FIRST HARTFORD CORP. v. CENTRAL MAINE POWER


425 A.2d 174 (1981)

FIRST HARTFORD CORPORATION v. CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO. and Maine Public Utilities Commission.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jensen, Baird, Gardner & Henry, George F. Burns (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Horace S. Libby, Joseph G. Donahue (orally), Public Utilities Commission, Augusta, Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, James G. Good, (orally), Gerald M. Amero, Portland, Seward B. Brewster, Augusta, for defendants.

Before GODFREY, NICHOLS and ROBERTS, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A.R.J.


GODFREY, Justice.

This litigation arose from the shutting down of the Maine Yankee nuclear generating plant for repairs and maintenance from June 29 to October 11, 1974. During that time, Central Maine Power Company, which buys part of its power under a contract with Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, supplied its own customers with more expensive power from other sources.

On January 28, 1975, acting pursuant to 35 M.R.S.A. § 291 (1978), First Hartford...

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