PUBLIC ADVOCATE v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COM'N


718 A.2d 201 (1998)

1998 ME 218

PUBLIC ADVOCATE v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne R. Jortner (orally), Stephen G. Ward, Public Advocate Office, Augusta, for appellant.

Peter G. Ballou (orally), Gilbert W. Brewer, Joanne B. Steneck, Public Utilities Commission, Augusta, for appellees.

Gerald M. Amero (orally), William D. Hewitt, Pierce Atwood, Portland, and Donald W. Boecke, New England Tel. & Tel. Co., Boston, MA, for Bell Atlantic.

Before WATHEN, C.J., CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, LIPEZ and SAUFLEY, JJ., and ROBERTS, A.R.J.


CLIFFORD, Justice.

[¶ 1] The Public Advocate appeals an order entered by the Public Utilities Commission, and the denial of a motion to reconsider that order, allowing New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (NET)1 to recover, through a surcharge in rates, costs related to an expansion of basic service calling areas mandated by the Commission. The Public Advocate contends that the Commission's order allowing the surcharges is...

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