Docket Sheet

Eric Friedman v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

OOR Dkt. No.: AP 2019-0502
Case Status: Reversed by Supreme Court

06/26/2019

04/11/2019

Isenberg, Kelly

Commonwealth

Request sought records containing or related to calculations or estimates of blast radius for accidents or releases from HVL pipelines. The Commission did not prove that the records contain exempt confidential security information under the Public Utility Confidential Security Information Disclosure Protection Act ("Act"), 35 P.S. §§ 2141.1-2141.8. The Commission proved that the disclosure of some records are likely to threaten public infrastructure. The Commission proved that some records relate to a noncriminal investigation. The Commission proved that some records are exempt from disclosure under 66 Pa. C.S. §335(d), but did not prove other records are not. Granted in part, denied in part.

Clause Exemption Result
708 (b) (17) A record of an agency relating to a noncriminal investigation, including: (i) Complaints submitted to an agency. (ii) Investigative materials, notes, correspondence and reports. (iii) A record that includes the identity of a confidential source, including
708 (b) (3) A record, the disclosure of which creates a reasonable likelihood of endangering the safety or the physical security of a building, public utility, resource, infrastructure, facility or information storage system, which may include: (i) documents or data
Agency Invoked an Extension The agency invoked a 30 day extension to respond to the request.
Statute/Law Refer to other superseding law/statute
Docket Entries
Filed Description Step Court Document
01/12/2022 OOR Record Acknowledgment Court Filing Supreme Court (25 MAP 2021)
01/12/2022 OOR Record Acknowledgment Court Filing Supreme Court (24 MAP 2021)
01/13/2022 OOR Record Acknowledgment Court Filing Commonwealth Court (980 CD 2019)
12/22/2021 Supreme Court Dissenting Opinion: 25 MAP 2021 Court Filing Supreme Court (25 MAP 2021)
12/22/2021 Supreme Court Order Reversing OOR: 25 MAP 2021 Court Filing Supreme Court (25 MAP 2021)
12/22/2021 Supreme Court Dissenting Opinion: 24 MAP 2021 Court Filing Supreme Court (24 MAP 2021)
12/22/2021 Supreme Court Order Reversing OOR: 24 MAP 2021 Court Filing Supreme Court (24 MAP 2021)
04/27/2021 Court Order Granting Petition for Allowance of Appeal Court Filing Supreme Court (25 MAP 2021)
04/27/2021 Court Order Granting Petition for Allowance of Appeal Court Filing Supreme Court (24 MAP 2021)
12/15/2020 Court Order Designating Opinion Court Filing Commonwealth Court (980 CD 2019)
11/20/2020 Petition for Allowance of Appeal of 982 CD 2020 Court Filing Supreme Court (24 MAP 2021)
11/20/2020 Petition for Allowance of Appeal of 980 CD 2020 Court Filing Supreme Court (25 MAP 2021)
10/21/2020 Court Order Reversing OOR Court Filing Commonwealth Court (980 CD 2019)
08/10/2020 Court Notice - Argument Court Filing Commonwealth Court (980 CD 2019)
12/16/2019 Requester Brief: 980 CD 2019 Court Filing Commonwealth Court (980 CD 2019)
09/05/2019 OOR Certified Record Court Filing Commonwealth Court (980 CD 2019)
09/04/2019 Entry of Appearance Court Filing Commonwealth Court (980 CD 2019)
08/14/2019 Court Order - Appeals Consolidated as 980 CD 2019 Court Filing Commonwealth Court (982 CD 2019)
07/30/2019 Court Notice of Filing - Energy Transfer Court Filing Commonwealth Court (982 CD 2019)
07/30/2019 Court Notice of Filing Court Filing Commonwealth Court (980 CD 2019)
07/26/2019 Petition for Review Court Filing Commonwealth Court (982 CD 2019)
07/25/2019 Petition for Review Court Filing Commonwealth Court (980 CD 2019)
06/26/2019 Final Determination
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