Office of the Public Advocate v. Public Utilities Commission

[¶ 1] The Maine Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) and Bucksport Mill, LLC, appeal from an order of the Maine Public Utilities Commission approving an alternative rate plan' (ARP) for Bangor Gas . Company, LLC. They argue that the Commission erred by (1) calculating the ARP initial rate base by utilizing an unimpaired, “original cost” valuation of Bangor Gas’s assets rather than the impaired “acquisition cost” incurred by Bangor Gas’s parent company; and (2) including in its calculation of Bangor Gas’s revenue requirement a portion of the utility’s regulatory proceeding expenses amortized…