APPEAL OF RICHARDS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Richards, of New York, New York, by brief and orally, pro se.

Edward Kaufman, of Scarsdale, New York, by brief and orally, pro se.

Martin Rochman, of Palm Beach, Florida, by brief, pro se.

Backus, Meyer & Solomon, of Manchester (Robert A. Backus on the brief and orally), for Campaign for Ratepayers Rights and John Hilberg.

Rath, Young, Pignatelli and Oyer P.A., of Concord, and Day, Berry and Howard, of Hartford, Connecticut, for Northeast Utilities Service Company, and Sulloway Hollis and Soden, of Concord, for Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Thomas D. Rath and Martin L. Gross on the brief, and Mr. Rath orally).

John P. Arnold, attorney general (Harold T. Judd, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

John J. Lahey for Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire, and Michael W. Holmes for Office of Consumer Advocate, by brief, as amici curiae.