariff rate on late payments that have not been reduced to judgment (18%).