New Hampshire Revised Statutes 365:29 – Orders for Reparation
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 365:29
- commission: as used in this title , means the public utilities commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 362:1
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
On its own initiative or whenever a petition or complaint has been filed with the commission covering any rate, fare, charge, or price demanded and collected by any public utility, and the commission has found, after hearing and investigation, that an illegal or unjustly discriminatory rate, fare, charge, or price has been collected for any service, the commission may order the public utility which has collected the same to make due reparation to the person who has paid the same, with interest from the date of the payment. Such order for reparation shall cover only payments made within 2 years before the earlier of the date of the commission’s notice of hearing or the filing of the petition for reparation.