Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 4, 2014PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
Three utility companies (utilities) challenge orders entered against them by the Department of Public Utilities (department) that impose monetary penalties for failing to “restore service to [their] customers in a safe and reasonably prompt manner,” in violation of 220 Code Mass. Regs. § 19.03(3) (2010), after electrical outages arising from Tropical Storm Irene (Irene) on August 28, 2011, and a snowstorm two months later on October 29 (October snowstorm). The utilities — Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, each doing business as National Grid (collectively,…
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