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USGEN v. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM

No. 01-426, 01-427.

838 A.2d 927 (2003)

2003 VT 102

USGEN NEW ENGLAND, INC. v. TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM. Usgen New England, Inc. v. State of Vermont.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 7, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Woolmington of Witten, Woolmington, Bongartz, Campbell and Boepple, P.C., Manchester Center, and Philip Burling of Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard H. Saudek and David L. Grayck of Cheney, Brock & Saudek, P.C., Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellee Town of Rockingham.

William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, William E. Griffin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Mary L. Bachman, Special Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellee State of Vermont.

Present: AMESTOY, C.J., DOOLEY, MORSE, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ.

DOOLEY, J.

¶ 1. Following the deregulation of the electrical power markets, the Vermont General Assembly in 1998 and again in 1999 temporarily "froze" the grand list valuation of hydroelectric generating facilities for property tax purposes. The "freeze" set the valuation of these properties at the 1997 values for the tax years 1998, 1999, and 2000. Plaintiff USGen New England, Inc. (USGen), the owner of hydroelectric power plants affected by the freeze—...

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