Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart A - General Provisions
Chapter 5 - FORMAL PROCEEDINGS
Subchapter A - PLEADINGS AND OTHER PRELIMINARY MATTERS
INTERVENTION
Section 5.72 - Eligibility to intervene

Universal Citation: 52 PA Code ยง 5.72

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Persons. A petition to intervene may be filed by a person claiming a right to intervene or an interest of such nature that intervention is necessary or appropriate to the administration of the statute under which the proceeding is brought. The right or interest may be one of the following:

(1) A right conferred by statute of the United States or of the Commonwealth.

(2) An interest which may be directly affected and which is not adequately represented by existing participants, and as to which the petitioner may be bound by the action of the Commission in the proceeding.

(3) Another interest of such nature that participation of the petitioner may be in the public interest.

(b) Commonwealth. The Commonwealth or an officer or agency thereof may intervene as of right in a proceeding subject to subsection (a)(1)-(3).

(c) Supersession. Subsections (a) and (b) supersede 1 Pa. Code §35.28 (relating to eligibility to intervene).

The provisions of this §5.72 amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 501, 504-506, 523, 1301, 1501 and 1504.

This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 1.8 (relating to definitions); and 52 Pa. Code § 5.41 (relating to petitions generally).

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