MAINE WATER CO. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COM'N


482 A.2d 443 (1984)

MAINE WATER COMPANY v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drummond, Woodsum, Plimpton & MacMahon, P.A. by Thomas H. Allen (orally), Mary Esposito Kane, Portland, for Maine Water Co.

Roger A. Putnam, Portland; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Thomas P. Gadsden, Alan L. Reed, Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus curiae, Natural Assoc. of Water Companies.

William E. Furber (orally), Joseph G. Donahue, Beth A. Nagusky, Peter G. Ballou, Augusta, for Public Utilities Com'n.

Murray, Plumb & Murray by Peter L. Murray (orally) David E. Currier, Portland, for Town of Wiscasset.

Jonathan C. Hull (orally), Damariscotta, for Towns of Newcastle and Damariscotta.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

On April 22, 1983, Maine Water Company, pursuant to 35 M.R.S.A. § 64 (1978), filed requests with the Public Utilities Commission to increase rates in its five separate divisions serving the communities of Wiscasset, Damariscotta-Newcastle, Freeport, Kezar Falls, and Oakland.1 The requested rate increases varied from 10.4% in Damariscotta-Newcastle to 33.0% in Wiscasset. In its January 23, 1984, decision in...

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