Hiko Energy, LLC v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Hiko Energy, LLC v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

176 A.3d 235

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·Decided December 13, 2017·No. 314 EAL 2017 (Granted)·Published·Cited by 4 cases

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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.

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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.

Hiko Energy, LLC v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 176 A.3d 235 (Pa. 2017).

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