Appeal of Stonyfield Farm, Inc.

The petitioners, Stonyfield Farm, Inc., H & L Instruments, LLC, and Great American Dining, Inc., appeal a decision of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) ruling that it lacks authority to determine whether installing certain technology at the Merrimack Station belonging to the respondent, Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH), is in the public interest. See RSA 369-B:3-a (Supp. 2008). We dismiss the appeal.

I. Background

PSNH, the state’s largest public utility, has historically provided electric generation, transmission and distribution services to a majority of New…