The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and Department of Environmental Protection face steep odds in asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to strike down as unconstitutional the Act 13 of 2012 amendments to the state’s Oil and Gas Act, but it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility, appellate lawyers said.

“It’s rare but not unheard of, by any means,” said Carl A. Solano, chair of the appellate practice at Philadelphia-based Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis.