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Appeal of Public Service Co.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided May 13, 1996No. 95-610PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.

Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) appeals an order of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC or commission) declaring that PSNH’s electric utility franchise is not exclusive as a matter of law. PSNH argues that the PUC erred by failing to adhere to a longstanding pattern of statutes and court decisions favoring exclusivity, by ignoring its own administrative gloss on its statutory authority, and by exceeding the limited scope of its authority to permit competition under Laws 1995, chapter 272. We affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural History

This case was initiated on August…

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