OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE
v.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION and
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: April 2, 2002.
Decided: February 28, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gerald F. Petruccelli, (orally), Petruccelli & Martin, LLP, Portland, Wayne R. Jortner, William C. Black, Office of Public Advocate, Augusta, for appellant.
Peter G. Ballou, (orally), Public Utilities Commission, Augusta, Catherine R. Connors, (orally), William D. Hewitt, Pierce Atwood, Portland, Donald W. Boecke, Verizon New England, Inc., Boston, MA, for appellees.
Robert S. Frank, Harvey & Frank, Portland, (for AARP), for amicus curiae.
Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
CLIFFORD, J.
[¶ 1] The Office of the Public Advocate1 appeals from orders of the Public Utilities Commission relating to the establishment of an "alternative form of regulation" (AFOR), pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A. §§ 9101-9105 (Pamph.2002), for Verizon New England, Inc., and allowing Verizon to increase its basic service rates. The Public Advocate argues that the orders should be vacated because the Commission failed to comply...
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