Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 1321

  • Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Public utility: includes every gas utility, natural gas pipeline utility, transmission and distribution utility, telephone utility, water utility and ferry, as those terms are defined in this section, and each of those utilities is declared to be a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
The commission may at any time rescind, alter or amend any order it has made including an order fixing any rate or rates, tolls, charges or schedules of a public utility or an order relating to matters within the jurisdiction of the commission with respect to a competitive electricity provider only if it gives the public utility or competitive electricity provider and all parties to the original proceeding, to the extent practical, written notice and after opportunity for those parties to present evidence or argument, as determined appropriate by the commission. Certified copies of amended orders must be served and take effect as provided for original orders. Nothing in this section is intended to grant to the commission authority to establish or approve the rates charged by competitive electricity providers. [PL 2021, c. 659, §10 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 226, §4 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §A22 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §§A104,105 (AFF). PL 2021, c. 659, §10 (AMD).